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  1. Xali1970

    Which apps for family to track me

    If you want to avoid getting lost, buy the Alpine Quest app. It's not a navigation app per se as it does not guide you, but it pinpoints your location within a couple of meters onto a map. It has different map layers you can superimpose onto a base Googlemaps layer. Two most useful layers are an...
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    Which apps for family to track me

    I used an Irish SIM along the Camino Frances , the VdlP and the Mozarabe. Coverage was adequate
  3. Xali1970

    Which apps for family to track me

    I'm doing that regularly when out cycling or walking. Googlemaps location sharing doesn't share the Sat Nav directions, it shares your location. You will need an internet connection for it to work while you walk though, hence the importance of a local cellular phone data sim if you're not an EU...
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    Which apps for family to track me

    Polarsteps is great for sharing your adventures. If it's precise geographical location, googlemaps location sharing will do just fine. Garmin (if you use one of their devices) and Strava also have that functionality. It's called safety beacon. You'll be relying on the cellular network, which can...
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    EU Ruling On Bookings.Com

    Nothing stops those establishments from having multiple rates, like most hotels. I use booking.com to find lodgings, but will book directly: you often get better prices, or at a minimum the same price when you say you found this rate on booking.com. When I did use booking.com, a few time the...
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    E-bike charging on the camino - Contributing to cost

    I would have thought basic manners and a modicum of "savoir vivre" dictate that you purchase something when using an establishment's facilities. Times change I suppose.
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    E-bike charging on the camino - Contributing to cost

    I did, and asked for REASONED opinions - of which there were precious few - to be given in return or facts that might enlighten the discussion. I made my mind up based on facts, research, math and provided all of it in the first post, along with the intention to cover the cost and a reasonable...
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    E-bike charging on the camino - Contributing to cost

    My point from the get go... I wish people would actually read post #1... Could this post be locked for further replies? I don't think there was much of value said on this for a good while.
  9. Xali1970

    E-bike charging on the camino - Contributing to cost

    I understand where you're going, but if neither party know or have an idea of what the cost price of the service provided is, how can either of you know or deem what is fair?
  10. Xali1970

    CPAP users: how do you bring your machine with you?

    I was referring to battery packs that can be carried while hiking. They'll be coming at anything from 250g to 500g and will provide "1 to 2 night's power under normal conditions" as the blurb states, or 8 hours use.
  11. Xali1970

    CPAP users: how do you bring your machine with you?

    Battery packs provide 8h of power at most
  12. Xali1970

    CPAP users: how do you bring your machine with you?

    Ask them if if you provide data for the nights you use another machine is acceptable. Pretty much all CPAP machines, including travel ones are capable of storing data on a data card and can be read -extracted & combined using open source software like https://www.sleepfiles.com/OSCAR/ Maybe it...
  13. Xali1970

    CPAP users: how do you bring your machine with you?

    I bought a travel size CPAP and carry it in my backpack. Adds a bit less than 800g all told If you do a search on CPAP you'll find a few threads about it
  14. Xali1970

    E-bike charging on the camino - Contributing to cost

    Well, sensu stricto, the law disagrees with you, so your opinion counts for less than a few beans past their use by date.
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    E-bike charging on the camino - Contributing to cost

    Why would you post an opinion on something you clearly haven't a clue about? How much € it costs to charge an e-bike battery is an elementary school level math problem which was explained/detailed in the 1st post of this thread. As for the time frame to cover 900km in mountainous terrain on a...
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