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  1. peterott

    Visiting Santo Domingo de Silos from Burgos

    If you want to make a quick hike after the monastery visit, a bit outside of town is the "Desfiladero de La Yecla", a pretty nice small trip through an extremely narrow gorge. I am pretty sure that there is a roundtrip from Santo Domingo de Silos through the gorge as I've seen lots of hiking...
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    The Taking of Gloves Paradox

    Found outdoor gloves which have as an insert a "poncho for the gloves". Looks funny. Brand is "Outdoor Research", Versaliner Sensor Gloves Black. I really like them as I went now multiple times into heavy cold rain. Right normal glove with the "insert". You can take these out if it rains too...
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    Washing clothes on CP

    Looks like your username is absolutely fitting 😲. That's an incredible hint. I usually put my clothes in the water-filled sink or the shower and let some drops of detergent soak in. Though in 50% of the cases after a minute or two all water is gone, as the sink or shower isn't leaktight. As my...
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    To increase my backpack size ...or not.

    Just checked, my ULA Ultra Circuit is a 68l pack with only 963g of weight. No additional top/bottom possibilities. Just a front mesh where some further stuff packs or sleeping back can be stuffed in. I prefer a bigger pack for easier packing in the morning (goes faster, and is more silent)...
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    Walking signs n the Olvidado when walking away from Santiago dC

    Thanks guys for the answers and explanation. I've never hiked with GPS but for this trip I will really need to start using this wikiloc tracking it seems. The German camino trails in my area (Franconia) are maintained by the same hiking association that manages also the normal hiking trails in...
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    Walking signs n the Olvidado when walking away from Santiago dC

    Hello, and presumably a strange sounding question at first: I want to do a 400km roundtrip around Santander. After a small piece of the Camino del Norte, it continues with the Camino Lebaniego and half of the Ruta Vadiniense, when I will reach the Camino Olvdidado at Cistierena. Now, I want to...
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    Walking in Rain

    I prefer in heavier rain * Goretex-running shoes * Goretex dirtygirl-gaiters (like this: https://www.salewa.com/de-de/protector-powertex-3l-gamaschen-00-0000028261 or https://www.nortecsport.com/de/product/hightec-gaiters/) * some sort of kilt with <100gram for the lower body made from nylon...
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    Ruta/Camino del Besaya (ES30a) = Calzada romana = Calzada de los Blendios (GR73)?

    Found a further name-variant in internet-literature for the Ruta/Camino del Besaya (ES30a)/Calzada romana/Calzada de los Blendios (GR73) path: "Ruta de Campoo" from Santander to Carrión de los Condes http://flecha-amarilla.wpoerner.de/caminos/jakobswege2.html
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    Survey: Heavy comfortable pack vs Lighter less comfortable pack?

    Yes, this has become a dealbreaker for me in the meantime. Whenever I try out a new pack (and still stick with my ULA packs) I try this first: can I get a waterbottle out AND back in from the sidepockets without luxation of my hand-ancles or even worse: unfasten the backpack in order to grab the...
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    Ruta/Camino del Besaya (ES30a) = Calzada romana = Calzada de los Blendios (GR73)?

    Muy bien, Carles, gracias. Very nice pictures!!!!! Ok, I kinda thought that there will be "double markings" with the yellow Camino shell and your mentioned GR73 markings :) I will walk the opposite way. I come from the Camino Olvidado and enter the GR73/ES30a at Aguilar de Campoo and will walk...
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    Ruta/Camino del Besaya (ES30a) = Calzada romana = Calzada de los Blendios (GR73)?

    Bonus point - which confuses me most: This is a part of the Caminos map that lots of people have probably seen on wiki-web. There, the "Ruta del Besaya" from Santander to Carrión de los Condes is shown but noted as (30) Calzada de los Blendios - that should go from Suances to Herrera de...
  12. peterott

    Survey: Heavy comfortable pack vs Lighter less comfortable pack?

    I started hiking with a way too big and too heavy pack (2.9kg empty) and went to one of the lightest Osprey packs that I've found in a local hiking shop some time later (2.1kg). After changing to a 1kg ULA pack (first a waterresist Circuit X-pac followed by a Ultra Circuit pack), I will never...
  13. peterott

    Ruta/Camino del Besaya (ES30a) = Calzada romana = Calzada de los Blendios (GR73)?

    Hello, just some sort of stupid question: I found a very nice Spanish book from 2002 (ok, pretty old one) which describes - according to my limited Spanish language knowledge - the development of a hiking route La Calzada de los Blendios in the late 90es from Herrera De Pisuerga to Suances and...
  14. peterott

    New English Guide to Lebaniego-Vadiniense

    Got this 2024 edition as well. Ordered from the UK, but it got shipped from Sweden inside the EU, means no issues with custom taxes and neither any other issues with parcels from the UK (like super long postal delivery times). Very nice and lightweight book, clearly describing the way of...
  15. peterott

    new hiker from Germany says Buen Camino

    Thanks for the explanation, @David Tallan. Will be interesting to explain with my halfway decent Spanglish knowledge, that I am traveling in the opposite direction away from Santiago dC on the Camino Olvidado path :) But jokes aside, I have already asked for a pilgrim pass and found very nice...
  16. peterott

    new hiker from Germany says Buen Camino

    @dbier, @David Tallan Thanks for you answers. Yes, I intend staying a good portion of that round-trip in albergues and I was under the impression that a pilgrim pass is required for them staying there overnight. Please correct me if I am wrong. Sometimes I may also stay in a hotel or other...
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    new hiker from Germany says Buen Camino

    Hello, this is Peter here. I am new in this forum as I've registered due to an adventure I am planning for next year. I don't want to hike a full camino, but rather make a round-trip around Santander. * Santander => San Vicente de la Barquera on the Camino del Norte * San Vicente de la...

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