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  1. nellpilgrim

    Sweating using pack with contact back suspension

    One of the other advantages of the trampoline style to think about is that it reduces wind resistance allowing air to flow through and around your pack rather than slam into & spin you & it as can sometimes happen with foam panel packs. I'm an Autumn, Winter & Spring pilgrim so I have to pack a...
  2. nellpilgrim

    Dealing with sweaty back from backpack

    Lowe 'Airflow' packs are really good for allowing ventilation to the back in hot weather and as I'm an Autumn, Winter early Spring pilgrim also prevent 'wind spin' caused by the wind hitting your pack and buffeting you-this can be pretty extreme with a strong wind. The 'gap means the wind goes...
  3. nellpilgrim

    Bed bugs and black bags

    If you can elevate the plastic bag a little so that the bottom isn't sitting on the ground and cooler than the top and turn it once or twice so everywhere gets an even roasting. I ferreted around and found a discarded barbecue rack and that, raised up on few stones, worked a treat. In...
  4. nellpilgrim

    Help a sister out - I have no thigh gap

    Anti chaffing stick/lube tube I use them for ocean swimming. You can also get a bit of chaffing if you have teddybear arms/batwings so I wallop it on there to-in fact anywhere a bit of friction may built up. I'm a traditionalist in terms of underpinnings so lycra and boy shorts are, for me, a...
  5. nellpilgrim

    Wearing a Kilt on the Camino

    Here's a video of some young Irish lad walking the Wicklow Way in Winter wearing his kilt (Irish kilts aren't tartan but plain- usually saffron, dun or moss coloured), aran gansey and camping out and, on one night, taking the even colder option of staying in the mind numbingly cold damp youth...
  6. nellpilgrim

    Mindfulness on the camino

    It's been said that nowadays there's Mindfulness and it's evil twin McMindfulness……….the latter is often 'Supersized' as a matter of course ;)
  7. nellpilgrim

    How to clean a backpack

    Nope don't clean mine brush off the mud if it get's too grubby but have never washed it. Mind you as I walk in Spring or Autumn on pilgrimage and in Ireland for the rest of the time my pack gets a pretty through 'rinsing' on a depressingly regular basis:(
  8. nellpilgrim

    Post Camino bed bugs in sleeping bag

    ……or if, like me you have a friend that works in the food industry, put your gear into one of those big old walk in/drive in freezers for a couple of weeks (in a plastic bag of course) Kills them and them pesky little eggs off for good and proper.
  9. nellpilgrim

    Over Organized Woman's Packing List!

    I've a pair of undergarments that have I've brought along, carried for a week or so and posted back as unnecessary over 5 times now………. they've earned frequent flyer air miles at this stage:oops: So I obviously need help…..but think I'd miss that en route rationalisation-as perhaps it's a...
  10. nellpilgrim

    How to get the hang of trekking poles?

    When I started to learn I felt like a praying mantis learning how to knit-and looked even odder:oops:-but by abandoning any thought's of looking 'cool' and taking long practice walks first on smooth flat surfaces, moving on to earthen tracks and eventually graduating onto rougher terrain I...
  11. nellpilgrim

    Preparation - Simple and Easy Ankle Strengthening

    I have wonky ankles so alway wear ankle supportive boots. So I'm going to give these exercises a go thank you!
  12. nellpilgrim

    Are Brasher boots readily available to buy in Spanish shops?

    Ooh that looks sore! Why do manufactures change winning formula's?
  13. nellpilgrim

    Are Brasher boots readily available to buy in Spanish shops?

    My favourite Brasher Towa GTX's have a super spongy heel that really protects my heal on long journeys and they are robust enough to deal with snow/mud/ and rocky paths (weakish ankles) but I've worn out two pairs and would happily get a third butI'm thinking it's time to branch out. So thank...
  14. nellpilgrim

    Are Brasher boots readily available to buy in Spanish shops?

    Recently I've been reluctantly window shopping for new boots as my favourite pair, which have served me well and owe me nothing, are sadly getting a bit 'beyond the pale' even for me. During these commercial forays I had thought I noticed a decrease in the 'depth' of tread on a number of brands...
  15. nellpilgrim

    Tips

    Hi, For some reason I find it more comfortable to pack the heavier stuff lower in my backpack so the weight sort of sits on my hips rather than my shoulders/upper back-and I always use my waist strap to really transfer the load. I'm not sure if this is a personal idiosyncrasy or a more generic...
  16. nellpilgrim

    Buff Question

    I love Buffs and find them both cosy when it's cold and also very good at soaking up the sweat from the back of your neck-when it's either warm of you've been exerting yourself (as very occasionally happens on Camino;)). I like to walk in tech tee shirts that usually have a round neck so a Buff...
  17. nellpilgrim

    Differences

    Another advantage of a trampoline frame, if you're walking in windy conditions, is that helps to reduce the amount of solid wind resistance created by your upper body and pack- and the consequent 'buffeting' effect which can be destabilising when walking on snow and ice-every little helps! I...
  18. nellpilgrim

    [photo] Pilgrims from 1954

    Fantastic photograph God bless them all they look as fresh as daisies. I've decided from now on it's a good tweed skirt and straw hat for me.
  19. nellpilgrim

    Gear I used and liked for the Camino Frances

    You need more gear if walking in Winter, Spring, late Autum that's a given- but the advantages of those seasons more than compensate IMHO....
  20. nellpilgrim

    Gloves Tip

    ...now's my one and only chance to seem a little Ray Mears like:- If you find yourself walking in very windy freezing/snowy conditions with soggy woolen gloves and cold hands plunge your gloved hands into a pile of snow for approx 3 minutes or so until the outside of the gloves has a frozen...

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