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MaryLynn reacted to alexwalker's post in the thread Bed Bug situation along the Camino Frances from SJPDP to Santiago with
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Bed bugs can be living anywhere, but I have walked many caminos since 2008, every year. I have never seen a bed bug. I always check mattresses, liners, blankets, etc. Never seen a trace of them. But I have seen many "pilgrim" brutes, who I would... -
MaryLynn reacted to Bog526's post in the thread Bed Bug situation along the Camino Frances from SJPDP to Santiago with Like.
Hi, i am looking for info from those presently or recently on the CF with regards to the bed bugs.. In the past pilgrims stated that the situation is good to bad to none, sometimes confused. Also looking for where did people find those buggers...
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MaryLynn reacted to Bradypus's post in the thread Bed Bug situation along the Camino Frances from SJPDP to Santiago with Like.
The local Santiago news websites had some reports within the last week from the local hospitality trade association of increasing numbers of bedbugs being found in their albergues and hostals. An albergue owner also posted a detailed description...
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Manch, you are right, it is only a matter of time before a pilgrim gets attacked. An extrapolation of the current probabilities suggests once in the next one thousand years. Unless there is a significant increase in the number of pilgrims dressed...
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Yes, “different enough” because they shy away from human contact and are very timid. While physically they may resemble the North American grizzly, their personality is more like our black bears, which is why I referenced that. When people hear...
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Black bears are everywhere in the mountains of California and coexist peacefully with people without issue except when it comes to scavenging for food. Trash cans and ice chests have to worry, but people do not. This is not something for...
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It’s been many centuries since bears were driven into extinction in the British Isles. I think you mean Cantabria in Spain
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I think you may mean the Cantabrian mountains. I live fairly close to the Cambrian mountains and no one I know has any anxieties about bears.
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It is only a matter of time before a pilgrim gets attacked as numbers of bears and their range increases. I read an article about bears in the Cambrian mountains. Conservationists are giddy with their successes, whilst locals are scared to leave...
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I celebrate this! I live on Vancouver Island in Canada and I often see bears on my hikes.. and yes if we leave them alone they generally are fine, unless they get too human-adapted OR with cubs or do not try to chase them away if they are...
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