On Sept. 20 and 21, I joined about 296 other hikers for my fifth Maitland Camino. Article content

Over the years, trail signage for the event has steadily improved, thanks to the work of volunteers erecting signs and installing yellow flags so even novice hikers are less likely to miss a turn. The Camino committee and other volunteers again did a great job organizing check-in, bus scheduling, checkpoints, snacks and parking. Article content

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I usually have some recommendation for improvements for the next Camino, but this year I have none. On top of that, the weather was perfect — no rain and not too hot. Congratulations to everyone involved.

My impression was that female hikers outnumbered male hikers by about three or four to one. The demographics

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