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    Guide books - are they worth it?

    Muchas gracias to all who have responded to my original post. I'm not sure we reached a concensus, but the idea of reading the books first then taking only the relevant pages (or photos of them) appeals. One major thing I've got from this is the number of guides I'd never heard of before - two...
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    Guide books - are they worth it?

    France only, isn't it?
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    Fixing your feet

    My wife and I discovered John Vonhof's book recently and were amazed how much we enjoyed and learned from it. Definitely look into Engo patches to reduce friction (remember: they go on your shoes, not on you 😉). I've also been experimenting with socks after reading the book and have become very...
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    Planning stages map

    Hi, @ShanCanadian. Welcome to the forum (and buen camino for when it happens). There are various sites/apps with useful Camino maps and guides, but if you were exploring here I wonder if what you found was this post from @manuc33. His guide is in the early stages, but I like the look of it...
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    Guide books - are they worth it?

    Hola, todos. When I first attempted the Camino in 2001 I caried a (UK) CSJ guidebook. Light and very useful to find the right path and next albergue. Now I'm looking to return to finish 'properly', I'm wondering if it's worth carrying any form of physical guide. We have Wise Pilgrim, Gronze...
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    LIVE from the Camino Hugo goes to Finisterre (September '24)

    Thanks, @hugocast. I agree with the comment about your writing. It's a lovely style and I feel like I'm right there with you. Buen camino.
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    Favourite Accommodation Splurge along the Camino

    So many good suggestions above ... this could get expensive! A couple of posts hint at a 'pilgrim rate'. In the first Camino book I ever read (Jack Hitt's Off the Road) he mentions going to the parador in Leon and being offered a better rate because he was a peregrino. This was quite some...
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    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    There are many good walking tracks around Wellington, and I've been spending quite a bit of time on the Southern Walkway as I see about getting into Camino trim. (I'll move on to some of the others if/when I get bored and/or fitter.) This is how some of it looked a few days ago. A glimpse of...
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    Where have you felt a deep sense of community on the Camino?

    My favourite Camino community moment came at Cirueña, just before Santo Domingo. (It turned out to be my last day of walking; I developed an unhappy knee, which got steadily more unhappy as that day went on.) I was walking with my French Camino friend Isabelle. It was approaching lunchtime and...
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    A quote that seemed "camino" to me this morning

    I like Bill Manhire's I live at the edge of the universe, like everybody else. Feels very 'Camino', where we meet so many nationalities.
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    Our Lady of Orisson Statue

    Has the statue been moved, then? It's a while since I was there, but my memory is it was right beside the Camino, up on a rock. And when my wife and I visited in 2004, the baby's head had been replaced by a doll's. Looked very funny!
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    Gradient Graphs for Camino Frances

    Thanks, Camo - that's going to be very useful. But was anybody else puzzled by the 'north is down' orientation? Walking right-to-left feels backwards to me.
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    Protocol: spending more than one night in an albergue

    Great - thanks, people.
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    Protocol: spending more than one night in an albergue

    Hola, todos. It seems entirely likely this has been asked before, but I haven't been able to find any discussion. If (when!) one decides to have a day off from walking, is it possible to stay in an albergue for more than one night? The answer may well be "it depends on the albergue and how...
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    Low cost, high speed trains Madrid - Santiago

    The new trains originate in Vigo but certainly seem to stop in Santiago. Although the Avlo/RENFE booking form linked in Ivar's message above doesn't seem to offer Santiago as a selection, the one at www.renfe.com/es/en/viajar/prepara-tu-viaje/quiero-avlo/conocenos does. I remember taking the...
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    Camino Trivia page

    Thanks, Patrick. Well-researched, well-written and informative.
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    23 years later ...

    Hola, peregrinos. I set out from St Jean on 7 September 2001. Yes, four days before That Day in New York, so that was an interesting time for sure! Aside from that, the airline I was booked to go home on nearly went bankrupt and my left knee decided 'no more' in Santo Domingo. I bussed to...

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