DurhamParish
Un Cerveza, Por Favor
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Caminho Portuguese 2012 & 2018
Camino Frances 2014, 2015, 2015, 2017, 2018
Since it is the off season (for most of us) and we are coming up with items for discussion, here is one to consider.
Do you have an item that you know weighs too much, and that you shouldn’t put in your backpack, but you bring it anyway?
I’ll go first. Six bars of Dove soap. Why? I only brought one on my first camino, knowing that I could buy a bar of soap in a market. Given that I use the bar soap for not only personal use, but also for washing my clothes, my clothes began to take on the scent from the soap I had purchased. For me it’s worth the weight to not pull on my shirt and have it smell heavily like scented soap.
I also bring unscented deodorant for the same reason.
One positive thing. My pack gets lighter the closer I get to Santiago.
Do you have an item that you know weighs too much, and that you shouldn’t put in your backpack, but you bring it anyway?
I’ll go first. Six bars of Dove soap. Why? I only brought one on my first camino, knowing that I could buy a bar of soap in a market. Given that I use the bar soap for not only personal use, but also for washing my clothes, my clothes began to take on the scent from the soap I had purchased. For me it’s worth the weight to not pull on my shirt and have it smell heavily like scented soap.
I also bring unscented deodorant for the same reason.
One positive thing. My pack gets lighter the closer I get to Santiago.