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  1. Corwen

    The Delicate Matter of Toilet Paper on the Camino

    Ladies use toilet paper for wee wiping, personally as a man I don't need to do this so I've found toilet paper with a little poo on it burns fine! Depends on the consistency of ones stools perhaps! :mrgreen: Too much information maybe!
  2. Corwen

    Leather cowboy hat?

    I always take 'disposable' hats trekking because I have lost so many (blown off my head on top of mountains etc!) but there is nothing like a cool hat to set off an outfit! I'd maybe add a tightenable chin strap for windproofing and a few grommets in the top for ventilation.
  3. Corwen

    The Delicate Matter of Toilet Paper on the Camino

    I always carry a lighter to burn the paper when I am trekking if it is impossible to bury it. Obviously you have to be sensible and stamp out any remaining embers before leaving, but burning is a good solution where burying your paper is impossible and saves carrying shitty paper away with you!
  4. Corwen

    Possibility to tent on the trail?

    Plenty of places to camp, we walked fro home (Dorset) via Weymouth/St Malo ferry, camped all the way until Dax and then used some refugios until Estella. Used all refugios from there and sent tent home, but bought a new one in Sarria as it was so crowded. Used the tent then for last week to...
  5. Corwen

    Is carrying a guidebook worth the weight?

    we bought a guide with a separate sheet for each stage. This had contact details of albergues etc on the back of each sheet, and before we went we annotated it with any info from the main book we thought helpful. This reduced the guidebook to just 30 small sheets of paper. Wouldn't have been...
  6. Corwen

    Camino Frances in August, what if you can't find a bed?

    It happened to us a few times along the way and we always found somewhere, though after Sarria we bought a tent because the refuges were so full and it became a race to get a bed which wasn't fun. The Coleman Rigel is a good emergency tent. It is in itself a rubbish tent, and certainly not 2...
  7. Corwen

    Worried about the boot size

    I think one size larger than your normal shoes is a good rule of thumb, they should be roomy without being so loose that your feet slip to the front when walking. Its not just your feet swelling from heat and being pounded, though this happens, they also spread over time as you walk and they...
  8. Corwen

    Skipping a section

    It seems pointless to me to start in an arbitrary place, walk for a while, and then skip ahead. Remember that any given start point (aside from your home) is as arbitrary as any other, the route doesn't start in St Jean, or LePuy, it starts where YOU start walking. Why not just start...
  9. Corwen

    What did you lose...??

    When you are carrying so little each possession becomes incredibly important, and takes on a kind of magical significance through being associated with such a special time.
  10. Corwen

    What did you lose...??

    I lost a jumper my partner had made for me as I crossed the pyrenees :cry: My partner managed to lose three hats over the course of our Camino, though I guess that was an average of one every 400 miles so it isn't quite as bad as it sounds!
  11. Corwen

    Is the Camino fun to walk in July/August?

    we greatly enjoyed it, but the last section from Sarrias became a race to get a bed, we bought a tent at this point and free camped till we got to Santiago, and then used the refuges till Finisterra. You might think about carrying a very small tent (sub 1 kilo) as an insurance policy against...

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