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  1. Dawsie

    sleeping bag advice.

    Take a liner and a light weight sleeping bag. You then have three different combinations available to suit different conditions. Silk liner = 115g and Two season sleeping bag 521g Don't forget to loft the filling in the sleeping bag before use to separate the fibres for maximum warmth...
  2. Dawsie

    Managing electronics

    Here is a slightly different slant on your query. Elsewhere on this forum I had learned a very important lesson: Don't take anything on a Camino that you aren't prepared to lose. This is not to say that the way is rife with light fingered nare-do-wells, but that accidents happen. Things get...
  3. Dawsie

    My buff has been so necessary!

    I also use it at night over my head to hold my jaw closed to reduce the snoring
  4. Dawsie

    Question about power banks

    Thanks Perigina2000 and VNwalking for tempering my optimistic recollections regarding Camino signage. Inevitably my impressions of excellent route signage will have been coloured by the strongest memories coming from the end sections of Caminos - on the approaches to SdC itself (on del Norte and...
  5. Dawsie

    Question about raintrousers

    Hi all, I have just returned from a wet week walking the UK South Coast Path. I got much wetter from the waist high weeds by the path than from the rain from above. Wet shoes is a recipe for blisters, and at times I had to stop every half hour and wring out socks. Experience (and pre-camino...
  6. Dawsie

    Question about power banks

    Hi all, It sounds like some of you are suffering from a version of Battery life anxiety. I hope these comments help. a) Although by default I am an optimist, the best bit of advice I got from this forum was "Don't take anything with you on a Camino that you aren't prepared to lose". Write your...
  7. Dawsie

    Your favorite camino hat!

    I can empathise with the companion of "trecile" above. My favourite walking hat is as shown in the photo to the left. This is a really cheap hat made of paper bought for little more than £1 from Primark. I started wearing it while walking the Ridgeway in the UK, then it became my lucky hat while...
  8. Dawsie

    How do you wear a hat with a backpack?

    Nothing special, just a cheap hat made from paper but it has been with me for two caminos and half of the South West Coast Path - it is my "Walking Hat". If it rains, or in strong winds, it is very secure under the hood of my rain jacket. I also always carry a Buff, this sometimes gets used...

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