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  1. ficklefancyfree

    Nicknaming the People You Walk With

    On my first Camino, a guy came up to me to ask how my knee was and I was stumped. After a little while it twigged and I said, no, that’s the other Asian. I met up with my fellow other Asian sister and and had a good laugh. To be fair we were both of similar height, wore glasses and plaited our...
  2. ficklefancyfree

    London to Walsingham

    Day 2: Tottenham Hale to Broxbourne. Approx 20km Well the forecast was for heavy rain and winds and I thought that it might just bring back memories of walking the Ingles at the start of the month 🤣 I decided to head off. If not, I’d have only sat and watched more TV. I didn’t dress for the...
  3. ficklefancyfree

    Person missing since Nov 9, 2023 — walking Camino Portugués -RIP

    @mirichka I am so very sorry for your loss and sending warm thoughts to you and Vlad’s family
  4. ficklefancyfree

    Where do you shop? [in the UK]

    You definitely have more patience than me, knitting a sock was the first item I knitted purely because I needed it to be complicated enough to keep my interest. Problem was, after I finished one sock, I realised I had to knit another 🤦‍♀️ A very impressive stash, maybe I’ll dig out my needles...
  5. ficklefancyfree

    Where do you shop? [in the UK]

    We have Decathlon here also, I’ve never found their clothing to fit me well, my own bug bear! I use a lot of their equipment though, who doesn’t love a decathlon quick dry towel! They were everywhere 🤣
  6. ficklefancyfree

    Where do you shop? [in the UK]

    Ok @dougfitz maybe I should have clarified ‘full’ retail price. Why pay that when you can wait a few months and buy gear at 50% discount at the end of a season?
  7. ficklefancyfree

    Where do you shop? [in the UK]

    That’s amazing! Do you also try and make them thicker at the heel and under the front part of the foot?
  8. ficklefancyfree

    Where do you shop? [in the UK]

    I love hunting in charity shops! My best buy was a pair of Norrøna pants for £3! 🤗
  9. ficklefancyfree

    Where do you shop? [in the UK]

    I do love Cotswolds, I just don’t enjoy retail prices 🤣 Ellis Brigham is pretty great at advice and then telling me to go find it cheaper online, have no idea how that works but they have shown me a few good items I then went to buy online. I love Uniqlo heat tech and use that all over but...
  10. ficklefancyfree

    Camigos in Devon (UK) cafe meeting - Dec 9, 2023

    Oh I would love to, but I’m in London so too far a hop and a skip for me. Hope you get lots of company!
  11. ficklefancyfree

    Where do you shop? [in the UK]

    Evening folks. As I sit here pondering when I get to go away again, I wondered where my UK based pilgrims do their shopping? I was very lucky to work for an outdoor retailer some years ago and used all my meagre earnings on building up a spectacular hoard of climbing equipment and outdoor...
  12. ficklefancyfree

    LIVE from the Camino Back on the trail from A Coruna

    Thanks for that! I guess third time will really be the charm!
  13. ficklefancyfree

    LIVE from the Camino Back on the trail from A Coruna

    Final thoughts. Personally I found the trail to be really scenic, very green and very foresty. Water fountains are abundant and only at most 7km apart. A 500ml bottle would do you unless you drink lots in which case I would say no more than 1ltr. I found it hilly, walking poles would be a...
  14. ficklefancyfree

    Camino Ingles was lovely and strange.

    Hi @K_Lynn, I arrived into Santiago the day you arrived, only I was just beginning the Ingles. How nice it is to read your thoughts, my pace is similar to your sisters! And we are opposites in that I like to walk alone but chat in the evenings. I think maybe the time of year was against us...
  15. ficklefancyfree

    LIVE from the Camino Back on the trail from A Coruna

    Day 6: Sigueiro to SDC approx 16km. Well it’s over, again. I’m a bit saddened by the journey ending but then journeys end and begin all the time. As I walked into SDC I was feeling a little at a loss, it’s strange to not celebrate the ending when the last memory you have of this place was...
  16. ficklefancyfree

    Postal costs

    @GeorgeL im arriving into SDC tomorrow. I live in London, do you want me to pick it up? I’ll send you my phone number in a conversation
  17. ficklefancyfree

    LIVE from the Camino Back on the trail from A Coruna

    Hello! I only really have 2 stand outs from that trip. The crazy mahoosive stamp at the Church of St James in Bramley and asking for the dole at the Hospital of St Cross in Winchester. There’s also a haunted pub in Winchester, I didn’t sense anything but my companion did. I will come up...
  18. ficklefancyfree

    LIVE from the Camino Back on the trail from A Coruna

    Day 5: O Outeiro to Sigueiro approx 15km Last night I ordered a pizza AND a burger with fries. The pizza came in 3 sizes, I figured the small would be, you know small. I also thought the burger would be less than filling, so I decided to order both. Well, what a mistaker to maker. The ‘small’...
  19. ficklefancyfree

    LIVE from the Camino Back on the trail from A Coruna

    🤣🤣 well played my lovely!
  20. ficklefancyfree

    LIVE from the Camino Back on the trail from A Coruna

    Hi @Kirkie no booking ahead for me this time. I’m determined to not let the heebie jeebies get me. There seems to be a few hostels around and I have my ‘emergency’ cash available if I need to splurge on a private room. Also guessing that quite a few people might blast on to SDC. Only 4 other...

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