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  1. Swillbos

    Weight/equipment, winter caminos and medical issues

    Great suggestion, thank you David. I have some fluorescent running tabards which may help somewhat, but otherwise our clothing is overwhelmingly black, with the occasional splay of grey and brown :)
  2. Swillbos

    Weight/equipment, winter caminos and medical issues

    You have just burst my ever so slightly smug post training bubble - ouch😧 Maybe the luxury foot cream needs to go.....on the positive side, the lack of fellow pilgrims means I may be able to economise on ear plugs:)
  3. Swillbos

    Weight/equipment, winter caminos and medical issues

    Great suggestions, many thanks! We went for a ten mile training walk carrying 8kg today, along a very blustery canal towpath - may not look too much like a camino, but felt like a reasonable proxy for a rain-lashed coastal route at times!. I felt fine with the weight. Appreciate it will be...
  4. Swillbos

    Weight/equipment, winter caminos and medical issues

    Now the quilt/bag/liner/blanket options suggested raise intriguing new possibilities! If the albergues (grrrh auto-spell keeps suggesting allergies for that word - sooner or later it is going to slip through:)) are for the most part reasonably warm, I could re-instate my down gillet (a mere...
  5. Swillbos

    Weight/equipment, winter caminos and medical issues

    Thank you so much for your very detailed reply surya8 - it is great to hear your personal experience, and very encouraging on the heating/drying front - already so not missing that hairdryer:). Reports on the self-catering front are also positive. I would normally take some of my own equipment...
  6. Swillbos

    Weight/equipment, winter caminos and medical issues

    I'm with you on the water carrying front Dave, a couple of light-weight reusable plastic bottles. Your trip with your son sounds wonderful despite the weather (or maybe even because of it!) you'll both have memories for a lifetime!
  7. Swillbos

    Weight/equipment, winter caminos and medical issues

    I'm definitely tongue in cheek, I love winter walking. The choice of route and timing fit in with other things going on in life. I think it's more that because it's our first camino, we haven't got a frame of reference, and it's becoming more and more clear just how different every camino is...
  8. Swillbos

    Weight/equipment, winter caminos and medical issues

    So many great ideas vs the "immutable laws of physics"🤓 Latest thinking, the hairdryer goes nowhere, but the Kindle stays. I have done a bit of reading on my iPhone, and indeed it is absolutely fine for a bit of reading, but roving_rufus's descriptions of long dark nights in deserted...
  9. Swillbos

    Weight/equipment, winter caminos and medical issues

    Many thanks for all your advice. I agree the hairdryer stands out as a bit bonkers! I would never have even thought to include one had I not read that a number of fellow travellers either bought one on the way, or wished they had; and their reasoning was nothing to do with the avoidance of bad...
  10. Swillbos

    Weight/equipment, winter caminos and medical issues

    Fabulous!!! that is really helpful. I had been wondering about a hi-vis vest. I doubt we will be walking in the dark, but low cloud and rain seem highly probable. We do have some very lightweight ones for driving, so I'll add that to the list.
  11. Swillbos

    Weight/equipment, winter caminos and medical issues

    So I have decided to ditch the giant spare walking sandals, and it already feels like a no-brainer:) I have also been engineering out bits of weight here and there where I can. On the emergency food front, I need to have sources of both fast-acting and slow-release sugar. I usually carry...
  12. Swillbos

    Weight/equipment, winter caminos and medical issues

    Many thanks roving_rufus, it is really helpful to hear your experience on this route; I wasn't sure if heating would be routinely available given there are so few pilgrims on this route at this time. I think there is likely to be a degree of randomness as to where we pitch up each night, as...
  13. Swillbos

    Weight/equipment, winter caminos and medical issues

    That is a good suggestion ginniek. I think if I was against a time constraint and/or up against hot weather, I would definitely look into this. As it is I like the idea of spontaneity, just seeing what happens along the way and accepting no land speed records will be broken:)
  14. Swillbos

    Weight/equipment, winter caminos and medical issues

    Many thanks Jozero and Dave. The second pair of shoes is obviously the thing that jumps out a country mile! My only previous experience of long distance walking was in a freak British heatwave when we all got appalling blisters and I know I am projecting that experience on to what will be a...
  15. Swillbos

    Weight/equipment, winter caminos and medical issues

    Let me start by thanking everyone who has already generously contributed such a wealth of knowledge and experience to this forum - I have been reading avidly for the past couple of months, and learned so much thank you! Exciting times - we're now well on with our preparation for the Caminho...

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