Sleeping outside

Hi Adam, In 2009 I walked on the Del norte from Bayonne. When I got to St Jean de Luz there was not a bed to be had in town. All the locals told me to go and sleep on the beach, but as I was travelling alone I decided that I didn't feel comfortable (safe) doing that, and so walked out of town till I found a spot that was in shadow from the street lights. I put on my grey clothes as camoflauge and slept outside. A couple of days later I realised that I would not make it to the albergue in San Sebastian in time to get a bottom bunk (I don't like climbing onto the top bunks) and so when I realised that I just kept my eyes open for a spot to get off the road and dos down (a nice soft bed on pine nbeedles that night!) Then in a very full albergue in Santillana del Mar I borrowed someones sleeping mat and slept out under the bike porch. I didn't carry a tent - nor a sleeping mat - and always felt safe though sleep was more restless because of the hardness of the ground, compared to a matress!

Cheers, Janet