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  1. BrianForbesColgate

    Does anyone know of any shorter pilgrimage routes around the world?

    There's a 700 km one that circumnavigates Prince Edward Island, Canada ... but you could select as much of it as you want to walk. https://theislandwalk.ca/new-walking-trail-modeled-after-the-camino-opens-in-pei/
  2. BrianForbesColgate

    Pocket coin pouch for those EU coins?

    Our Canadian $1 and $2 coins are a similar problem ... slightly larger than the Euro coins, but slightly thinner, so about the same weight. I dug out my Boy Scout coin purse from 60 years ago and it fills the bill ... handily slides onto my belt.
  3. BrianForbesColgate

    Luggage Transport - Why?

    With all the veterans here of multiple Caminos, whether pilgrimages or journeys, it may simply be that pilgrims are inevitably aging and with that come restrictions as our bodies remind us that we are no longer 24 ... not even in our wildest dreams. 😊
  4. BrianForbesColgate

    How to pack Tilley hat (ltm6) into backpack?

    From the Tilley Canada website just now: The LTM6 Airflo Broad Brim hat is made in 100% Recycled Nylon with a durable UPF 50+ finish. It combines our unique Airflo technology with a PFC Free durable water repellent finish, offering protection come rain or shine. FEATURES Rated UPF 50+...
  5. BrianForbesColgate

    Which poncho?

    Back in 2012, I ordered my Altus online from barrabes, and had it shipped to me in Canada. They don't list it now. It is listed at Caminoteca in Pamplona, and you might ask them about shipping it to you, via their Contact Us link...
  6. BrianForbesColgate

    How much do You stretch each day?

    If it helped Ed Balls do the Yoga he demonstrated on The One Show it must be good. However, book and videos are out of stock on their web site, and unavailable on my usual Book Depository source. I found it via Bookbinder.com ... lots of New at almost the same prices as the Used ones, which...
  7. BrianForbesColgate

    Muxia - Finisterre - Santiago?

    Of course, if you walk it in reverse, there would be no nice certificate to show you'd done so. 😁
  8. BrianForbesColgate

    SJPP to Roncesvalles - your personal experience

    My sister in Australia sent me this story tonight. Claude Tranchant's pilgrimage from France to Spain Claude Tranchant is gleefully honest. "I had no concept, none at all, what walking was about." The French-born Brisbane grandmother is talking about her 2,200 km pilgrimage on foot from...
  9. BrianForbesColgate

    Digital Copy of Millán Bravo Lozano's "The Pilgrims' Road to Santiago"?

    Entitled "pilgrims?" Trashing the countryside as they went?
  10. BrianForbesColgate

    Interesting Hi-Vis clothing seen...

    Reflectability is more important at night, Hi-Viz perhaps in the day ... depending on how many other distractions are about. For night, here's a brief amateur video about a 3M reflective jacket ... and a 3M promotional video
  11. BrianForbesColgate

    Food Poisoning in Carrion de los Condes.

    No such thing as 24-hour flu ... it is gastroenteritis. Unlike influenza virus which attacks the respiratory system, gastroenteritis can be caused by any number of disease-causing pathogens, including bacteria, non-influenza viruses, parasites, and even fungi. 24-Hour Stomach Flu Causes...
  12. BrianForbesColgate

    What did you forget that you would bring with you the second time?

    Perhaps alleviate?
  13. BrianForbesColgate

    Ultralight rain kilt for ultracheap tip

    I haven't tried either of the others, Dave. Having used a back zip pack in the Army, I wanted the same in my Camino pack. I don't need to rustle down from the top opening to find something that I put in the bottom. With different items separated in their own lightweight bags, it's like...
  14. BrianForbesColgate

    Ultralight rain kilt for ultracheap tip

    Re: Cuben fibre rain kilt ... here is a link and an alternative: https://mountainlaureldesigns.com/product/mld-rain-kilt/ [Cuben or Silnylon options] https://www.ula-equipment.com/product/rain-kilt/
  15. BrianForbesColgate

    Ultralight rain kilt for ultracheap tip

    I love my ULA kit ... I'm glad I got my Camino [1st edition] pack when they were still making them.
  16. BrianForbesColgate

    Ultralight rain kilt for ultracheap tip

    Dear old Google just posted an Advertisement for a $99 Kilt and Sporran right below your post. Yes, they watch everything!
  17. BrianForbesColgate

    That silly 10% rule

    I will ask my niece who just walked PCT, South to North, last Spring.
  18. BrianForbesColgate

    Best length for walking poles

    Here are a couple of other resources, F.Y.I. Black Diamond Z-Poles: Using trekking poles:
  19. BrianForbesColgate

    Best Shoes?

    My Camino has been delayed for several years - first caring for my elderly Mum, overlapping and now full-time caring for my youngest sister, who has ALS. In the meanwhile, I keep on doing long hikes with my overloaded Camino backpack and these boots that came recommended here in the forum...
  20. BrianForbesColgate

    Sock protectors -- Only in Australia ???

    MEC: Mountain Equipment Co-op https://www.mec.ca/en/

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