Albergue Sleeping Kit?

Bikeguy

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• Feb 3, 2014

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I have previously cycled Le Puy to SJPP where I camped along the way. This fall I plan to cycle the Camino Frances and will be leaving the camping kit at home. Therefore, my question is about Albergues and what one needs to bring versus what is included. Should I be bringing a sleeping bag? Sheet liner? Pillow case? Thank you in advance, any information is very much appreciated.

 

Anniesantiago

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• Feb 3, 2014

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Sleeping Bag
Pillow case if you want one - although I never take one - nor do I take a liner

 

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• Feb 4, 2014

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Sleeping bag, silk liner, this has a pillow case included.
Buen Camino.

 

WanderingChristian

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• Feb 4, 2014

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I think it's a good idea to bring a sleeping bag with you, especially for when you're in the higher elevations (Roncesvalles, O Cerebrio). It's also a good idea if you're going early in the season when nights can be quite chilly. A 40 degree (Fahrenheit) should be adequate. Some of the albergues are quite historic (translate as "old") and can be quite drafty.

 

WanderingChristian

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• Feb 4, 2014

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Then again, I'm going by my old Boy Scout training

 

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• Feb 4, 2014

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Sleeping bag for the chilly nights, silk - liner for additional warmth and / or as a light covering in heated Albergues (yes they do exist)

 

Diogo92

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• Feb 4, 2014

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Sleeping bag + liner or thermals

The good thing about thermals is that you can also use them during the day, so it's a 2 in 1 thing.

Best Regards
Diogo

 

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• Feb 5, 2014

• #8

Sleeping bag and use its transport bag (filled with some clothes) as a pillow. Buen Camino! SY

 

jmcarp

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• Feb 5, 2014

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If you do decide to take a pillow case, take what we in North America call a king size pillow case. The pillows in most albergues are quite long (I guess this is a standard European size) and a standard US/Canadian pillow case covers only about 2/3 of the length.

 

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• Feb 5, 2014

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When we did our Camino Frances in June, we considered only bringing a liner. In the end, we brought light sleeping bags, not the liners. I don't think you need both. Get a slightly warmer sleeping bag if you are concerned about being cold. It will be lighter than carrying an additional liner.
Also, a very astute soul on this forum recommended to us to not bring the pillow case and just use a tshirt over the pillow instead. It worked great and gave you another shirt in case you needed it. (A pillow case has so few uses...)
Most alberges had blankets, so being cold never seemed to be an issue.

Rambler

 

Al the optimist

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• Feb 6, 2014

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It does depend on your own "warmth rating". Myself, I have quite a warm body (causes complaints from someone in the summer, but I am appreciated in the winter). When walking I only use a silk liner. If I am cold I use the albergue blankets/wear clothes. The latest I have walked is early September on the Ingles and Finisterra.

 

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• Feb 6, 2014

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I've cycled, I've walked... I don't go anywhere without a sleeping bag.

 

Kathy F.

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• Feb 7, 2014

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Mid-May to end of June.
I brought a medium weight sleeping bag. I didn't bring a pillowcase and found that many albergues had clean pillows and pillowcases available. If needed, I could stuff clothes into a small sack and use it as a pillow.
My most valuable piece of sleeping equipment? My eyemask, for killing the lights turned on by those who rise at zero-dark-thirty, rather than killing them. Snoring didn't bother me so much so I never really used earplugs, although I had them.
Buen Camino!

 

Al the optimist

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• Feb 7, 2014

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Being blind in one eye I have advantage - sleep on my left in complete darkness! Am I seeing the bright side (or in this case the dark one) in everything as ever?

 

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• Feb 7, 2014

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I had just weighed my eye-mask, snoreguard, nasal expansion strips, earplugs and placards in the 42 most common languages advising of my average decibel level when I woke up and realised that it was all too real. I forgot, in my earlier post, too list at least most of the above, as essential sleeping kit.

Al, as ever...