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[QUOTE="peregrino_tom, post: 1180604, member: 4307"] Hi Anto - sounds like an epic adventure! By all means take some recommendations from this forum, but I strongly recommend doing some test nights before you decide on the best overnight kit for you. You mentioned being concerned about insects with a tarp - but you get a similar issue with a bivy - you'll get lots of mosquito time in and around your bivy before you get in it, and when you do, if you seal it off to just leave a mesh cover (close to your face) you will find it draws a limited amount of air in and can be very stuffy, hard to breathe and hard to sleep - definitely in August! I think a lot of bivy/tarp people just decide to live with the surrounding insect life (which is much less in colder months), whereas people who are bothered by it are prepared to carry the extra weight of either a tent with a mesh inner, or a single wall fitted with a mesh door and mesh to the floor. Did you know - there is now a really good accommodation infrastructure from Arles? Have a look on [URL='https://www.gronze.com/camino-arles']Gronze [/URL]. A couple of years ago a friend set out from Arles with a tent in October - but he never used it. From what people have posted so far, I would suggest maybe getting a cheap well-made tent like the Lanshan 1 that Bradypus mentions. You take it as far as Arles and then decide if you want to keep carrying it, depending on the accommodation you find, whether you have become used to carrying the weight, and how much of your budget you are spending. I agree with ksam that it's worth looking at the Aragones and Somport route over the Pyrenees (and also the Piedmont route which forks off at Montpelier) if you want more hills and mountains. But if you have never been to SJPdP before then that is also quite a powerful experience... And finally, for joining the Francigena from Bologna, perhaps you could walk along the [URL]https://sentierodeiducati.it/[/URL] ???? :) [/QUOTE]
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