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My question is: are there any "outdoor" equipment stores along the Way in case i need to replace something and where can they be found?
There's also a Planeta Agua in Zubiri (where I witnessed two people getting the oh too bad shrug from the unscrupulous shop keep lady. Both bought 2 trekking poles. She'd adjust the first one and send you on your way. Both people attempted the same method of adjustment on pole #2 and both poles broke. She wanted to sell them then yet another pole - without adjustment again!!!)Planeta Agua
Equipment is available in Sarria, which is after Astorga and Ponferrada.So...don't get your pack run over after Astorga (or maybe Ponferrada).
There's also a Planeta Agua in Zubiri
Equipment is available in Sarria, which is after Astorga and Ponferrada.
I was there mid-Sept 2014. It was on the main road, just past the bridge and on the corner (if I remember right!!) on the left across the street from Albergue Zaldiko.Zubiri??? Don't know how I could have missed that one,
I was there mid-Sept 2014. It was on the main road, just past the bridge and on the corner (if I remember right!!) on the left across the street from Albergue Zaldiko.
Hi @simply B - the store in Sarria is called Peregrinoteca (http://www.peregrinoteca.com/tienda/) and is right on the camino as you go through town, just before the long flights of stairs. I took a few screen shots that show the location and gear inside of the store.Thank you both for the corrections! Zubiri??? Don't know how I could have missed that one, @GreatDane ! (But, based upon your observation, I think I would give it a miss in any event.)
And, yes, Sarria seemed to me that it should have one but when we enquired of some of the locals, we got shrugs. I guess I will be doing some online research to ID the locations. If you happen to remember name or location, @C clearly, can you share? Thanks!
B
....... I have no doubt that my camino will be thoroughly wonderful - it can't help but be, mainly because of the thoroughly wonderful pilgrims that i will surely meet along the Way
DB, as a seasoned volunteer in India, this would definitely be the place for something like this to happen - highly unlikely on the Camino. Think positive. Buen Camino.So here's my tale of woe - In 1990 i was in Mumbai and had just gotten out of the tuk tuk i was riding in and had rested my then backpack on the curb next to me, which then proceeded to to topple over onto the roadway and was promptly crushed by not one but several oncoming vehicles. So it can happen - an example of Murphy's Law perhaps?
Icacos - I have no doubt that my camino will be thoroughly wonderful - it can't help but be, mainly because of the thoroughly wonderful pilgrims that i will surely meet along the Way
But, a few days in I decided I needed a sleeping bag rather than the liner I had
Was this on your Camino? We are walking in later April-May and were thinking of just a liner. Mary
Was this on your Camino? We are walking in later April-May and were thinking of just a liner. Mary
A life's lesson here - the less crap you carry around with you, both literally and figuratively, is a blessing and a relief. The bigger the "load" the more suffering.If your backpack gets run over by a bus youo might count it as a blessing.... Imagine NOT having to carry all that crap around, what a relief!
... My question is: Are there any "outdoor" equipment stores along the Way ...
Right! 90% of the Caminos are on narrow paths where buses are unlikely to pass.Let's stop talking about anybody/anything being run over by a bus!!!
It seems to me that Ponferrada should have one but I cannot recall seeing one on either visit.
(...) and that underwear have two sides (...)
A W E S O M E !!!There are certainly places to buy things - or you might even pick up everything you need from the throw-away boxes in albergues! However, this may not be necessary, as if your backpack is run over by a bus, you are more than likely to be squashed with it. Never say never!
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