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Trail from Santiponce to Guillena is totally underwater. as was local road. Only option was highway that you can't walk on. Nice man gave us ride around for 15 euros.
I always carry a string bag with me when traveling. Before heading to the airport, I load everything I need to keep with me in it and place in in the top of my backpack. Makes it very easy to pull out in the rare instance they run out of overhead...
I have several of the Decathlon messenger bag. It's fairly light - 4.2 oz/120 gm.
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/compact-travel-trekking-pouch-travel-15-l-black/_/R-p-309862?mc=8560414&c=bright%20damson_black
Looks a lot like the (leftover) poncho bags in my stash, though I am sure those are smaller. I am bringing a mesh bag as 1) plane bag, 2) shopping bag. Can also do for dirty clothes if there is a washer nearby. (Made in house. Also other bags...
I highly recommend this large Quechua crossover bag that @t2andreo gifted me in Florida when we had opportunity to meet for coffee. I have brought it on every Camino since then as it weighs "nothing", is sturdy and holds quite a few groceries...
Yep, those small UltraSil bags/backpacks are great.
We use ours for:
Shopping, taking laundry, on the plane as a 'hand bag', as a pack 'overflow', if we buy a bulky DIY lunch........101 uses.
Super light. Ours is 50 gms I think and about 22L...
Plastic shopping bags from home(or bought there) work fine.
I clip to my belt the Sea to Summit 20liter daypack and use it for groceries, it’s about the size of a golf ball. This bag doubles as my personal item on planes and trains and it’s a...
I use this drawstring sack to hold my after-walking-slides when they are in my pack....the bag then gets taken to the shower and the clothes washing sink....and finally to the mercado/tienda. Occasionally I wish for a better handle on it when it...
Spanish tiendas and supermercados DO have plastic bags. I believe they charge €0.05 per bag.
To avoid this, and to use as a "possibles" bag, I have used a near-identical item for the past decade...
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