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  1. DebR

    Gear Review: Apple MagSafe Duo Charger

    Have it. Love it.
  2. DebR

    Hiking pants in Logrono

    Thanks. I was just about to suggest this - they’ve helped me out a few times over the years.
  3. DebR

    Advice re my packing for June Frances from Leon? Esp. from ladies! ta :-)

    I wouldn’t bother cutting it. Mine is full size and completely worth its (minimal) weight...
  4. DebR

    Advice re my packing for June Frances from Leon? Esp. from ladies! ta :-)

    Ex Excellent list. I’d suggest one thing in addition to what others have said. Instead of sarong and microfibre towel, I take a lightweight but full size Turkish towel. It works as: scarf, sarong, towel, picnic blanket, bed blanket (albergues are sometimes too hot for sleeping bag, too cool...
  5. DebR

    To carry or not to carry an hair dryer?

    In the corridor of my hotel in Astorga inn3017, I met a woman who was cycling the Camino with several friends. I made some passing comment about the joy of finding a (rare) hairdryer in my bathroom; she leaned in and whispered that she had one in her bicycle pannier...and that it was...
  6. DebR

    Pack Review

    I just received mine too (no 15% off, wonder what I did wrong?) and will take it next year, I hope. I like this bag a whole lot...!
  7. DebR

    Boiling socks...

    Oh, those thermal pools in Ourense! Totally worth a night’s stopover en route to Madrid! This was my feet at the end of a hot - and ambitious - walk from Ribadiso de Carretera to Lavacolla last year. Felt like I was carrying all the topsoil of Galicia that day!
  8. DebR

    What did you bring on the Camino that you wound up not using?

    I really do...if it’s lightweight, you’ll use it in the evenings and maybe early mornings as the autumn sets in...I recall a very cold and foggy morning out of Ponferrada in mid October when I was very glad of mine. That said, a good merino hoodie also does the trick...
  9. DebR

    My sleep sack "innovation"

    I love this! I’ve also doctored mine (a double) to make a Spanish pillowcase out of it as well.
  10. DebR

    Walking Poles or not?

    Yes. Always yes. Buy them in SJPP if you like, but have them. They will help more than you can imagine.
  11. DebR

    Need to take hairdryer ?

    I saw (and used) a hairdryer in the Albergue at Villatuerta (Casa Magica), and at Via Trajana in Calzadilla de Los Hermanillos, the owner brought me hers one afternoon and insisted I borrow it. They’re rare, but occasionally el Camino provides...
  12. DebR

    Need suitcase for trip home

    This is it (thanks, google maps!)
  13. DebR

    Need suitcase for trip home

    There’s also a shop on Rua do Preguntoro that I found (after I bought a much more expensive one outside the old town, somewhere near Zara). If you find The Last Stamp Albergue and then walk down this street away from where it crosses the Camino, it’s on the right. (There’s also an excellent...
  14. DebR

    Walking poles and Qatar Airlines

    I did exactly this last year. Checked my poles (and some toiletries) in a yoga mat bag wrapped in plastic - it looked like I was checking in withFred Flintstone’s dinner! Qatar marked it “fragile” so it came offthe plane in Paris before I did, and waiting for me when I arrived in baggage claim...
  15. DebR

    What did you bring on the Camino that you wound up not using?

    Kathmandu adventure store in australia.
  16. DebR

    Towel size

    Mine is a full size towel, very light cotton that’s kind of like a kitchen towel. They wash and dry easily, and get more absorbent with use. Big enough to wrap around you or use as a picnic rug or bunk curtain too.
  17. DebR

    Towel size

    I’ve carried both on various Caminos and my preference is the Turkish towel, without a doubt. Light, dries well (and dries itself quickly), robust and gloriously multi-functional. No more microfibre for me...!
  18. DebR

    Bamboo or merino?

    For what it’s worth, my experience with bamboo is that it takes much, much longer to dry, even in a tumble dryer. I take merino (though I get why you may want to avoid it) because the bamboo top I carried never actually got completely dry after any wash. It was fine to wear, and warm enough in...
  19. DebR

    What did you bring on the Camino that you wound up not using?

    Hi, I used http://boundforanything.com/ It doesn’t custom print text, but you can select layout and page types, which will work for me. Buen Camino!
  20. DebR

    What did you bring on the Camino that you wound up not using?

    It’s a fine cotton/linen style towel, full size but very light and absorbent. Dries very quickly. I wouldn’t travel without mine now, and in fact I use them all the time at home now too. Easily found online.

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