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As has been said many times on the forum, take your valuables with you EVERYWHERE, including when you shower/toilet/whatever. Cash and cards in money belt or under your clothes in a neck pouch.eszterem1 said:Did you leave your stuff (except your valuables of course) in the albergue when you went into town to eat and have a look around in the afternoon? If yes, is it safe or did you do anything to make sure it's gonna be all right?
Sojourner47 said:...
So, the daily round on camino - or mine, rather...
Awake at ?5am, to the sound of the early bag rustling and torch shining *****s, (despite wearing earplugs)
Arise a bit later, dress (though slept mostly dressed anyway), pack my (very few) bits and pieces, then head off on the path; my breakfast usually some biscuits and milk,bought the evening before.
Walk for upto 7 or 8 hours, with cafes con leche at every available opportunity.
Book in at albergue for night, pay money, credencial stamped.
Locate bed,preferably bottom bunk, in corner,next to wall, as far away from everyone else as possible.
haha, no chance.
Lay out sleeping bag or liner, hide rest of stuff in it, get showered, change clothes. (naturally, taking all valuables with me)
Wash today's underwear and socks, and hopefully find a space on the line in the hot sun. lol
Walking shoes back on (sandals worn inside), then head out to see what this place has to offer in the way of 1.a large beer/vino tinto. 2. Pilgrim menu/menu del dia. 3. cultural experiences.
Others will of course have different priorities.
Wander back "home", fall into bed at about 9pm at latest.
Repeat as often as necessary.
I'm off again in 3 weeks - bring it on!!
Yep, I do change into light foam sandals as soon as I arrive...SYates said:Mine is pretty much the same, but I do make sure that I have an alternative to wear in the evenings instead of my "Camino shoes", they fly off my feet the moment I put the rucksack down in an albergue ;-) I also try to go to mass, if there is one in the village. Buen Camino! SY
biarritzdon said:being the loudest one snoring overnight. It's lousy reputation that follows me from albergue to albergue. :lol:
I plan on walking the Camino from sjpdp starting in May of 2014. I saw a lot of security concerns, I plan on staying in Hotels & Inns, I'm wondering if I would have the same security issues? Would I be safe leaving laptop & camera in the Hotel room? Thanks for your feedback.
Most people sleep in the clothes they are going to wear next day.Newbie question!
This summer will be my first Camino and am just wondering what people sleep in?
Do you sleep in the shorts you will wear next day then put on shirt in the morning?
Apologies if the answer is one that I should know.
Jon.
I plan on walking the Camino from sjpdp starting in May of 2014. I saw a lot of security concerns, I plan on staying in Hotels & Inns, I'm wondering if I would have the same security issues? Would I be safe leaving laptop & camera in the Hotel room? Thanks for your feedback.
Most people sleep in the clothes they are going to wear next day.
Well, of course you have a sleeping bag - for "clothes" read baselayer/underwear/T shirt/blahblah.Didn't do that. Not fond of sleeping in clothes. Just take an appropriate sleeping bag and you'll be fine.
For me, just my boxers.
ieuwww!!!
My guess is that about 25% do.Sleep in clothes your gonna wear the next day?? Never seen anybody do that. Brrrr.
You can book some albergues, but not others. Private albergues set their own rules. Some take reservations, some don't. You can get information here:I was wondering whether can I don't "pre-book" my bed with the Albergues and just go to the Albergues when I arrive. Is it possible?
My guess is that about 25% do.
After a couple of weeks, nothing is really clean. Sleeping in today's or tomorrow's clothes might be a wash.
ieuwww?
From a fellow pilgrim as I put socks on a radiator to dry in Burgos, "Do those smell?"
Me, "After two weeks of walking, everything I have, smells."
I was, of course, referring to the spare set of clean clothes you will be carrying - those washed and dried yesterday. Frankly, I would have thought that was obvious.Maybe your right. I dont know. I guess i just didn't pay enough attention to other peoples bed rituals. But still...sleep in the clothes your gonna wear the next day. ieuwww (imho)
I was, of course, referring to the spare set of clean clothes you will be carrying - those washed and dried yesterday. Frankly, I would have thought that was obvious.
As the original "Daily Routine" post stated (and written by me, under another moniker), "wash today's underwear and socks, and hopefully find a place on the line in the hot sun".
What part of that didn't you understand????
OK, point taken about sleeping in next day's (clean) clothes. However, in the albergues I have slept in, it did appear that the majority spent the night in next day's underwear, so some extent or another....I got it. All of it. The "ieuwww" remark was not for wearing clothes to bed (although i hate wearing anything in bed), be it dirty or clean clothes, it was for wearing the clothes you sleep in, the next day. Those clothes are smelly of nightly sweat. Thats not very fresh, at least, not to me. But again, they are your clothes, you can wear them whenever you want
I just dont understand why anyone would want to do that. Do you take them of again in the morning, before freshening up? And then put them on again?
Like i said, i have never seen anybody sleeping in next days clothing, but other peoples bedrituals did not have my full attention
As for the remarks on clean clothes that are smelly, what are you guys using to wash your clothes with??? Maybe use a machine and some good washingpowder?
I know for a fact that my clothes were nice and fresh after every machine wash. And if they weren't, i would wash them again
Most people shower in the evening and will only freshen up face and hands in the morning.
Its the truth i can say it as im American,but i have never been shy to get naked,LOL. Americas problems are from being prudes,No nudity on our TV but plenty of faux sex and violence. We were born naked so im comfortable but most people i know are not. Would people look at me funny if i got out of bed naked i hope notHahahaha, how dirty can one get so you have to be ashamed of it
Yes, i did notice the shyness of some people on the camino. Mostly women, but also men. I dont get that, but i guess we cant all be the same.
I am gonna say something VERY dangerous now on this forum, seeing that there are many americans here, but most of the "bedroom shy" people i met were Americans. I found that to be even more strange. They were also the ones that looked at me strangely wenn i got out of bed just wearing my boxers.
Did i make them feel uncomfortable? HmmmI know i never felt uncomfortable.
As for the remarks on clean clothes that are smelly, what are you guys using to wash your clothes with??? Maybe use a machine and some good washingpowder?
I know for a fact that my clothes were nice and fresh after every machine wash. And if they weren't, i would wash them again
I payed anything between 2 and 4 euros for the use of washing machine and dryer. On average probably 7 euros for washing and drying, incl soap.
Most of the time i used the machines alone, but if people wanted to share, i shared.
Why use electricity and resources when all that is needed is a tiny bit of muscle? Considering physical effort is essential to the Camino this seems weird to me.
Then i guess you dont wrote emails as well, you write letters to the ones you left back home? Why use electricity when all you need is pen and paper, right?.
Saw no machines? Serious? I washed frequently and at least 80/85% of the time i used a washing machine and dryer.
Dutch, I will not get involved in trading personal insults.
I apologise for offending you if you disliked my questioning of your statement that "most of the time I used the machines alone".
It would be interesting to compare resources used to carry a letter to Australia by plane compared to an email or text message.
I wash my walking clothes every day, as soon as I arrive at my accommodation.....
If it dont stink, dont wash it? A shirt worn on a warm (camino) day on bare skin always smells/stinks. Maybe not the minute you take it off or while wearing it (seeing as fresh sweat doesnt stink) but most definately the next day, when it had time to settle and dry into the fabric. The same goes for socks. Even made out of hi-tech anti-bacterial fabrics.
As the original poster on this "Daily Routine" thread (under a previous username) I reckon this clothes washing discussion has been about done to death. What more can be said about it??
Could we move onto something else, like rustling bags in the early morning, for instance?
I'm a big fan of the Rab Merino-Cocona (MeCo) blends, but I suspect you're using their Polygiene treated products. Most antibacterial treatments are silver-based (as is Polygiene), but I've never found any that kept their effectiveness under heavy use for more than about year (the treatment seems to break down over time).I'd disagree with that. I've been using Rab antibacterial clothing for a year and it will go a long time without smelling. And that's not just my biased nose. It works.
My first use of it was in the mountains of Asturias, five days of very hard walking in 30degC+ temperatures. One shirt the whole way, never washed. No smells that anyone noticed. I've given it some hard wear ever since including going running in it throughout the winter.
The stuff works and it works well. It's also got a high SPF rating too.
Well, far be it from me to offend anyone, let alone fine ladies. I just think the clothes washing bit has been beaten to death, and not on riverbank stones....I could not agree with you more and the mind boggles, but all the fine ladies that I have met over only 4,000 km of Camino may be very very offended.
So I assume now that you are no longer Travelingman incognito !!!!!!!
Buen Camino
I'm trying to picture you, "stamping on your undies in the sink"...be careful not to hit your head on the ceiling.....
Saw no machines? Serious? I washed frequently and at least 80/85% of the time i used a washing machine and dryer. Sometimes you can operate it yourself, sometimes the albergues do it for you. If i would have to guess, this for me would be about 50/50, but i never had my washing done for free
I payed anything between 2 and 4 euros for the use of washing machine and dryer. On average probably 7 euros for washing and drying, incl soap.
Most of the time i used the machines alone, but if people wanted to share, i shared.
Some grey nomad came up with an ingenious method of washing clothes. Put them in a lidded bucket 3/4 filled with water and a tiny amount of washing detergent (one teaspoon). Tie bucket to back of caravan. Drive caravan over rough outback roads. Take clothes out of bucket, squeeze, refill bucket with clean water and detergent, repeat process. Clothes are now well washed and ready to dry.
I'm trying to think of a way of adapting this to the Camino. Think I need some of that dehydrated water.
I've only one thing to say Dutch, suck it up son, each to his own.If it dont stink, dont wash it? A shirt worn on a warm (camino) day on bare skin always smells/stinks. Maybe not the minute you take it off or while wearing it (seeing as fresh sweat doesnt stink) but most definately the next day, when it had time to settle and dry into the fabric. The same goes for socks. Even made out of hi-tech anti-bacterial fabrics.
The "problem" here is that a person is not objective when it comes to his/her own scent, simply because they are used to it. It is their smell and they are surrounded by it the whole day thru and in all sorts of conditions.
Other people are not used to it and chances are that they are not so fond of somebody else's day old scent.
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