Another useful tip for newcomers

andywild · Feb 25, 2020

When researching my first camino I heard that when starting out, many pilgrims chose sangria. Not wanting to go against tradition I got off the plane and went straight to a bar.. three sangria-soaked days later (I was averaging 3km a day) I happened to be discussing how difficult the Camino was with a local in one of the many drinking establishments..
It turns out that when starting out, many pilgrims choose SARRIA.. needless to say, armed with this new information my distances improved significantly and the views were much less blurry..
Hope this helps
Hugs
Andy

Vacajoe · Feb 25, 2020

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Deleted member 43985 · Feb 25, 2020

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alexwalker · Feb 25, 2020

andywild said:
When researching my first camino I heard that when starting out, many pilgrims chose sangria. Not wanting to go against tradition I got off the plane and went straight to a bar.. three sangria-soaked days later (I was averaging 3km a day) I happened to be discussing how difficult the Camino was with a local in one of the many drinking establishments..
It turns out that when starting out, many pilgrims choose SARRIA.. needless to say, armed with this new information my distances improved significantly and the views were much less blurry..
Hope this helps
Hugs
Andy

Glad you got into good habits quite quickly. However, an ice cold peregrino gasolino or two (pint of beer, good for atleast 5 more fast kms.) on a hot day after a few hours of good walking is never wrong.

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