tangata hikoi
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Le Puy to Pamploma (April/May 2014)
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Two times for three people, we got sick after drinking water from a cemetery tap. It is never easy to trace illness to a particular source -- it could be food or another pilgrim -- but it left me suspicious of cemetery water sources. I know the axiom of safe water at cemeteries has been around a long time, but I pass on my experience for your consideration. Bars and village center taps are frequent enough that I stick to using them. I think one liter is too little, but you may not be a big drinker.It might sound a bit odd, but the cemeteries along the way always have water taps and generally the water from them is perfectly safe to drink as well.
Crikey Falc, there is nothing wrong with the water supply to cemetries in France, it comes from the same source as the public & house taps in the towns & villages,there isn't a separate water source for cemetries, if the water isn't drinkable, it always states,the water quality is tested, on a regular basis..........been drinking water from cemetery taps for years,no nasty reactions whatsoever.......slept in a few as well.............keep smiling............Vicrev- but it left me suspicious of cemetery water sources.
Seems you are mostly right futurefjp but as one person who has posted above your response has said she did run out on one stretch while carrying 1.5l so perhaps its not quite everywhere as you suggest.Water is everywhere!
that is helpful, thank youWhat I meant is you would never suddenly find there was no water. If you knock at any door, as long as they're in, and they will provide you with water(and other goodies too). There are a few long stretches without a faucet but I found two one litre flasks always adequate.
I got the 'shits' as a result of drinking from a pipe not a tap!I started with 2 x 600 and eventually dropped down to 1 x 600 and say 200 mill just in case - make sure your public water taps are marked "Eau Potable".
Stewart
Walking in September both times, it was really hot - in the 30's C. I Followed Gitti's advice and drank a liter of water before getting underway in the morning, and I carried 1.5 liters (sometimes 2) in my 2 liter Platypus. In addition to the Platypus, I carry an empty plastic water bottle, to be able to take advantage of passing taps, pique-nique pitchers, or gardeners' water hoses. I was glad of the predictable water of cemeteries, and never experienced an issue myself.
But I did hear a rumor that it was the law in France, that if a stranger knocks at your door and asks for water, you must provide. I passed thru several hamlets that had signs up, to the effect that, "Water is available on the far side of town, please do not disturb the householders here." Perhaps someone can confirm/deny this rumor?
And that stretch from Vaylats to Cahors is a true beast!
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