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Liner or sleeping bag

Raymond Aquilina

Ray
Time of past OR future Camino
FRuture: Camino Sureste (2022)
I will be starting the camino del Norte next week and continue on the ruta del Mar first week of October.
I am in a dilemma wether to cary only a liner bag or sleeping bag.
There is a difference of 400gms in weight.
Can anyone help me to decide.
I appreciate opinions.
Thank you and buen camino.
Raymond aquilina
 
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There are dozens and dozens of threads on this issue on this forum. If you just plug in "Sleeping bag or liner" at the search icon on the top right corner of the screen, it will take you to them.
 
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andycohn said:
There are dozens and dozens of threads on this issue on this forum. If you just plug in "Sleeping bag or liner" at the search icon on the top right corner of the screen, it will take you to them.
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If you are slightly disobedient like me, then I will give you the short answer. I did Camino del Note late Sept and the liner was fine . There are blankets usually available in the albergues and minimising weight and bulk is priority .
 
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In Oct, definitely sleeping bag. SJPDP to Santiago, 2018, Sep/Oct. Didn't need it every night but the days that I did glad I had it. Funny, 35 days on the Camino, sleeping bags on most every bunk. Can't remember seeing just a liner. On these threads its the opposite. Go figure.
 
Maggie Y said:
There are blankets usually available in the albergues
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This doesn't have to be the case during the pandemic... I walked the Camino Frances this year in July and you could hardly find any albergues providing blankets. In Roncesvalles you could hear chattering of teeth coming from the beds of the liner-only pilgrims! And it was in the summer.
 
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Liner plus a set of long sleeved thermals has worked for me on most nights pre covid. If there were blankets available the thermals were redundant
 
I'm glad I joined in on this thread as it provoked a response
 
We are staying in private accommodations. However, we do not plan on using any blankets from the accommodations. Sheets,pillowcases, yes, because, we know they will be changed daily - but blankets? Instead we will bring our sleeping bags and silk sheets. Just further protection from the virus.
 
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Light sleeping bag.
 
I carry both so can use either or both. I am never too cold or too hot in any weather. 400g is 8% of my 5kg pack but it is also <.5% of my body weight.
 
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