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    Equipment list and opinions from recent camino

    Re: Equipent list and opinions from recent camino I'll pass on skirts but, I agree, it's nice to feel a bit special in the evenings after a long, sweaty and/or muddy walk. I really enjoyed showering and getting into clean clothes and the one item I decided that I had missed off my equipment...
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    Tent - uk readers

    It is disgusting and quite unecessary. I belong to a walker's group back home and we have regular "ladies' stops" BUT NO-ONE EVER LEAVES TISSUES BEHIND in the countryside. If you are worried about drips there are disposable panty liners for that sort of thing (32 thin ones take up no more...
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    water

    THREE TIPS: 1. In France you can get drinking water at the edge of every village and also even beside some isolated churches - the tap will be in the cemetery. My companion hated the idea at first but it is OK and you'll see all the French walkers queing up to refill their bottles. You can...
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    Tent - uk readers

    Re: Tent Hmm . . . I dunno . . . my daughter said that quite a lot of people had to walk from Roncevalles to Pamplona (some 40 km?) to get a bed this year! Not a good way to start off if you are unused to walking those distances. And also some people can't afford the more expensive options...
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    Tent - uk readers

    If you are looking for a very lightweight, cheap tent then Wilkinson's are currently selling one for only eight pounds. It's a bit flimsy and goodness knows how it would cope in heavy rain or very hot sun but if you want one as an insurance it IS very light - not a lot over a kilo...
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    After hiking footwear?

    I took some black leather ballet shoes and put a foam insole inside. They were S O comfortable to put on inside in the evenings - I could wear them outside but they were not very practical on cobbles or in very wet weather. However, their main virtue is that they weigh about 100g - I couldn't...
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    clothes pins/clothes line

    We wrapped string, rubber bands and duct tape round our walking sticks and they all came in very handy - especially the tape - we actually had to buy some more.
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    Hair

    I took a brush with me (very small lightweight and clipped to a rucksack pocket) but never used it - I found that the extremely lightweight wide toothed comb that I also took worked better on my medium-length hair (http://www.suzielda.com/camino/viewphot ... =DC42C1061).
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    Can you recommend a good, light, inexpensive sleeping bag?

    It looks good - I'm jealous. Presumably you can't get it outside Australia? For UK readers, I took a Snugpack Traveller which is a whole 250 grams heavier than the Roman Palm. But I was very happy with it - it was roomy and, with a silk liner inside, it kept me warm even in the dank, cold...
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    Raincoat-Poncho

    Yes, I second all Fletcher's comments on Ponchos. Exactly what I found on the camino. But I hadn't thought about the velcro tip - that is really useful. Thanks. Fortunately there were two of us on our walk so we could help each other but one very wet morning out of Figeac we met a poor lady...
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    Raincoat-Poncho

    Where are you based Niel? If in the UK then my daughter and I were very pleased with our OMM ones: http://www.suzielda.com/camino/viewphot ... =AC75C1824 S
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    waterproofs in the shower

    I have now bought the one recommended by Sil in the topic: viewtopic.php?f=30&t=3183 A compromise between a raincoat and a poncho - looks good. TIP: Ponchos have the advantage over rain jackets in that you don't need to use a rucksack cover or inner liner. People have told me that when they...
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    Raincoat-Poncho

    Many, many thanks to Sil and Egbert For telling us about this raincoat/poncho and where to find it. Mine has just arrived and it looks good. I am sure it wil be more effective than the ones we used this summer and which leaked miserably. Here we are in them...
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    Re Umbrellas?

    Well, you're not alone, vinotinto, I'm definitely getting old if not already there. I did do Santiago to Finisterre and that wasn't too bad (although I was having my luggage carried for that bit - took the old man along for those last four days and he couldn't hack the packing light and...
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    Re Umbrellas?

    Oh, in the book I read he started in Finisterre and got rained on all the way to Santiago and so bought an umbrella there before setting off along and up and down the moutain ranges of northern Spain towards the Pyrenees. Well, in fact he didn't have to buy it because it was given as a present...
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    Re Umbrellas?

    Hi again - Just thought I would round this off - I did take it and it WAS useful. It was useful for walking in the rain (we did a lot of that) but especially for sightseeing in towns when it was quite warm and we were in t-shirts but subject to frequent short downpours. I also used it when...
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    Le Puy-Pamplona in May & June - Equipment Review

    Re: Le Puy-Pamplona in May & June - pics and perfume tip My daughter has finally managed to sift through her several thousand photos of our trip and a carefully categorised selection is now available on her web page: http://www.suzielda.com/camino/index.php Might be interesting for anyone who...
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    Rucksack Tribute

    http://www.suzielda.com/camino/viewphot ... =AC75C1824 Survived vicious overloading and rough treatment from Le Puy to Pamplona. And the contents never got wet! Amazing - considering everything else did - even though I was wearing umpteen layers of waterproofing and using an umbrella...
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    Do you need poles? Shoes or Boots? Photographic evidence.

    Let me start by saying that I know and have seen some people who can happily walk through mud and up and down steep slopes in running shoes or sandals and also that there are some people find they solve their foot problems by ditching their boots and wearing shoes . . . and if you are one of...
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    waterproofs in the shower

    Thanks very much folks.

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