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Camino Frances

First Views of St Jean Pied de Port

August 23, 2009

This is the view that most pilgrims first get of St Jean Pied de Port. I remember it quite clearly, I was wondering what was ahead of me. I had not read much about the Camino before heading off there for a month, my flat mate and college friend had been my sole [...]

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Orisson to Roncesvalles

September 26, 2008

This is where I slept for the first time on the Camino Frances. Orisson is only about 8km to 10km from St Jean, but on my first day it felt a lot longer.
Problem 1. I was quite unfit and a bit over-weight
Problem 2. I did not sleep well the night before, as [...]

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St Jean Pied de Port

September 22, 2008

This is the view that most pilgrims first get of St Jean Pied de Port. I remember it quite clearly, I was wondering what was ahead of me. I had not read much about the Camino before heading off there for a month, my flat mate and college friend had been my sole [...]

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Camino Friends

April 11, 2008

I received an email from a friend last night who is in the middle of her first Camino, the Camino Frances. She has had some health problems, mostly feet and tendons. However there was one part of the mail where she talked about her Camino friends, people she has met during the last [...]

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Security Patrols on the Camino

March 15, 2008

For the first time the security patrols provided by the Xunta will be in service during Holy Week, that is from the 14th to the 24th of March. As a rule, the two patrol cars with uniformed, albeit unarmed, guards cover the portion of the French Camino in Galicia, from O Cebreiro to Monte del [...]

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The Camino de Santiago in the Winter – Can you help?

October 16, 2007

More questions in my inbox that I don’t know the answer to – can anyone help?  Thanks.
We are planning to walk the Meseta in November, the part of the Camino we have not walked in the past…saving it for our old(er) age!  A couple of questions, please:
1/  What is the weather likely to [...]

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