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Leaving Gear in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

jirit

Veteran Member
Time of past OR future Camino
Camino Frances 2007,
Via Francigena Italy, 2008,
Jakobsweg Austria 2010,
Camino Frances 2011,
Le Puy to Lourdes 2012,
Via de la Plata 2013,
Future:
Ökumenischer (Via Regia), Germany,
Lycian Way, Turkey
My wife and I are planning to walk the Camino again (third time for myself). We will be traveling with extra gear that we do not want to obviously carry on the Camino nor do we want to ship it forward to Santiago or back home.

However we do plan to pass back through this area on our way back to Paris.

Any thoughts on where we could leave our extra gear in SJPdP? Or elsewhere?

Thanks
 
The focus is on reducing the risk of failure through being well prepared. 2nd ed.
Since you are a veteran pilgrim you know that SJPP is not always the easiest place to get into or to return. Don't know from which direction you will be coming but it seems to me that your chances for finding a safe storage place will be far greater in Pamplona or Bayonne/Biarritz both of which are better situated on the high road back to what passes for reality.
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The 9th edition the Lightfoot Guide will let you complete the journey your way.
Thanks All

I am thinking of about a plan B with respect to the extra gear

Regards
 
The first edition came out in 2003 and has become the go-to-guide for many pilgrims over the years. It is shipping with a Pilgrim Passport (Credential) from the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela.
If you are still firm about returning through SJPP, and you are planning an overnight stop there as you begin your trip, I assume you have a lodging reservation. Why not contact your host and ask if they will store a few things for you?

There is always Blue Marble in Paris, for luggage storage, as well.
 
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
I traveled through Bayonne and left my city luggage (with the clothes I wore in London and Paris). When I asked if I could leave my bag there for a few weeks, they were not in the least surprised. Perhaps it helped that I was staying a night at that Bayonne hotel each time I passed through Bayonne.

It's change hands and been rehabed since I stayed there, but it's the Hotel Ibis Gare, 2 minutes from the train station.

http://www.ibis.com/gb/hotel-8716-ibis-styles-bayonne-gare-centre/index.shtml
 

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