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Excellent idea! Three weeks into the Francés, due to injury, I had to resort to daily pack transportation, and the little, very light pack that I had brought along for 'evening' use was not up to the task of carrying everything I still needed for the day. Next time I'll buy a "China bag" to have my stuff transported, and use my regular pack for day use.I actually put my heavier stuff in a "China bag" - a large plastic zip-top bag, and send it with the transport company.
I carry my regular pack, which fits well, with my rain gear, water, and food in it.
Excellent idea! Three weeks into the Francés, due to injury, I had to resort to daily pack transportation, and the little, very light pack that I had brought along for 'evening' use was not up to the task of carrying everything I still needed for the day. Next time I'll buy a "China bag."
Am curious .... what kind of pack liner is this? My companion had her stuff stached in somethings that looked like dry bags - the kind one takes on kayak trips. She then put these into her pack. They looked too heavy to me.I have a pack liner anyway, that I can remove and use as a transport bag if necessary.
It is pack liner from MEC, Medium size, weighs 88 g. Not as stiff as those kayak ones. Here's the link:http://www.mec.ca/product/5016-043/mec-pack-liner/?q=pack+linerwhat kind of pack liner is this?
For those of you that may use a pack transport service, what do you use to carry your stuff in for the day when you don't have your full pack? It seems like I need some kind of day pack big enough to carry rain gear and room to take off or put on layers as needed. What do you do? This is for an October Camino.
Thank you everyone! Using an alternate container as the "send ahead" bag makes perfect sense - it hadn't occurred to me.
GettingThere - was there ever a situation where having the suitcase was a liability? Where you always able to get it to your next destination?
....... they would have the envelopes to leave with payment .....
Just a word of warning ..... One very drippy, wet rainy morning, while stopping for desayuno, we saw one of these paper envelopes, with money inside, on the wet floor quite separated from the packs slated for transportation. Fortunately, the Jacotrans driver arrived right then and noticed one pack minus its envelope. The errant envelope was reunited with its pack and all was sorted out (much to the delight of the pack's owner whom we met later). So, it might be an idea to have a few extra ziplock baggies with you to safeguard your envelope in case of very wet conditions.
Always - it worked really well. On the one occasion in our 8 week Camino that it didn't arrive (when a hotel staffer offered to call the transport for us and forgot!), the Jacotrans driver was brilliant and actually went back and picked it up for us on his next run. Of course, you do need to have a destination, so you really have to book accommodation ahead if using these services, so they have somewhere to deliver to. That wasn't a problem for us, we wanted that certainty, but it might not suit someone who prefers not to book ahead. All the accommodation providers were very familiar with the system (we used a combination of private albergues and small hotels/pensions/casas rurales) - it is very well-used right along the Camino - and they would have the envelopes to leave with payment, tell us where to leave our bag for collection and/or offer to book for us (I usually booked a few days ahead online, but you can just call the night before). Once we were within the last 100km we often didn't even need to call the transport services, as they just turned up anyway. I would definitely do it this way again - as I said, for us it made all the difference, as it allowed us to walk the Camino.
Hi SunnyCat, sorry to hear you are unwell. Hopefully you can rest for a few days until you feel better. I will send you a private message/ conversation.Hey GettingThere-
It sounds like that is a good plan. I am currently on the camino & became ill, so I would like to use a transport. I was also wondering if you had a list of the places you stayed as I am having trouble planning ahead right now - it would be nice to have a reference from another walker - it would be very helpful if you're willing to share. Currently I am in Pamplona
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