TonyC
Geriatric
- Time of past OR future Camino
- (2014/5) Frances Pt1 & Pt2
(2016) Portuguese, from Lisbon
(2018) Frances in Sep/Oct
(2019) Yorkshire
My wife and myself (I'm 71 and my wife is 68, both reasonably fit) are currently planning to start on the camino in September. To this end we are trying to decide what items to take with us. The many versions of packing-lists on the board are very useful, but what doesn't appear in many of them are books, other than guides to the camino. I intend taking my trusty Kindle, but my wife doesn't like e-readers, much preferring "real" books. She is also an avid, and quick, reader and doesn't want to be in the position of not having something to read. During the time we may take to complete the way she would normally have read 3-4 books. We both realise that the weight of 3-4 thick paperbacks is too much to contemplate taking in a back-pack, soe we are looking at possible alternatives.
So we are asking for some help/advice/ideas from those who have experienced the Camino.
One idea we wondered about is it may be that the various lodgings on the route may possibly have little libraries where pilgrims may exchange books. That is, if you have a book that you have finished you can leave it for someone else to read and in turn take another book left by a previous visitor. Does that system exist in any form on the Camino?
Are there any similar schemes?
Is it realistic to carry several paperbacks in your backpack?
What alternatives are there to e-readers(kindles) for taking several books?
So we are asking for some help/advice/ideas from those who have experienced the Camino.
One idea we wondered about is it may be that the various lodgings on the route may possibly have little libraries where pilgrims may exchange books. That is, if you have a book that you have finished you can leave it for someone else to read and in turn take another book left by a previous visitor. Does that system exist in any form on the Camino?
Are there any similar schemes?
Is it realistic to carry several paperbacks in your backpack?
What alternatives are there to e-readers(kindles) for taking several books?