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Imagine finding a fellow pilgrim who fell down somewhere, and you don't even have a space blanket to cover them or a bandage to stop bleeding until an ambulance arrives!
Hope the fellow pilgrim has what is needed...
My experience with reservations on SNCF:
You are obliged to make a seat reservation, but - in my opinion - not forced to keep the reserved seat as you are free to hang around in the cafetaria as well.
So: At the start I always take the reserved seat (ticket inspectors sometimes take it...
I found out that the local press reported these days on the albergue in Alpriate.
We should keep an eye on local announcements by searching "omirante.pt Vialonga albergue".
In Burgos there are three Decathlon stores with a variety of umbrellas, rather cheap.
I always buy the umbrella with UV protection - very useful.
You may take the umbrella even for rain :-)
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