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  1. MikeB

    Smart Packing and Unexpected Backpack Items

    For me, a needle, polyester thread, and a thimble, all in an old film cansiter - total weight about 20g. Saved my pilgrimage to St Davids (SW Wales) when the strap over my left shoulder snapped on my rucksack. Totally agree, and on the same day my rucksack snapped, I needed to use it. Why? To...
  2. MikeB

    Poles

    All poles that I have used will come apart to make the length much less, and hence should fit inside your rucksack. Undo fully the plastic rings that allow you to adjust the length, and gently but firmly pull out each section. This will reduce the length considerably. After arrival, you can...
  3. MikeB

    Camping

    There is a large meadow behind the albergue at Ribadiso, about 2km before Arzua. I know - I've passed there twice and twice it was full ! OK, the first time we arrived about 7:30pm, so we really couldn't expect anything else! So I/we slept outside - once borrowing a poncho to protect my...
  4. MikeB

    Wicking Underwear

    ) I've used Lowe Alpine ones for many years now, and they are first class. They are close fitting, with a portion going down the leg which helps as an anti-chafe device if that is a problem. They dry pretty quickly, and I wear a pair from after the shower on arriving at the albergue, until my...
  5. MikeB

    buying electric coil water heater in Spain?

    But then again, are you really sure you'll need one? I took one this winter for 10½ days from Leon to Santiago (20 - 30 Dec) and used it only at Samos, and that was to try to make Gluhwein :D . All we got was warm wine with orange bits in (Memo to self - if I go again in winter, buy some mulled...
  6. MikeB

    Winter face cream

    Thanks everyone. Due to limited time, I'll try and pick up some of the Vichy Mag-C cream in Spain. I've got a four hour wait in Madrid between plane and bus - two hours of which I'll be spending having lunch with an amiga peregrina - so enough time to find a farmacia Thanks Arn, I'll look for...
  7. MikeB

    Winter face cream

    Not sure whether to post here or the medical forum. This one won! I'll be leaving from León on 20 December and am now trying to arrive at Santiago on the 30th. Ambitious I know, but.... Has anyone used any cream to spread on their cheeks to prevent cold/wind chapping. After my 2 x 30km...

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