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    Carrying a tent on VDLP

    Wild boar hate to be surprised; especially when they have piglets. They are happy to slink away long before you get anywhere near and stay well away from you. Was once harassed by a group of donkeys determined to eat my tent in Ireland. Domesticated animals often more troublesome than wild.
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    Carrying a tent on VDLP

    Thanks Patrick. I looked into the poncho thing but thought it might not be so great in windy weather?
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    Carrying a tent on VDLP

    Sleeping bag in, gaiters out!
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    Carrying a tent on VDLP

    Trying to keep it light as my back can be a bit cranky. Have gone for a light weight bivvy. I have a close friend who shares your surname, Hugenot descent?
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    Carrying a tent on VDLP

    Thank you for your comment. I think I am suffering with 'The everything but the kitchen sink' mentality. The tent is off the list!
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    Carrying a tent on VDLP

    Have ordered Hunka and will leave tent at home. Thanks for your help. Thanks for that. I have decided to replace the tent with a lightweight bivvy bag, just in case. I will definitely pack my waterproofs! Did you bother with gaiters?
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    Carrying a tent on VDLP

    Have checked out Hunka Alpkit XL, they are very good value! Are they robust? Thanks for the link to G Gerald Kelly's updates and I will visit Gronze pages too. What size pack are you using? How is the Camino going for you? Again, apologies for all the questions!
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    Carrying a tent on VDLP

    Brrr! Frost! I hope it will have warmed up a tad by March! Is there less accommodation because you are early in the season or because of covid? Are both municipal and private hostels affected? Also; how much food and water have you had to carry? Sorry to ask so many questions but it's great to...
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    Carrying a tent on VDLP

    Thank you. I think it might be nicer to to carry less weight. I guess I will have had more than enough fresh air during the day!
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    Carrying a tent on VDLP

    I am setting off on VDLP beginning of March. Due to covid pandemic I have had ample time to obsess about my kit and have been shaving the weight of my pack as departure approaches. Am down to 8kg in a 36ltr pack with water. Am I daft to ditch my tent on this route? I could take a poncho/tarp...
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    Do top bunks stop bed bugs?

    No doubt on The Bedbug Forum there is a lot of discussion and anticipation of the return of those delicious pilgrims! Poor things, must be hard times!
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    VdlP - Walking 2021

    I had flights and accommodation booked for Seville mid March 2020, impeccable timing as Spain declared a state of emergency! Not sure when it will be possible to try again, hoping maybe Autumn 2021 or Spring 2022? In the meantime I have been walking locally in Herefordshire visiting many...
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    LIVE from the Camino Annie live from the VDLP

    Hi Annie, Many thanks for your post and for helping me come to the sad decision to postpone the VdlP and Camino Sanabres. I was due to fly out to Seville on 17th March with my brother for a ten week totter through Spain to Santiago de Compostela and onto Finisterre. Fortunately the mañana...
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    Via de la Plata, camping and eating

    Hi Annie, You should write a guide! I'm quite Old School so I'm taking paper maps, compass, theodolite, pith helmet...........Not really! Though yes, trimmed down paper maps and a compass. Thanks for link. I'm also thinking of taking my Jetboil as there is nothing like a cuppa al fresco. I...
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    Via de la Plata, camping and eating

    Hi Annie, Many thanks for your comprehensive reply. We'll be leaving Seville on 20th March. I might well mail the tent back to Blighty if it proves superfluous, along with half the other stuff! Yours, Mark.
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    Via de la Plata, camping and eating

    Thanks for your advice. Will definitely be carrying nuts, dates, and chocolate!
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    Via de la Plata, camping and eating

    82! Obviously there are benefits to malingery! I spent a lot of time looking at bivvy bags but decided that I would just feel too vulnerable lying out with the "Restaurant Open" sign illuminated. Feel safer in a tent, despite a memorable encounter with several donkeys; in a field in Ireland; who...
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    Via de la Plata, camping and eating

    Hello P Rat, As this will be my first Camino I'm probably overthinking the journey and possibly the kit. I've decided the humidor and quilted smoking jacket aren't essential, or the natty clip on umbrella, but I have kept the uber lightweight trowel for burying poo and possibly my brother. There...
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    Via de la Plata, camping and eating

    Thank you very much for the info, all very reassuring. The tent is backup in case we get caught out; or find accommodation is full; or if the weather is divine! Have booked private accommodation in Seville, didn't particularly like the look of Triana Backpackers and thought there will be enough...
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    Via de la Plata, camping and eating

    Hello, My brother and I are walking the VdlP in March. Does anyone have any experience of camping along the way, wild or municipal? Also; like a shrew; I have to eat my own bodyweight each day or else I get somewhat crotchety. Was food ever a problem for anyone?

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