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A question for the winter walkers..
I'm taking the plunge, and am planning to walk from Logrono for just under 3 weeks, starting 30th October.
I've only ever taken a silk liner on previous caminos, and relied on the blankets in the albergues. Is this a crazy thing to do in November?
I've found the Eroski consumer site very helpful in finding which albergues will be open.
Hope to see some of you along the way. I'm super excited, and nervous, and am going alone this time!
Helen
I would not risk it, but then I feel the cold and find it hard to warm up and get back to sleep if I am cold. A lightweight down or synthetic sleeping bag can weigh well under a kilo and not cost the world, but it gives you that extra bit of insulation - blankets will still help, but they are not always readily available in Galicia.
For everyone with that problem, take a sleeping bag. Even in the summer, high elevations can have cool temperatures. Blankets may be in storage, so you will not be able to grab one if you need to. An actual survey in another thread has established as fact that virtually all albergues have blankets (and pensiones, hostales, and hoteles always have them) with equal agreement that Roncesvalles and xunta albergues in Galicia may not have them.when I feel the cold, I cannot go back to sleep
A question for the winter walkers..
I'm taking the plunge, and am planning to walk from Logrono for just under 3 weeks, starting 30th October.
I've only ever taken a silk liner on previous caminos, and relied on the blankets in the albergues. Is this a crazy thing to do in November?
I've found the Eroski consumer site very helpful in finding which albergues will be open.
Hope to see some of you along the way. I'm super excited, and nervous, and am going alone this time!
Helen
You will almost always have to ask for heat. Energy is very expensive, and hospitaleros hate to heat a whole room for one pilgrim.Did you find that all the albergues are heated? My concern would be staying in a freezing cold albergue .
I have stayed in some freezing cold albergues in early May along the Camino so its hard to judge where you will encounter them, as Felipe said hope for the best, prepare for the worst.@falcon269 I understand your point. Thing is, I know how I am when it's warmer, and I'm fine with the liner and blankets. Did you find that all the albergues are heated? Because if they are, then I'd only take the liner. My concern would be staying in a freezing cold albergue . I won't make it as far as Galicia this time, so that's not an issue. Thanks
Yes, it's about weight and space!I don't know which is the rationale for your query. Is it about weight, cost, space in your backpack, or that you just don't like the feeling of sleeping bags?.
Congratulations on finishing! And thank you for your VERY helpful advice!Just throwing my two-penneth worth... I know everyone is different... I dont particularly feel the cold and took a liner.
I've just finished and on the whole the weather during the day was hot but cool/cold at night. Generally folks kept windows open in the albergues and more often than not I didn't see blankets. I was cold a lot. I often slept fully clothed and with my fleece on.
Due to the timings of when we hit the big towns it was Astorga before I could buy a sleeping bag. I added 800gms to my pack but hardly noticed... oh but I loved being warm
We have a saying at sea: "If you are in doubt, act as if there is no doubt.". It has prevented countless accidents.Very much like the advice of hoping for the best and preparing for the worst !
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