Kaye Simpkin
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- Time of past OR future Camino
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How silly am I! Sleeping BAG
http://www.porto.climatemps.com/june.php has climate data for Porto in June. The average minimum temperature is 13.5 deg C - indicating to me that half of the nights will be colder than that. The average minimum temperature in Jul gets to 15 deg C. Again, expect half the nights to be below that.The temperature will never be less than 15C. You can easily find sleeping bags that weigh around 300/400 g or even less.
Brilliant.Sleeping or No sleeping? That is the question?
I think most people would choose to sleep. But is that the question that you really meant to ask?
Oh my goodness.... a few different opinions on this one. My daughters and I are quite small so we are caught in the dilemma of, not being able to carry too much but feeling the cold. We are on Camino Portuguese from Porto 16th May. Advise welcome so we can weigh up the pros and cons. Thank you. Loving this forum. K
I walked the Camino del Norte/Camino Primitivo in April/May last year. I chose not to carry a sleeping bag. Instead I used my standard travel system. A lightweight Merino wool sleeping bag liner sold by REI. They also make silk and synthetic material liners. I also had a pair of lightweight merino longjohns.
Between the sleeping bag liner and the longjohns, and the fact that every albergue I stayed in had blankets I was comfortably warm every night, and I worried just a wee bit less about bedbugs.
The merino wool liner weighs less than 2 lbs and is quite small.
I walked the Francigena from Lausanne to Rome sept- nov, with a lightweight “MarmotOh my goodness.... a few different opinions on this one. My daughters and I are quite small so we are caught in the dilemma of, not being able to carry too much but feeling the cold. We are on Camino Portuguese from Porto 16th May. Advise welcome so we can weigh up the pros and cons. Thank you. Loving this forum. K
By Jun/Jul, I suspect many albergues will have the heating off, and the building will cool down. Whether the rooms will reach the external ambient temperature is moot. My experience was that it only took one fresh air fanatic to get up and open a window during the night to send a chill through everyone as the room temperature dropped.I was meaning inside an albergue. If the plan is to sleep outside ... ok then you REALLY need a heavier sleeping bag.
You say you feel the cold.... I’d take a light sleeping bag.Oh my goodness.... a few different opinions on this one. My daughters and I are quite small so we are caught in the dilemma of, not being able to carry too much but feeling the cold. We are on Camino Portuguese from Porto 16th May. Advise welcome so we can weigh up the pros and cons. Thank you. Loving this forum. K
Yes, that horrid fresh air from outside. Must keep it out. Everyone knows the night air makes one ill and don't forget the witches and demons out there. Is so much healthier that we all slumber in a sealed room, breathing in each other's coughing and flatulence.By Jun/Jul, I suspect many albergues will have the heating off, and the building will cool down. Whether the rooms will reach the external ambient temperature is moot. My experience was that it only took one fresh air fanatic to get up and open a window during the night to send a chill through everyone as the room temperature dropped.
There is a substantial difference between cracking a window open to allow some fresh air to circulate and having the windows wide open so that a gale roars through.Yes, that horrid fresh air from outside. Must keep it out. Everyone knows the night air makes one ill and don't forget the witches and demons out there. Is so much healthier that we all slumber in a sealed room, breathing in each other's coughing and flatulence.
I recall a very heated disagreement in regards to open albergue windows. It was on the Frances during June several years ago. Very warm, at the most mild at night. Six of us in an albergue room, on the second floor. Five of us wanted the windows open, one did not. He insisted that they stay closed as he said it was a proven medical fact that the night air makes one sick. I had a difficult time trying to reason with him while suppressing laughter. He would not budge from his stance and fortunately another pilgrim volunteered to stay in the room instead of him and he moved in the room that pilgrim originally had, with closed windows I assume.There is a substantial difference between cracking a window open to allow some fresh air to circulate and having the windows wide open so that a gale roars through.
Hello KayeThank you everyone. Yes, Perth is rather warm, I'm looking at lows in Portuagal of 13 degrees in May and thinking that's a bit cool! If I knew for sure we would get blankets in the Albergues I would be fine, but worried we may not. Will look into the price of light sleeping bags and weigh it up against the added carrying weight.. Thanks again.
Some albergues will not allow you to stay without a sleeping bag, especially on Camino FrancesOh my goodness.... a few different opinions on this one. My daughters and I are quite small so we are caught in the dilemma of, not being able to carry too much but feeling the cold. We are on Camino Portuguese from Porto 16th May. Advise welcome so we can weigh up the pros and cons. Thank you. Loving this forum. K
Thanks for that. I have found an outlet in England which is useful to know. It is around £180.Everything I have read about this 400gm sleeping bag has been positive and reviewers rave about it.
Oscar +10° | nordisk.eu
the Nordisk Oscar +10° is our lightest weight synthetic summer sleeping bagnordisk.eu
It is definitely not inexpensive, but I am looking for a retail outlet in North America
Perhaps you could try K-way, available from Cape Union Mart. They have 2 very light sleeping bags made exclusively for them. Perhaps if you enquired online they would send it to you. One is about 480g and the other about 350g.I have a 700g sleeping bag but am interested in getting a lighter one but have had no luck here in Ireland. A few people have mentioned 450 down ones, could you post brand please?
Many thanks.
The K-way Lite 500 and the K-way Lite 400 distributed by Cape Union Mart.I have a 700g sleeping bag but am interested in getting a lighter one but have had no luck here in Ireland. A few people have mentioned 450 down ones, could you post brand please?
Many thanks.
ThanksThe K-way Lite 500 and the K-way Lite 400 distributed by Cape Union Mart.
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