Replacement blanket

[frida1]

On the Portuguese, someone stole my 1lb Costco down coverlet and stuff sack. Any ideas for what and where to replace it? I'm a few day south of Porto.

 

[CaminoDebrita]

On the Portuguese, someone stole my 1lb Costco down coverlet and stuff sack. Any ideas for what and where to replace it? I'm a few day south of Porto.

How disappointing! Is it cold yet??

Your post triggered a tale....bear with me. I was walking along the meseta somewhere, and suddenly I saw, a quarter mile ahead, a sleeping back fall right off the back of a young woman's pack.

How could she have missed the sudden weight reduction? I had a solution! I blew my emergency whistle as hard and loud as I could. The people ahead looked around as if to say, "Was that a bird?" Then, they shrugged it off and continued on.

I caught up to the bag and picked it up. Very lightweight, and seemed brand new. I again BLEWWWWWW that whistle!!!! my ears... yikes! It was painful! No turn-around, nothing. It was then that I realized that my fluorescent super-loud REI whistle was NOTHING out on the Spanish plains!.

I carried it, and carried it, and carried it until the next town. There the woman sat, and as I walked up, her eyes got big. "Is that mine?," she asked. Yes....and I've been carrying it for quite a long ways.

She asked if she owed me a coffee, which I indeed gladly accepted!

 

[SYates]

That story illustrates beautifully two things:

Pilgrims will go at any length to help other pilgrims.
Emergency whistles are highly overrated in their usefulness.

@frida1 Try asking in the next albergues if they have one in the 'leftover/forgotten box', you will be surprised what you can find in them. Buen Camino, SY

 

[frida1]

Thanks for the story and suggestion. It's warm now but could be chilly by the time j reach Santiago and Muxia.

 

[SYates]

Thanks for the story and suggestion. It's warm now but could be chilly by the time j reach Santiago and Muxia.

You'll pass a few bigger towns/cities until then where you can replace it ;-) The camino provides even shops ;-) Buen Camino, SY

 

[Anemone del Camino]

On the Portuguese, someone stole my 1lb Costco down coverlet and stuff sack. Any ideas for what and where to replace it? I'm a few day south of Porto.

Peop,e have some nerve. My Sea to Summit liner was stolen during dinner at Casa Fernanda! Some people have a lot of nerve, and an eue for good equipment. Very frustrating.

After my liner went missing I tried to buy a bed sheet. It was not until Valenca where I was finally able to find one. Not a fancy one, just one. Not a lot of places to shop on this route.

I strongly suggest you buy a replacement in Porto, be it at the Decathlon or the Ikea in Matosinhos. Ikea has these small fleece blankets, though a bit on the short side.

https://www.google.ca/search?sclien...64.tablet-gws..0.11.851...0i131k1.bsHGNZTDzDY

https://www.google.ca/search?q=deca...fari#istate=lrl:iv&rlimm=11315514349706537159

Best of luck for the rest of your route.

 

[frida1]

Thank you and I'm a short person so it's ok

 

[NualaOC]

So sorry that this happened to you @frida1. If you're buying a sleeping bag in Decathlon, check out the kids' sized ones. The cheap ones that open out into a quilt might be perfect for you.

Hope the rest of your Camino is hassle-free.