What is missing from all albergues

[Kanga]

Well almost. Old fashioned hand wringers

 

[basquelady]

We really appreciated the 2 centrifugal spin driers provided in the Paderborn albergue in Pamplona.

 

[ranthr]

There was one in the old albergue in Roncesvalles some years ago.

 

[annakappa]

I have only come across two: at Gacelmo in Rabanal and Albergue Atziena in Tricastela.
What a difference they make - but they have to be used correctly! Anne

 

[KinkyOne]

Well almost. Old fashioned hand wringers

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Albergue Casa Austria in Los Arcos has it. Well, it was there in 2011. Quite usefull.

 

[hnguyen]

Well almost. Old fashioned hand wringers

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Ooooh! That would be so nice - and shorten the drying process, especially on cold, damp days!

 

[Kanga]

Ooooh! That would be so nice - and shorten the drying process, especially on cold, damp days!

Exactly!

 

[Former member 12499]

Hello Kanga,
I seem to remember a mangle at the Isaac Santiago municipal in Los Arcos as well. This was in 2012.
It proved very useful but you had to be careful with it as I found out. I wrung my wet trousers all the way through the mangle and this had the effect of breaking my top button on my trousers and making my zip difficult to zip up (or down). I had to then try and use a safety pin to keep them fastened up.

It wasn't until I had walked to Najera and the albergue municipal adjoining the river that I found a lovely Irish hospitalera who lent me a needle and thread to sew a button back on to my trousers.

So mangles can be a blessing but they can bite!

Charlie.



This was the albergue in Los Arcos where the mangle was kept in the yard.

 

[Sheffield James]

Hello Kanga,
I seem to remember a mangle at the Isaac Santiago municipal in Los Arcos as well. This was in 2012.
It proved very useful but you had to be careful with it as I found out. I wrung my wet trousers all the way through the mangle and this had the effect of breaking my top button on my trousers and making my zip difficult to zip up (or down). I had to then try and use a safety pin to keep them fastened up.

It wasn't until I had walked to Najera and the albergue municipal adjoining the river that I found a lovely Irish hospitalera who lent me a needle and thread to sew a button back on to my trousers.

So mangles can be a blessing but they can bite!

Charlie.

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This was the albergue in Los Arcos where the mangle was kept in the yard.View attachment 9781

It was there in 2013, too.

 

[annakappa]

We really appreciated the 2 centrifugal spin driers provided in the Paderborn albergue in Pamplona.

I have only come across two: at Gacelmo in Rabanal and Albergue Atziena in Tricastela.
What a difference they make - but they have to be used correctly! Anne

What I meant from my remark was the availability of spin dryers! However, a good old fashioned mangle would be perfect too and less likely to break down through mis-use. Anne

 

[Kanga]

They have the advantage of being cheap to buy, no maintenance and no running costs. Downside is the propensity to break buttons and zips as Charlie mentioned. A warning sign would prevent that - guess it would have to be a drawing so all nationalities could understand it.

Wonder how much they weigh? Maybe I should add this to the "What is missing from every packing list?" thread!

Better still - is there a pilgrim association out there that would like to organise a few? I'd donate.

 

[jeffnd]

I would have loved to have seen a mangle at the albergues. I could never get my clothes completely dry on the line unless I had them hung up by 2 and didn't take them down until the next morning. (That's assuming they didn't freeze or get rained on.)

 

[gerardcarey]

I also liked the little electric spinner ones they had at Rabanal.
But anything is better than nothing.