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A small light simple dragstring bag is so useful to carry shopping, and other stuff in the afternoons, or in the shower or whatever.
dislp38 said:I also want to take -- and this is a very American thing --a jar of peanut butter. I was craving it and couldn't find any.
jelle said:One thing I which I had taken: Ear plugs! Against les ronfleurs, snurkers, snorers, roncars!!!!
methodist.pilgrim.98 said:It changes every Camino.
....and so it does!
We walked the Camino Francés from Roncesvalles (6th September) to Santiago (8th October) from beginning to end under an almost cloudless sky. Our rain capes were an unnecessary weight. But useful proved to be our umbrella, which thankfully allowed some shade from the midday sun when temperatures soared between 30 and 35 C.
Climate is indeed hardly predictable. If Galicia is supposed to be the rainiest province in Spain, we certainly did not notice it. Unlike other times, when we arrived in Santiago drenched to the bones in early October.
At the time of writing (beginning November) rain and wind in the North of Spain would put off the sturdiest pilgrim!
Telluridewalker said:I most certainly didn't need the pair of denim jeans I had with me when I started out (what was I thinking?). They were mailed off, along with my tent and cooking gear, only a few days into the walk.
I would have liked to have brought a small picture picture book or postcard set from where I lived at the time (Central New York) to show people where I was from. There were/are a lot of language gaps in the alburgues that a smile and a few photos can overcome.
ksam said:Wished I hadn't: packed an extra set of pants...sent those home along with ditching the sleeping pad! Now this year with the crowding..that sleeping pad might not get ditched but, in '08...it was useless weight and space.
Glad I did pack: Coffee in tea like bags. Maxwell HOuse brand I think, and well worth it if you really need to get your eyes open to hit the road! Only brought one per day and so the load got lighter quickly. Not great..but better than no caffeine at all. Hell, even my license tells the cops to check for blood caffeine levels!! I'm not legal w/o it!
Silly thing I didn't regret: One lone tube of mascara. Small, light weight and made me feel like a girl again, as well as preventing the perennial question - are you well, you look sick, or tired, or what ever. One dose of mascara and the questions stop! So it was worth it.
Answers my question! i was wondering about that!
Feeling like planning my packing list now for my next go...as well as continuing to plot my next route,
Wishing you all Buen Camino, Karin
Glad you made it Monirose, and hope you enjoyed! I know you were a bit nervous at first. :roll: Buen Camino!MoniRose said:Anyway, can't say I needed anything cuz I managed to make it to Santiago with what I did and didn't have, along with the blessings of so many others!!!
Buen Camino! - M :arrow:
sagalouts said:I would take more Steradent tablets ( false teeth cleansing) for what cost me 1 euro in England I had to pay 9 euro in Spain to replace I'm still seething
lpino said:Interresting question!
2) Peanut butter! 1 kg of peanut butter is 1 kg more weight you have to carry in you backpack! I must have thought I was going into a third world country or something! Hello! It's Europe, they have food there!
Shopping bags, or all plastic?desist the use of plastic bags
scruffy1 said:Spain is modern civilized country, everything you could possibly need is already there. Exceting! My boots require a lace 180 centimeters and are extremely difficultto find in say Melide so I always carry a spare pair which end up doubling as clothesline, tie downs for a tarp, backpack strengtheners, around a poncho against the wind, and a thousand other improvisions-and yes,one is always forgotten lost given or broken so take two extra pairs!
scruffy1 said:Great idea Vagabonette but you can't lace your boot with climbing rope! Still, I think it is a good idea.
Cvtminch said:What did everyone take for sleeping in, clothes wise? I've read some slept in clothes they would wear the following day. Is it worth taking a set of clothes (top and bottom) for just sleepwear?
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I don't mind sleeping in gear I've worn in the evening but don't like walking in gear I've worn overnight.Cvtminch said:What did everyone take for sleeping in, clothes wise? I've read some slept in clothes they would wear the following day. Is it worth taking a set of clothes (top and bottom) for just sleepwear?
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