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Sleeping bag on VdlP April & May

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Is it necessary/vital to take a sleeping bag on the VdlP in April & May?
I have a Thermalite sack & a silk sack. Will this be enough?
 
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It depends on the weather, the heating in your albergue (or hostal), and whether you like to sleep warm or cold.

At home, if the temperature outside were 8°C at night or a few degrees colder and your house weren't heated, would that be sufficient? What extra layers of clothing do you have that you could wear to bed?
 
I was cold during the nights on the Vdlp in April and May, and also needed gloves first thing in the mornings. I'm not familiar with a Thermalise sack so don't know how much heat they generate. I use a silk sack with a light down throw inside it. I'm contemplating the Via this year in mid April and will definitely take the silk sack and down throw.
 
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I left Seville on the 7th of April and took a silk inner and sleeping bag (good down to approx 0 degrees Celsius). I used it opened as a blanket and only closed it up a couple of nights - notably in the Monastery of Oseira! I did use gloves in the frosty mornings too.
 
I left Sevilla last year on 28 April and walked as far as Salamanca. I carried a light sleeping bag and a cotton/silk liner. I used the liner a lot, but not once the sleeping bag.
This year I start on the same day again from Salamanca. I'll be leaving the sleeping bag at home. I think.
 
I’d rather carry a sleeping bag and not need it than not carry one and need it.
I find that a lightweight bag with a liner is a good combination with various options I how you utilise them.
 
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Sea to Summit Thermolite Reactor Extreme
seems to be enough with it's 100 g/m2 isolation.
Even 60 g/m2 is good.
In case of emergency use your clothing.
 
OnHellas said:
I’d rather carry a sleeping bag and not need it than not carry one and need it.
I find that a lightweight bag with a liner is a good combination with various options I how you utilise them.
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Fair enough. I just put on another layer of clothes that are already in my pack.
Everyone has different tolerances.
 
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benny aumala said:
Sea to Summit Thermolite Reactor Extreme
seems to be enough with it's 100 g/m2 isolation.
Even 60 g/m2 is good.
In case of emergency use your clothing.
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The Sea to Summit Reactor and Reactor Extreme liners are superb in my experience. They add 5 and 8 degrees respectively to a bags capabilities (from memory). Great bits of kit that pack small too.
 
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