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...
So I walked into work as a Sr. Digital Marketing Director for a major company in the USA one Monday in October 2019 and got axed after 20 years. Since then all I've done is hike like 16 caminos and write songs. I'm currently 2000+ km into the PCT...
@dfortuna58 , you have some excellent advice above, the bar suggestion is the most commonly used.
I presume if you don't use it already you will be downloading WhatsApp (it's so frequently used by accommodation let alone fellow pilgrims in...
In 2022 when I arrived they asked me where I was staying. That might've had something to do with Covid although the restrictions were over when I arrived.
The other two years I came in no one asked. It's unlikely, but it doesn't hurt to have...
Yes. Unless you have problems or sick or rest days, that is average speed. But only you know your level of experience and how fast you can walk. I'd put in a couple of buffer days if possible.
My wife and I are walking the Camino for my 50th birthday- though today is their birthday, 45. I’m starting this late after walking yesterday from Porto to Labruge. We landed at the municipal, soggy and tired, the last 900 meters a slog, but...
Continuing on from several recent posts… why are so many people setting out to venture Camino with complex and expensive initial journeys?
@judydaisy you could save yourself a heck of a lot of hassle and the budget for a couple of nights in a...
Camino del Norte after Bilbao and before Ribadeo (500 km) is perfect for skateboarding. Probably 80% on asphalted, but usually quiet roads. And pilgrims are much younger than on the Camino Frances
... I was following la Voie de Pièmont one day when I met an Italian octigenarian who was roller skiing from Santiago de Compostela to Rome. He said he could hardly walk any more but, my, how he could roller-ski. He was a pilgrim at heart and...
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