Sleeping bag or liner only on Inglés in May?

[Saranger]

Walking the Inglés with a friend in early May. Planning to stay at 3 albergues (Neda, Presedo and Bruma). For those who have walked it, would you recommend a sleeping bag or will a liner be enough?

Any other tips or advice would be appreciated.

Thanks and Buen Camino!

 

[Nomad Pack]

If your staying in the albergues only then just a liner will be fine in may. The weather never gets that cold in the north even in the winter. If your camping however then I would take the sleeping bag as the liner may not be enough depending on how tough you are.
Happy Camino's.

 

[Camembert]

It is not on your list but when we were in the Betanzos albergue, there were no blankets

 

[Elle Bieling]

I did it in September, but it is also a cusp season. In Bruma, I was cold with a liner and my long underwear. It is a stone building, and it is cold, with no heat. I don't recall any blankets here either. I did not stay in the albergue in Betanzos. The liner may not be enough in April. For my next Caminos I bought an ultralight camping blanket, because I do not like being cold! Here is what it was on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2GxhVLw. It worked like a charm for my next Caminos.

 

[Martyduc]

May can still be cold ,,,or not ,,, I personally would not walk without a sleeping bag ,,, and I do stay in albergues ,,, and yes most but not all have blankets ,,, but sometimes the blankets look like they haven't been washed for years ,,, so I use a Cumulus Magic zip sleeping bag so it opens out except for the foot area,, weighs in at 275 gms ,,,and I love it !!!

 

[Keith H]

I bought a 10 degree C/50 degree F bag to go with me on my Camino as a very light ‘just in case’. I think it really depends on if youre a warm sleeper or a cold sleeper. I’m always throwing blankets off and sticking my legs out in the dead of winter so I don’t need much.

 

[sulu]

I walked the Ingles in June in 2013. The weather forecast said the weather would be good but it wasn't, it was cloudy and wet. Because of the weather forecast I only took a sleeping bag liner and a small fleece blanket. I survived but I promised myself not to walk without a sleeping bag again.

 

[Wanderingfriend]

If your staying in the albergues only then just a liner will be fine in may. The weather never gets that cold in the north even in the winter. If your camping however then I would take the sleeping bag as the liner may not be enough depending on how tough you are.
Happy Camino's.

I have just been on the Camino and it has been unseasonably cold, rain and even snow in the higher elevations. I would have frozen without my down sleeping bag.

 

[henrythedog]

It’s a personal thing - I was impervious to cold when young; but feel it now in my 50’s. Albergue blankets are not as common as they were. I’d take a light down bag.