Sleeping bag vs. liners starting Sep 9th

Here's a link you may find useful: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/sleeping-bag-in-september.31539/#post-324667

And Buen Camino!

As always, my answer is yesno. I definitely do not need a sleeping bag in September, a silk liner is enough for me. My wife would say the exact opposite. She would definitely need a sleeping bag in most albergues in September. It all depends on how well you tolerate cold when sleeping.

Margot Berry said:

Hi everyone! We start on Sep 9th (two days from now) in SJPP and we were wondering if we could get away with just bringing a sleeping bag liner as opposed to the bulky sleeping bag or is it too cold already?
Thanks

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If you get cold easily - bring a sleeping bag. I am also a wuss in cold weather.

I vote for sleeping bag. I live in southern Spain and have just returned the duvet to my bed. It will be colder further north, especially at higher elevations.

The summer is fading away,
the meseta is 800 m over sea level,
Foncebadon is 1400 m,
O'Cebreiro is 1500 m,

It can be quite cold over night, even freezing.
I would take my sleeping bag, you know how cold you can sleep

Buen Camino, Jacques-D.

Margot Berry said:

Hi everyone! We start on Sep 9th (two days from now) in SJPP and we were wondering if we could get away with just bringing a sleeping bag liner as opposed to the bulky sleeping bag or is it too cold already?
Thanks

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Oh, Margot, it makes me shiver just thinking about this! I've walked the Camino Frances twice in September-October and I was mighty glad to have both my sleeping bag and liner, especially into October when there was frost on the ground in the morning in Galicia! People often say there are blankets at albergues, and it's true there are at most. Personally, I hesitate to use them because I don't know how often they get laundered, and whether they're bedbug-free (some places seemed to have newer, cleaner ones than others).

I feel the cold quite easily and on both of my June-July Camino Frances walks (the most recent of which was this year), I've also had both. And while there were several heatwave nights when it was too hot to sleep inside anything, there were also several nights when I was glad to have both layers! Especially at the end of the Camino in Fisterra.

And yes, as Jacques-D wrote, there are high places on the Way, and they can be cold when summer is over. They can be cold even during summer, like the mid-July night in Rabanal in 2012 when it was so freezing cold, the hospitalera made a big fire in the fireplace and we pilgrims crowded around it, thankful for the warmth!

Whatever you decide, Buen Camino!

Rachel

Hi,
I started on the first. Their has been a huge surge in pilgrims and accommodation is very difficult. I have had to sleep on the floor twice. I would recommend that you bring a light weight bag as blankets are not always available. However I just have a sheet liner and have been ok, but I am a Brit and more used to cold climates and rooms. Enjoy your Camino.