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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RJM" data-source="post: 977032" data-attributes="member: 70218">Unless I had a tad bit too much to drink the night before, I have always woken up early and naturally when staying in albergues. Never used an alarm. The combination of an afternoon siesta nap and going to bed at 10 pm provides me plenty of sleep. Sometime between 5 and 6 am I naturally wake up, go to the toilet and after that quietly gather up all my things which I have prepared the night before and slip out into a common area with light. That allows me to double check my pack and such, put on my shoes and if there's no breakfast included I either prepare something for myself in the kitchen or I just simply leave the albergue and begin my walk and a search for precious coffee. I just do not get the messing with pack and gear in the dark routine. Makes zero sense. I have lain in the dark watching silly pilgrims doing that, making noise and flashing their light beams everywhere like a Star Wars Jedi combat. All the while they are doing that there is a well lit place just metres away beyond the doors of the sleeping quarters. Sometimes I do go back to my bed just before I leave and with my small light carefully and non invasive as possible, give the area of my bed a quick scan to make sure I have not left something behind by mistake, and a couple of times I have. If all is OK, I'm off. I cannot wait to be able to do all that again <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> .</blockquote>

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