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Hello wendywohns,Will I need a sleeping bag in September or will a sleep sheet be enough. I have heard several people say that if they had it to do over they would not bring a sleeping bag. I plan to stay in refugios. Do they all provide blankets?
Hi Falcon! Is that strictly true about "virtually all albergues have blankets..."?This question pops up regularly. Virtually all albergues have blankets which you can use with a sleep sack. Indoor temperatures will be warmer than outdoor temperatures, so knowing the weather does not help much. If you must be consistently warm to sleep, take a sleeping bag! Buen camino!
Name them. (Camino Frances, please.)I've been in many without: some even without bunks!
Particularly in summer the blankets are in storage. Yes, ask if you need one.a lot will have them, if you ask
Sorry, Falcon. I have never walked the Frances as you can see under my avatar. I prefer the quieter routes with far less peregrinos [and maybe less blanketsName them. (Camino Frances, please.) I started a thread on the urban myth that albergues do not have blankets, and the list stopped at about three! Leon, Melide, and Pedrouzo. That is closer to "virtually all" than "many."
Hiked from Leon to Santiago in May. Just took a bag liner and did fine. As others have stated, albergues have blankets and that is all I needed.Will I need a sleeping bag in September or will a sleep sheet be enough. I have heard several people say that if they had it to do over they would not bring a sleeping bag. I plan to stay in refugios. Do they all provide blankets?
We walked Sept/Oct 2013 and used these bags:I walked from Leon to Santiago last august and I only brought along a silk liner which I came to regret ad few times since I was very cold during three nights. Temperatures vary a lot due to variation in altitude but also in isolation. I especially found old cosy stone albergues to be very cold at night time despite a lot of people sleeping in the same room.
Most places did have blankets but not ones that I felt comfortable using. This time I am going to bring a summer sleeping bag when I rejoin the Camino next month. I will probably be very warm some nights but I definitely prefer that over freezing my but off!
Buen Camino.
Like I said, in my previous post on pack weights. I don't want to rely on infrastructure. The only real consistency is not consistent. That's from the Office of Redundancy Office.
Wow, your list, details, and photos are fantastic. I really appreciate it. Clearly you have an engineering mind and were very clever with your adaptations. I like that. I am confused about one thing: why did you want merino vests for hot weather?I was very happy with my new down bag that opens out to a blanket. Very lightweight at 430 grams and packed into a tiny stuff sack. I would not want to use the albergue blankets too close to my skin. I also took a silk liner and an under sheet - all items treated with permethrin. Walked the Portuguese from Lisbon in May. I would take this combination in all but winter months when I personally would need a warmer bag, but then, I doubt if I will walk in winter. The down bag was very expensive but I was very happy with my investment. See my assessment of clothes and gear here.
That looks like Roncesvalles....beautiful, clean and very comfortable.Roncesvalles
Not a blanket in sight!
I am confused about one thing: why did you want merino vests for hot weather?
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