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Does anyone remember if you are given blankets at the albergue in Roncesvalles or if they're available for hire?
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Does anyone remember if you are given blankets at the albergue in Roncesvalles or if they're available for hire?
No blankets, not for love or money. The German hospiteleros swore that there were no blankets on any albuergue on the Frances.
... I stayed at one other albergue on the Frances without blankets but can't remember which one.
No blankets there last year.....a friend lent me one of those emergency foil type covers and, coupled with me clothes etc. I was warm enough...Does anyone remember if you are given blankets at the albergue in Roncesvalles or if they're available for hire?
The only other Albergue without blankets where I stayed was at Ages.....there were lots of bodies in the rooms though and the heaters were left on until about midnight...They are Dutch and they told me this too last year. I stayed at one other albergue on the Frances without blankets but can't remember which one.
Now I am back to thinking again. I met with a few people who told me a sleeping bag in August / September wasn't necessary? Hmmm, hve to think this one through again.
I'm having the same dilemma Dan. I'm starting my camino the beginning of August and will be walking to Santiago. I only took a liner last year in August but I only walked as far as Burgos and did have a few nights in which I was cold but other nights it was very warm. Now I'm thinking should I take both a sleeping bag and a liner to prepare for every eventuality as I hate being cold!
August is normally very warm, so you should have at least 30 days where a sleeping bag would be nothing but extra weight. September is normally very warm for at least 2 or 3 weeks, so if you can finish your Camino by the middle of September you are fine. I ran into sleet one day in July 2014 in O'Cebreiro, it was a very cold night but I found a private room with no heat with a pile of blankets and several cats, no worries.Now I am back to thinking again. I met with a few people who told me a sleeping bag in August / September wasn't necessary? Hmmm, hve to think this one through again.
... it was a very cold night but I found a private room with no heat with a pile of blankets and several cats, no worries....
Now we will get a lot of threads started asking "Can I keep my cat with me on the Camino to keep me warm?" SY
Oh no! The noise they make!No blankets there last year.....a friend lent me one of those emergency foil type covers and, coupled with me clothes etc. I was warm enough...
I have to agree if I were to walk in August a sleeping bag I would not take.I usually run really hot and I'd hate to carry a sleeping bag for 1 or 2 nights. I am walking in late August and mostly September. I am now thinking there could be a few cold nights?
I agree. Had to put up with a woman who slept in one of those. She kept us all up!Oh no! The noise they make!
Yes Al, it was rather a noisy night.....even kept myself awake....I did apologise to the other three occupants in my little area in the morning but they all said that they had slept soundly and didn't hear my 'cruching and crackling' all night.Oh no! The noise they make!
I stayed one night in el Acebo and some guy had one of those foil blankets, the noise all night long was beyond obnoxious. I commented the next morning the only thing he was lacking was the tin foil hat to complete his ensemble.The Camino teaches us many things Susana.
Does anyone remember if you are given blankets at the albergue in Roncesvalles or if they're available for hire?
What is the name of the NEW albergue?There are no blankets in Roncesvalles albergue. However the bunks are arranged in nooks of 4 pilgrims. Good electric outlets nearby and lockers. Good showers and kitchen with dining space. All is now quite slick and 'Hiltonesque' .
Same, it's the same albergue.What is the name of the NEW albergue?
I remember on my first Camino in 2008 The old Albergue was all there was, it was huge and cold in April. I couldn't sleep it was soooo cold I kept waking up because a cloud of white mist kept moving overhead my bed. I finally realize it was a ghost because every time it went over me is when it got colder. True story.Does anyone remember if you are given blankets at the albergue in Roncesvalles or if they're available for hire?
Hahaha! Great story. Yes, I stayed in that old albergue more than once and it WAS cold!I remember on my first Camino in 2008 The old Albergue was all there was, it was huge and cold in April. I couldn't sleep it was soooo cold I kept waking up because a cloud of white mist kept moving overhead my bed. I finally realize it was a ghost because every time it went over me is when it got colder. True story.
furthermore to my story because of the clod in that place in Burgos I had to stop my Camino and go back to Burgos due to Bronchitis, the family I stay in Puerto del Sol phoned their son to give me a room cause they were booked solid. I stayed there seven days and barely ate took a fight back home I lost 25 lbs and it took me a month to get over it. Great memories for the first Camiino.Hahaha! Great story. Yes, I stayed in that old albergue more than once and it WAS cold!
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