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Yep, crazy - but good crazy. You look at photos of people a few decades ago on hikes, pilgrimages, hill walking, and they seem to be wearing suits, ordinary shoes, hats such as the fedora or trilby, and heavy canvas rucksacks (most likely full of bread, brie, olives, and wine, tablecloth, napkins and a corkscrew) ...... nowadays there is a costume for everything. Costume to watch football, costume to play golf, costume to hike, costume to cycle .. each one has a specific costume, and there are magazines dedicated to which particular costume is the best - makes you wonder who the clowns really are - so, crazy? oh yes, but in a great way. Enjoy!!
Oh my gosh, David - those two chaps in the top picture look like snorers!Yep, crazy - but good crazy. You look at photos of people a few decades ago on hikes, pilgrimages, hill walking, and they seem to be wearing wool suits, ordinary shoes or boots, hats such as the fedora or trilby, and heavy canvas rucksacks (most likely full of bread, brie, olives, and wine, tablecloth, napkins and a corkscrew) ...... nowadays there is a costume for every activity. Costume to watch football, costume to play golf, costume to hike, costume to cycle .. each one has a specific costume, and there are magazines dedicated to which particular costume is the best - makes you wonder who the clowns really are - so, crazy? oh yes, but in a great way. Enjoy!!
here some 1930's pics ..... I say no more!
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OK, let's throw this down as a challenge to Steeltown Pilgrim. Post your photos, and we will have a compare-and-contrast moment!They do! Teddy Roosevelt & John Muir, on an extended hiking trip in the Yosemite in 1903. The one on the left is Teddy Roosevelt, John Muir was the founder of the Sierra Club. Serious outdoor types! (and most likely snorers too). Note the outdoor clothing? No, I didn't either!
This hand coloured photo is from a 1930's magazine highlighting 'modern' specific hiking clothing - so the trend to costumes started about then I guess ...
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Buen Camino Steeltown Pilgrim,a knapsack of the usual items...plus a nice blue umbrella, a few dress shirts and one pair dress pants. Yes, I am crazy ...that's crazy tired of wearing the same stuff all the time..
Peace, love
a knapsack of the usual items...plus a nice blue umbrella, a few dress shirts and one pair dress pants. Yes, I am crazy ...that's crazy tired of wearing the same stuff all the time..
Peace, love
Oh my gosh, David - those two chaps in the top picture look like snorers!
Oh, rats! I'll be ahead of you. I'd love to hear the music and see the steampunk hat. BTW, the last time I was on the VDLP I stumbled upon a petite Asian woman who had an enormous guitar slung over her shoulder and was smoking as she hiked.
And speaking of Teddy Roosevelt, I read the book "River of Doubt" about the expedition he led on an unmapped tributary of the Amazon River. His "people" had packed a hysterical assortment of extremely impractical things for the Amazon, like fine china, fine wine, luxe bedding, etc. because he was a famous person. It was eventually all chucked, and he was lucky he survived. Several of his companions perished.
Melanie
hmmm....might depend on what I'm being remembered for...my hat will be useless as a sun hat, in fact it will probably soak up the sun and overheat me..ah well, it'll be -20 here tomorrow am so I'm ok with that..and the shirts are not That dressy, just not standard fare...and there will be creases...I do some things very well but folding clothes is not my forte..I will walk a few weeks after you, pity. I want to hear that you have been remembered well in the pueblos, so leave some signs...I have been looking at my pilgrim clothes and may revise my checklist, my hat though has to come, it is a "judy" hat, from my great Camino buddy in Colorado, see the little one I wear in the pic to the left, well with the "judy" you can't see my face at all, I hope I can see the "Way"...it's a very large hat to keep the sun off. Hope your Hat is more fashionable than mine, are you going to carry an "iron" to keep your dress shirts pressed? An American service man who walked with us always had a shirt with crisp creases, it was the way he had them folded in his knapsack. Unadara...
Married?---yikes!!Darn ! Wish you were going back on the Norte! Would just love to meet youAs I was reading I thought maybe you were about to announce you were getting married on trail with such clothes and style!
Super excited for you!
The pictures above are awesome. I went to a Southern Women's college and tradition for over 100 years is hiking a mountain once a year...our dining hall was filled with pictures taken about 100 years ago of women in long skirts and killer boots
Thanks, will watch for the update---and, ok, I'll bring gaiters!!Left the albergue de peregrinos in Salamanca yesterday morning and am now home. I will try to update my thread 'Via de la Plata in February' before you leave. The albergues were cold but most had some type of portable electric heaters.
You may want to rethink your kit, there are a lot of arroyos to cross. Water is everywhere and mud! But it was still wonderful.
Buen Camino!
I think that is awesome
I think people often underestimate the psychological side of the Camino/long walk/trying something new. Though I cannot quote a survey/statistics, I think happy people can walk further and can carry more, therefore if what you're carrying makes you happier, you walk better with yourself. Made me happy just reading it.
Buen Camino
I start walking the Norte on the 28th!Married?---yikes!!
Don't tempt me with Norte...soooooo want to do that one again! Who knows, I might even change my mind about VDP after a few weeks, I have no schedule..nothing is carved in stone.
...and make sure your boots are "fitting".I did buy myself a cute and sassy hat for the trip though...
Thank you Robin and ,, uh hello!Excellent, finally a pilgrim with couture! Just to let you know I often ski (especially on powder days) and ride my bicycle long distances in a short skirt. Ok, I'm wearing stuff under it... I have friends who ski in prom dresses. I didn't see any rule book that says walking a pilgrimage has to suck! Here's to ya!
I really dont think the later Easter will affect accommodations. If I were running an albergue which traditionally opened on April 1, I wouldn't change the date--it's a seasonal thing really. On the other hand, the number of pilgrims should be much lower in the first two weeks of April relative to last year, but you'll have a busy 3rd week to look forward too if more company is needed.I start walking the Norte on the 28th!
If your mind changes head my way! My first Camino on the Frances I had ZERO anxiety...this one starting to think I will be by myself a lot (and lost) . You experience, with Tom and Audrey and others convinced me that I can do it BUT Easter was earlier last year and I think that is plays into population numbers and things be up and ready to serve...
I did buy myself a cute and sassy hat for the trip though...
Hilarious..love it!I knew I'd been spending too much time on this forum in the last couple of weeks and now look what's happened - I've just ordered a panama fedora and have decided to get back to the camino with it in a few weeks' time. Too easily influenced, that's my trouble!
No, not Pittsburgh, referring to Hamilton, Ontario, the steel capital of Canada. Might bump into you in Santiago as I may hang around for a few days.I leave StJpdp on Mar 14- maybe we'll cross paths along the way. Is Steeltown a Pittsburgh reference? That's where my family is from- any Steeler gear thrown in there??
Hi Steeltown Pilgrim - the chocolate wouldn't even make it into my pack ... !"full of bread, brie, olives, and wine". Bang on David but what...,,,no chocolate?
Practical? Then you'll know that self discipline has its long term advantages.Not so much brave as practical. [...] there's lots of time for everything..., comradery, solitude, days off, walking fast, walking slow, singing ,writing, thinking, drinking....going without a schedule.
Travel guitar-not quite the same but dies the job....more or lessHey Steeltown, taking a guitar is awesome - there were so many times I wish I had one with me. Just curious: Are you carrying a full-sized, travel or backpacker guitar?
Buen Camino Dermot, can you keep this forum alerted re arroyos, sunshine and advice, I'll be a month behind you from Seville...Hello Steeltown Pilgrim, Good luck enjoy. I might meet you, arriving in Seville on 11th March. Might start on 12th will walk for 2 weeks. I will be the one with the 35mm Camera around my neck.
Cheers
Thanks Peregrina2000, I'll be wary. I'm going to make things up as I go along---getting emotionally burned up by the las 24 hrs of the Frances!!! Having a little trouble with this Forum app so check me out on Facebook anytime --all welcome!So, Steeltown Pilgrim, buen camino, I take it you are on your way. Keep an eye on the weather, because last year people got really walloped by the snow on the Salvador. Look at post #7 of this thread -- jpflavin walked in April and had a rough time getting across from León to Asturias. The rule of thumb seems to be that the people in the city of León are not likely to have as up to date information as in Pola de Gordón or La Robla, so you should check there before setting out from Buiza to Pajares and beyond. But it is an amazing camino, and I hope you have a great time. Let us know how it goes for you!
Steeltown Pilgrim is currently on the Camino Frances, not Via de Plata. In Gragnon tonight.Thanks Peregrina2000, I'll be wary. I'm going to make things up as I go along---getting emotionally burned up by the las 24 hrs of the Frances!!! Having a little trouble with this Forum app so check me out on Facebook anytime --all welcome!
Over the years on the camino I have seen very varied walking attire. First climbing the Alto del Perdon in 2004 near the summit my knees throbbed and my nose bled. Eyes closed I rested on the side of the trail and perhaps fell asleep. Suddenly with a gentle tap on my shoulder “Are you all right?” asked a very British voice. I opened my eyes and saw a young man with long hair, wearing a gray kimono, black obi sash and wooden clogs! Was this an hallucination? After hearing that I was ok he walked on. ... That night at the refuge of the Padres Reparadores we met again. When queried the pilgrim still kimono-clad replied that he wore it because he “liked it”. ..To each his own.
I shall be wearing a full-length 'Arabic- style-' coat, with a scarf tied Berber (Sahara) style round my head.
Both for practical reasons (to protect my lightweight trousers, and my head from the sun) and to acknowledge both the wonderful Muslim heritage of Spain and my teacher who is sending me on this pilgrimage.
When I reach Santiago I'll change my grey-striped coat for a flaming red embroidered lightweight Moroccan one, to celebrate.
...the French film "St Jacques Le Mecque". It's very funny and takes its title because one of the characters walking the Camino thinks he is walking to Mecca.
I shall be wearing a full-length 'Arabic- style-' coat, with a scarf tied Berber (Sahara) style round my head.
Both for practical reasons (to protect my lightweight trousers, and my head from the sun) and to acknowledge both the wonderful Muslim heritage of Spain and my teacher who is sending me on this pilgrimage.
When I reach Santiago I'll change my grey-striped coat for a flaming red embroidered lightweight Moroccan one, to celebrate.
I would NEVER, EVER beat Jamilla. ( She is, after all, my alter-ego, and 'oil' I have. )
But she's already 24 carat to me. The stick I may have to take will be for beating off inquisitive dogs. Unless you know of a better deterrent?
I never for a moment considered that hat practical which, of course, was one of the reasons I bought it in the first place.Steeltown Pilg was here a couple of nights ago, but yesterday took the train down to Puebla de Sanabria to rejoin the Via de la Plata. He was wearing regular clothes, far as I could tell, except a rather impractical but dashing porkpie hat.
Nice guy.
Actually, I'm really close already as we were taken to the hostal near the train station--albergue is closed due to "politics" . For 22 euros: a shared bathroom complete with a non hardly working shower and toilet, wifi included but doesn't work in the room. Room is at least warm and I get a king sized bed for lonely ol' me. Sometimes you get less for more $.OOh, Orense! Try to take time to cross the river and go to the Japanese thermal bath! I think it´s a mere 5 Euro, and oh so worth it! Your muscles will thank you.
Slog indeed!!!@Steeltown Pilgrim - the walk into Orense and up to the albergue is a bit of a slog but I enjoyed visiting the city. You still have some lovely walking days ahead of you. Buen Camino!
I met a pilgrim from Scunthorpe, UK last night in Xunqueira and I think he said his town was "steeltown" UK.Fraternal greetings to Steeltown Pilgrim, Canada, from over here in Steel City, UK. Apart from its world-renowned forge mills and specialist craft metalwork, Sheffield attracted fame for the movie, "The Full Monty", where the objective of the exercise appeared to be to lose as much personal clothing as possible. Thankfully, you have avoided the temptation to lighten your pack by following suit. Buen Camino.
Sheffield James
I met a pilgrim from Scunthorpe, UK last night in Xunqueira and I think he said his town was "steeltown" UK.
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