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  1. Shston Girlfd

    Weight/equipment, winter caminos and medical issues

    I am also a T1D which walked the CF alone in 2017. I did end up carrying more than the suggested amount but made it. I Always carried bread, a chocolate bar and apples. I added almonds, dates and figs for BS stablizier foods. At home I am a vegan but on Camino I do eat milk products - so the...
  2. Shston Girlfd

    Soap for body and clothes???

    I just brought a smallish bottle of my usual shampoo for all my cleaning needs. On the Frances I ran out of soap about 5 days in - travel size. Ended up buying a regular size bottle of shampoo and pouring 1/2 of it out to minimize weight. Only one alburgue I encountered carried 'travel' size...
  3. Shston Girlfd

    Camping Stove

    We are looking very hard at the Via Francigena di San Francesco, but may end up on our fallback the Portuguese. No decisions yet, my partner has a healing injury so we have time.
  4. Shston Girlfd

    Camping Stove

    We call that stove type a NATO stove - love it - and is truly a 90% solution. But not good for cooking a pot of lentils & rice.
  5. Shston Girlfd

    Camping Stove

    - You're a champ - Thanks!
  6. Shston Girlfd

    Camping Stove

    "Grumpy old cynics" rule!
  7. Shston Girlfd

    Camping Stove

    Campinggaz, okay - I assume that is the fuel. Will it be compatible with our US stove? I would prefer to do the initial buy from a sporting goods store so we know they are compatible. Our first big city is Milan. Recommendations?
  8. Shston Girlfd

    Camping Stove

    Couple of vegan Americans headed to one of the more isolated and under serviced Caminos this year. No worries - we plan on camping. What are our best European options for backpacking stove & fuel?
  9. Shston Girlfd

    My Pack Is Too Heavy: Woe Is Me!

    I also have struggled to get my pack down to a sustainable weight and it is a tough personal compromise. I like to look nice so I have a couple of compromises packed - I found a lovely little sport dress (4oz) and some croc mary janes (6oz, which are my shower and evening shoes) as well as a...
  10. Shston Girlfd

    Worth carrying?

    Very good point!
  11. Shston Girlfd

    Worth carrying?

    Good idea!
  12. Shston Girlfd

    Worth carrying?

    Oh my - "total protection from the wee beasties that lurk in my mind" - see a problem/craft a solution. Love it! We all have 'wee beasties that lurk in our mind', wish we all could snap on a bit of protective gear and venture out in confidence. Bueno Camino!
  13. Shston Girlfd

    Worth carrying?

    A dear friend gave me a lovely and very practical scarf which will also be my only 'pretty' - I am currently focused on what I am going to mail forward to Ivar. I just this week realized that I will be wearing the same things for 40 days, almost a nightmare for me! For sure Ivar is going to get...
  14. Shston Girlfd

    Worth carrying?

    They are very thick, stiff knee-high canvas and yes they are heavy but then when bushwhacking around here I have 3 priorities - water, sunscreen and my snake gaiters. It is so empty and quiet that you could hike for 3 days naked without worry of scaring anything but a passing deer. Perhaps you...
  15. Shston Girlfd

    Worth carrying?

    - It does and thank you. Sometimes it takes a conversation about a topic to make the obvious clearer.
  16. Shston Girlfd

    Worth carrying?

    Beuno Camino Andy - I will watch for you along our shared path!
  17. Shston Girlfd

    Worth carrying?

    - Oh these aren't my snake-proof gaiters (I live in Arizona in the US). A must if you bush-whack in the warm months around here.
  18. Shston Girlfd

    Worth carrying?

    My boots are waterproof and I have opted to not bring my late-husband's very nice and altered to fit me waterproof pants because they are too heavy (11 ounces). I think my foul weather plan is a hooded rain jacket covered by lighter weight poncho over me and backpack and bare legs. If my boots...
  19. Shston Girlfd

    Worth carrying?

    Starting my Camino from SJPP on May 1st. Just bought a FABULOUS pair of brand new, waterproof boot gaiters for $2USD (1.6GBP, 1.85Euro) at a community sale. They weigh 9.7ounces (.27kilog) which would put me 3 ounces over my maximum dry weight. Knowledgable pilgrims, are they worth adding? I...
  20. Shston Girlfd

    Toilet roll: to take or not to take

    I carry a couple of packages of those 'kleenex' for your purse - have for many years because when you need it you need it and it isn't always available.

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