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If you are doing only Porto, coastal way, I don't think you will be needing it. It's really flat.Hi there,
I'm trying to limit my luggage to carry on so I won't be able to bring my poles. Does anyone know of places where I can purchase them in Porto?
Thanks,
Jennifer
Hi there,
I'm trying to limit my luggage to carry on so I won't be able to bring my poles. Does anyone know of places where I can purchase them in Porto?
Thanks,
Jennifer
When you get to the sports store, think about 1 pole and an umbrella cane, it's my go to walking stick, sunshade, rain shield & privacy when people are around and I got to go! At Decathlon my umbrella was 14Eu, strong, straight padded handle, light weight, UV from the scorching sun.Hi there,
I'm trying to limit my luggage to carry on so I won't be able to bring my poles. Does anyone know of places where I can purchase them in Porto?
Thanks,
Jennifer
Was the bag made from any sort of plastic material? Could you not have folded it into your pack and returned home with it to either reuse or dispose of in your own trash can?For my non-carry-ons I purchased a small bag for $2 (yard sale find) and checked that bag. At the airport I collected the bag, put the items in my backpack and threw the $2 bag in the trash.
Sorry if I offended you in some way. No, it was a cloth bag. I laid it on the very top of the trash bin with hopes that someone would pull it out and use it. I was in the airport, leaving it laying exposed wouldn’t be a good idea and adding the extra weight to my backpack was not an option.Was the bag made from any sort of plastic material? Could you not have folded it into your pack and returned home with it to either reuse or dispose of in your own trash can?
Offended no, saddened yes. Who knows, maybe in a hundred years or so some archaeologist might be digging deep through a rubbish pile and say: "Look, this is what pilgrims of old use to bring with them on their walk to Santiago!"Sorry if I offended you in some way. No, it was a cloth bag. I laid it on the very top of the trash bin with hopes that someone would pull it out and use it. I was in the airport, leaving it laying exposed wouldn’t be a good idea and adding the extra weight to my backpack was not an option.
i bought great poles at Decathlon in Porto on May 30 - plenty of stock. 10 euro each pole but they had a range from 5-30 euro. I was glad I had them from Ponta de Lima onward. My plan is to leave them at my hostel when I return to Lisbon and hope another pilgrim will be able to use them. They also had a good selection of rain capes which I wish I had purchased because it is exceedingly rainy in Spain right now!Hi there,
I'm trying to limit my luggage to carry on so I won't be able to bring my poles. Does anyone know of places where I can purchase them in Porto?
Thanks,
Jennifer
Hoping to do Central.If you are doing only Porto, coastal way, I don't think you will be needing it. It's really flat.
Clever!When you get to the sports store, think about 1 pole and an umbrella cane, it's my go to walking stick, sunshade, rain shield & privacy when people are around and I got to go! At Decathlon my umbrella was 14Eu, strong, straight padded handle, light weight, UV from the scorching sun.Doesn't get uncomfortably wet like a hat and blocks wind/dust blowing.
It was a cloth bag... no worries, it will decompose before 100 years have passed.Offended no, saddened yes. Who knows, maybe in a hundred years or so some archaeologist might be digging deep through a rubbish pile and say: "Look, this is what pilgrims of old use to bring with them on their walk to Santiago!"
I was in the Petrie Museum in London last weekend - they have a 5000 year old cotton dress on display that's in remarkably good condition!It was a cloth bag... no worries, it will decompose before 100 years have passed.
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