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I am on walk now...in Leon... The only things I have lost are those that I have forgotten...I do keep all perceived valuables with me at ALL times...even to the shower....pack, sticks, boots, laundry have all been fine in their designated areas without me and have no complaints from other peregrinas ...of course it can happen anywhere but it is nice to let the fear go for awhile as we seem to be of like heart..it's like a little United NationsA bit paranoid, but it can happen!
I start my camino next month and my greatest fear is having someone walk off with my backpack, boots, or clothes drying on a clothes line. Am I being paranoid? Is there any way to secure your personal belongings while spending the night in an albergue?
I do start my camino next month and I am a little concern about that, walking solo and no one to keep eyes on back packs. Did you guys walked solo?
Stolen underwear? That's bad.
my greatest fear is having someone walk off with my backpack, boots, or clothes drying on a clothes line.
.... he met a pilgrim headed north carrying all type of expensive hiking gear/clothes in different sizes .
It may happen, we meet a women who had her shoes stolen at one of the Albergues, fortunately who ever had taken her newer ones left theirs for her.... same size of course.
I've always painted a butterfly on each of my boot toes and a flower at the back. As I have huge feet for a girl my boots will more than likely only fit men and I don't think they would like them looking girly.I'm changing out my bootlaces to bright purple ones as soon as they arrive. Just incase someone leaves me funky boots and walks off with mine, I might be able to spot my boots on another person's feet. I have to do this with all my hiking socks. They mysteriously end up in my husbands sock drawer even though they don't fit. So I've been using my sewing machine to run a big pink zig zag stitch across the cuff and haven't lost any socks to him lately.
My husband and I were walking together, so we'd tie our boots together
But do take things you want to? After all that's what the Cruz is for!Don't take anything on the camino that you can't afford to lose.
If that person is also wearing my Keen boots with wild pinky purple laces, we'll be able to spot them a mile away!Next Camino I am wearing bright pink and yellow iridescent socks. At least I would recognise them and I could have a private giggle. Would I ask for them to be returned? Probably not!
Has anyone ever finished with both rubber tips?The only thing I lost was a comb, which I left at the albergue on day one (took me 3 days to find a store to buy another) and the rubber tip from one of my hiking poles - it got sucked off by the mud. LOL!
Has anyone ever finished with both rubber tips?
It certainly depends on what they took from you. I had my socks taken and I loved those socks as they had carried me so well in my training for the Camino. Try starting out from a small village without socks and hoping that the next village has a place where you can buy a decent pair to carry you the next 700 km.
Yes, but Al, it was Day One. DAY ONE!!Has anyone ever finished with both rubber tips?
Perhaps he had been unable to yell "Hey, you kids, get offa my lawn!!" for such a long time that his energy was all penned up and you just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. And, for the record, bald guys can move my clothes to a drier spot on the clothesline any time.Kathy, your post reminded my of my stay in the albergue in Villafranca Montes de Oca. I was hanging around out back after lunch and it began to drizzle. I moved my laundry to a covered clothesline but then started moving everyone else's too as the rain picked up. I was almost finished when an older man came rushing over, telling me to keep my hands off his gear. I tried to explain that I was just trying to help but he said that he didn't want to lose any gear "to people like me". I wondered why losing gear to a bald man was worse than losing it to someone else.
I like the idea of using safety pins - I never thought of it. I used clothespins and never had a problem, but using safety pins isn't a bad idea plus they're multi-purpose.Did you only have 1 pair of socks? Socks are important and small - even packing ultra-light, I would bring spares, not just for the possibility of theft, but in case a sock wears out, gets lost, doesn't dry overnight due to damp weather, etc.
One thing that I did to minimize the risk of someone taking my socks or undies - when I hung them on the line, I used large safety pins to secure them rather than clothes pins. I figured that this would prevent someone from accidentally taking these items since safety pins are harder to undo and someone would realize that they had the wrong items before going away with them. And if someone is intent on stealing socks and undies, they would more than likely take someone else's rather than screw around with my safety pins.
I have finished all my long walks with rubber tips on both my poles! Like @Kanga, I take spares so I can leave them in as rewards for future archaeologists, and sometimes get so carried away that I have to restock my spares.Has anyone ever finished with both rubber tips?
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