Yellowfriend
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- Porto- Santiago / Fisterra- Muxia sept 2016
SJPP- Santiago may 2017planninh
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It is enough for me. Go on eBay and look for a silk sleeping bag liner. They are inexpensive, and you will have a choice of sizes.I am a warm sleeper, am always warm, should a liner be enough?
What is a good and cheap cotton silk liner?
I start may 1 for the CF. I am doubting of bringing a sleeping bag or liner. I am a warm sleeper, am always warm, should a liner be enough?
What is a good and cheap cotton silk liner?
Thanks!
I am assuming you will pack a fleece jacket with you, I also live in a cold climate, but I found Spain much warmer even though I brought a bag good to -10c that I stopped using the last week of April. If you can't find a liner you like there are also down blankets you should be able to order online. Look to see if you can buy thru Costco.com. They are very thin & light weight. I am confident even if you can't find one where you live you can find something in SJPDP Spain or in Pamplona.I start may 1 for the CF. I am doubting of bringing a sleeping bag or liner. I am a warm sleeper, am always warm, should a liner be enough?
What is a good and cheap cotton silk liner?
Thanks!
What kind of bag did you use? ThanksI started May 16th and was fine with only my very light bag.
The only place that was even close to cold was the first day over into Roncesvalles. After that it was warm and then hot in the meseta.
Even doing the English Camino at the very end of October and having come from Turkey I didn't find it cold at all.
I'm a warm sleeper too. I've walked sections of the Camino in later September/early October the last two years and have been perfectly fine with just a silk liner. Very lightweight too.I start may 1 for the CF. I am doubting of bringing a sleeping bag or liner. I am a warm sleeper, am always warm, should a liner be enough?
What is a good and cheap cotton silk liner?
Thanks!
A silk liner is useful against bed bugs should you encounter them rather than cotton.
Yes, but September is still summer, where as May 1st is a lot like spring. Not muchI'm a warm sleeper too. I've walked sections of the Camino in later September/early October the last two years and have been perfectly fine with just a silk liner. Very lightweight too.
This is a myth. Silk is better though because it is lighter and keeps you cooler as well as warmer than cotton. But it won't help you one bit against bedbugs.Lucy, why do you say a silk liner more useful than cotton against bed bugs??
My daughter and I are also starting in the beginning of May. We camp quite a bit, so we have summer and winter bags. Our summer bags keep us warm to about 40• F, and since they weigh a bit less, we were considering bringing those WITH a silk liner. We figured we could just use the liner when it got warmer, but use both in the beginning. Do you think this would be enough? We tend to run warm, but still like to be cozy at night.I froze for the duration of 13 days of walking in May of 2013. And I sleep with windows open at home when it's 20 below. I had to wait until reaching Burgos to buy a sleeping bag, and all they had was a mummy shape. The nights not sleeping because I was so cold made for difficult walking days. And even with the bag, and clothes on, and silk scarf, it was cold. Plus the albergues were kept cool during the afternoon so we went to bed cold and never got a chance to warm up.
I have also walked in May in temps in the high 20s. In thise cases the liner is enough, and carrying a pound or so of extra weight in case the cold comes in is well worth it for me.
The Costco down blankets are made by Double Black Diamond and cost around 30$. They are short though, so great for shorter people like me: 5'4" or inches. Draw back is that the shinny material they are made with is slippery and slips off the bed. I will now have mine attache to my liner with snap bottons or something like that.
Yes, it will almost certainly be enough. If it isn't then you will layer up and manage. I would not travel on the camino at any time of year without a sleeping bag, but a 40F bag will likely be warm enough, even without the liner.My daughter and I are also starting in the beginning of May. We camp quite a bit, so we have summer and winter bags. Our summer bags keep us warm to about 40• F, and since they weigh a bit less, we were considering bringing those WITH a silk liner. We figured we could just use the liner when it got warmer, but use both in the beginning. Do you think this would be enough? We tend to run warm, but still like to be cozy at night.
I did see that Sea to Summit makes a bag liner pretreated with an insect shield. I think I'll order us two of those!Yes, it will almost certainly be enough. If it isn't then you will layer up and manage. I would not travel on the camino at any time of year without a sleeping bag, but a 40F bag will likely be warm enough, even without the liner.
P.S. I agree that it is a popular myth about silk deterring bedbugs. Also agree that silk is a fabulous fabric.
I had one and jsed ot on all but half of my last Camino: it was stolen from my bed during the communal meal! It is very comfy because the material it is made with is a light knit.I did see that Sea to Summit makes a bag liner pretreated with an insect shield. I think I'll order us two of those!
What kind of bag did you use? Thanks
What kind of people steel something on the Camino.....I had one and jsed ot on all but half of my last Camino: it was stolen from my bed during the communal meal! It is very comfy because the material it is made with is a light knit.
Thanks! I found a very nice one on this site, I am going to look if I can order this one from Holland.This one: https://www.mec.ca/en/product/5025-521/Equatorial-Sleeping-Bag-+15-+22C
It was great on the Camino, way way way to cold when I was on the Coast to Coast though.
Tell me about it! It happened at Casa Fernanda, where there are what, 12 beds in the dorm. A few hard core walkers arrived late, had dinner, left the table just after eating, not partaking in the singing etc. So by the time the rest of us got back to the dorm, and I looked for my liner a bit, I figured I would find it the next day in full light. By then the hardcore walkers had moved on, and so had my liner ...What kind of people steel something on the Camino.....
It was great on the Camino said:I'm curious Rometimed, what the difference was on the Coast to Coast. Was it the same time of year? Were you staying in hostels, camping, or B&B's? What were the indoor temperatures?
I read that bed bugs don't like silk. I cannot remember if I read it on the threads on this forum or elsewhere. Either way I cannot say for sure if it is true or not. I did not get bitten by bed bugs on the two long caminos I walked but my sleeping bag was also treated against bed bugs. I also had an under sheet that was treated too. Maybe these things worked or maybe there were not any where I slept.Lucy, why do you say a silk liner more useful than cotton against bed bugs??
Yes, silk is good anyway because it is light. How do you know it is a myth? Did you get bitten when you slept with a silk liner?Yes, but September is still summer, where as May 1st is a lot like spring. Not much
This is a myth. Silk is better though because it is lighter and keeps you cooler as well as warmer than cotton. But it won't help you one bit against bedbugs.
I read that they love the toehold silk gives them. I think I read it on the internet...I read that bed bugs don't like silk.
I start may 1 for the CF. I am doubting of bringing a sleeping bag or liner. I am a warm sleeper, am always warm, should a liner be enough?
What is a good and cheap cotton silk liner?
Thanks!
Yes, silk is good anyway because it is light. How do you know it is a myth? Did you get bitten when you slept with a silk liner?
Ahh! That explains it! I hadn't realized that bedbugs had toes.I read that they love the toehold silk gives them. I think I read it on the internet...
Actually we can't prove a negative. But no reliable systematic observations have demonstrated any truth in it.How do you know it is a myth?
I have added this to my extensive bedbug file! It suggests that bedbugs have claws, which I suppose should qualify as toes (@falcon269) for this discussion.The link below is to one of many main stream media pieces on silk amd bedbugs...
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/12133597/...your-bed-bug-questions-answered/#.WHv8yrQS-hA
Maybe that is why the Sea to Summit anti-bb liner is green.I like the latest theory that bedbugs prefer some colours to others. Actually it does seem to have some validity http://jme.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/04/20/jme.tjw033
My thoughts on this.Tell me about it! It happened at Casa Fernanda, where there are what, 12 beds in the dorm. A few hard core walkers arrived late, had dinner, left the table just after eating, not partaking in the singing etc. So by the time the rest of us got back to the dorm, and I looked for my liner a bit, I figured I would find it the next day in full light. By then the hardcore walkers had moved on, and so had my liner ...
And to thise who love hearing how there are shops everywhere and if you need something you will find it, it took me three days of walking before finding a place that sold a bedsheet for me to use as a replacement. Good thing I had my duvet.
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