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  1. Ian Afloat

    Are Walking/Trekking Poles neccesary? Sleeping bag or Sleeping Bag liner

    ❤️ my Pacer Poles
  2. Ian Afloat

    Are Walking/Trekking Poles neccesary? Sleeping bag or Sleeping Bag liner

    If you love your knees you'll take poles!
  3. Ian Afloat

    Bottle vs hydropack

    Osprey packs tend to have the bladder pouch on the outside of the bag so that this is avoided. Still a bit more time consuming than filling a bottle - you might add on 2 minutes to your day - but without the added hassle of unpacking and repacking bits of your bag.
  4. Ian Afloat

    Fitbit

    On long distances my step rate is about 1250/km. (I have consciously increased this from 1140/km to avoid heel planting). Number of steps = 1250 x distance covered. A simple calculation which I don't need a piece of electronics to do. If I've walked 8km that's my 10000 steps.
  5. Ian Afloat

    What is your 2nd footwear item?

    Keen Newports for me!
  6. Ian Afloat

    What gear is the lightest in your pack?

    My six and half ounce waterproof outer shell... https://www.alpkit.com/products/gravitas-mens
  7. Ian Afloat

    Sleeping Pads/Mats

    In 2015 Roncesvalles could have opened a sleeping mat shop with all the mats that had been abandoned!
  8. Ian Afloat

    Is carrying your own backpack a thing of the past?

    And does the motto go on to say "where past pilgrims patronise people they know nothing about?" 7 weeks tomorrow I leave for SJPDP. This will be my 2nd attempt. 2 years ago I had to stop after 160km due to infected feet and acute anxiety.
  9. Ian Afloat

    Is carrying your own backpack a thing of the past?

    Well compared to those things one could argue that the Camino and this forum are meaningless. But we still come here.
  10. Ian Afloat

    Is carrying your own backpack a thing of the past?

    I understand that not everyone is able to carry their pack and yet they still walk the walk, which is most admirable. But I had in mind those who are able to carry their pack but choose not to. My apologies if I included you in this latter group.
  11. Ian Afloat

    Don't sweat the packing list

    Please say Ice Breaker again.
  12. Ian Afloat

    How necessary is a sleeping pad on the CF?

    Roncesvalles had a big basket of them left behind by pilgrims who thought better of it when i was there in 2015.
  13. Ian Afloat

    Is carrying your own backpack a thing of the past?

    An excellent piece of sophistry. L
  14. Ian Afloat

    Is carrying your own backpack a thing of the past?

    I'm Ian. It's my opinion. If you want to tell yourself that you're a pilgrim as you breeze past all those people who are carrying their stuff that's fine. Some of them are on walking holidays too. They just can't afford €5+ per day to get some opportunist to carry their stuff for them.
  15. Ian Afloat

    Is carrying your own backpack a thing of the past?

    Always. They still might be lovely people!
  16. Ian Afloat

    Is carrying your own backpack a thing of the past?

    Personally I don't think that any able bodied person can walk the Camino and still call themselves a "pilgrim" if they don't carry their stuff with them. They're on a walking holiday and nothing more. That they choose to walk along a Camino route for their walking holiday is, IMHO, relevatory of...
  17. Ian Afloat

    Travelling Light

    25+5? That sounds a bit extravagant for that amount of stuff!
  18. Ian Afloat

    EVEN more about soap and shampoo!

    No I don't...that's why I don't use one. Anyway, how does soap make hair easier to comb?
  19. Ian Afloat

    EVEN more about soap and shampoo!

    Possibly...I don't use one so I'm unable to make the comparison!
  20. Ian Afloat

    EVEN more about soap and shampoo!

    Almost shoulder length.

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