tangata hikoi
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Le Puy to Pamploma (April/May 2014)
VDLP March 2019 Sanabres April 2019
Finisterre/Muxia April 2019
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Hi MendiwalkerHi Tangata Hikoi
Welcome to the forum
Which Camino do you plan to walk?
Buen Camino!
Tena Koe
Another question is how do you sleep...hot or cold. ?
I sleep hot...but was cold in a sleep liner in Aug going from St Jean to Zubri. After that it was good..but more on the too hot side for the rest of my walk.
Another thing to consider is what positions do you sleep in. I tend to starfish....or sleep on my side in a "K" shape. I got frustrated by my liner in that it felt restrictive.
So if I went again I would apadt my liner so I can stretch out or get a sleeping bag that opens from the bottom and forms a blanket.
I think unless you are staying in private accomodation all the way...you should take something. ..even just a sleep sheet for hygiene resons. Remember 100's if not 1000's of Pilgrams would have bedded down before you in your bed for the night.
Kia Kaha and Buen Hikoi
I'm planning to leave from Le Puy and get to Saint Jean Pied de Port....I have six weeks in which to do it.
I'd suggest that you will in fact need a sleeping bag.
Both in France and in Spain, there are pilgrim hostels where the sleeping accommodations are basically somewhere soft to place your sleeping bag upon ; some places in France have not even that.
Unless you are wealthy and can afford better sleeping arrangements, of course.
April is the wet month in Spain. In Salamanca last year in MAY I set out one morning when it was just 4 degs C. Some albergues don't have blankets, or pillows. Take a sleeping bag!
Buen camino!
The Le Puy route is different from the Camino Frances. I have always found blankets on the Chemin du Puy. This May was the wettest in French history. It also was cold and wet in Spain, but you won't be there.
Only you know how warm you want to be. In April of this year, there was snow from Le Puy well past Domaine du Sauvage. It was nice and warm in all the gites. It rained on 26 of 31 days in May 2013.
I will be walking LePuy route the same time you are. I have done two Caminos before. Maybe we could link up. My email is oldspice2010@gmail.com, Please reply if interested. Traveling is better when there are two people. Hope to here from you. Tom
I plan to start in April
Megg
I'd suggest that you will in fact need a sleeping bag.
Both in France and in Spain, there are pilgrim hostels where the sleeping accommodations are basically somewhere soft to place your sleeping bag upon ; some places in France have not even that.
Unless you are wealthy and can afford better sleeping arrangements, of course.
I must point out that in two years of walking the Le Puy route, I never encountered such a difficult arrangement, and my average was 35 Euros a night with demi-pension. Perhaps they exist, but they are certainly in the rare minority, or the bottom of the price range. My personal experience is that a silk sleep sack is perfectly adequate, and that blankets were always available. I found the sleep sack a bit constrictive myself, and took a pair of scissors to open up the side seam. That worked just fine. When one is minding the pack weight so carefully, an extra kilo for an unnecessary sleeping bag is - well, unnecessary.
I hope we get to cross paths....I'm walking with a friend also and suspect we might be pretty slow to start with. Looking forward to it very much.All going well, I'm starting in Le Puy en Velay in mid April with a friend of mine. Might meet you along the Way too...
I hope we get to cross paths....I'm walking with a friend also and suspect we might be pretty slow to start with. Looking forward to it very much.
Megg
I must point out that in two years of walking the Le Puy route, I never encountered such a difficult arrangement, and my average was 35 Euros a night with demi-pension. Perhaps they exist, but they are certainly in the rare minority, or the bottom of the price range. My personal experience is that a silk sleep sack is perfectly adequate, and that blankets were always available. I found the sleep sack a bit constrictive myself, and took a pair of scissors to open up the side seam. That worked just fine. When one is minding the pack weight so carefully, an extra kilo for an unnecessary sleeping bag is - well, unnecessary.
It varies. Even the shared rooms in France are only sleeping 4 (on average). Most gites have single rooms that can be requested/reserved (so one would book well in advance, the meals are still shared, and the bath may be shared also). Some gites have a "dorm" room that sleeps 6-8, plus several smaller and/or single rooms. All for varying prices. You can spend some time looking at the details offered in Miam Miam Dodo and/or the individual websites of lodgings.Is the 35 euro a night demi-pension in a shared dorm style room or a 'single' room.
Thanks Kitsambler - I will have a proper look at the Miam Miam Dodo this weekendIt varies. Even the shared rooms in France are only sleeping 4 (on average). Most gites have single rooms that can be requested/reserved (so one would book well in advance, the meals are still shared, and the bath may be shared also). Some gites have a "dorm" room that sleeps 6-8, plus several smaller and/or single rooms. All for varying prices. You can spend some time looking at the details offered in Miam Miam Dodo and/or the individual websites of lodgings.
A friend of mine whose father did the Camino from Arles has reminded me of another reason to pack a sleeping bag -- bed bug avoidance.
A sleeping bag is the perfect way to bring the bedbugs with you
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