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The day before I leave I am having my eyelashes dyed BLUE/BLACK and I am blonde so my item is eyeliner, since I have been talked out of ***** ***** nail varnish!Mascara
Excusez moi!Just been talking about this. My Euroschirm hands free hiking brolly!
I carry a beard trimmer/hair cutter too!
Kanga and I share tweezers between us!I don't bring a beard trimmer! But I do bring a silk extra long pillowcase that I made.
Excusez moi!
********** hands free hiking brolley, surely?
If my husband were able to come, he would carry a pair of *******(speedos) and a beer cooler!Nope, EUROSCHIRM. I like being told off.
Plus Ivar sells them, and I like to support my favourite forum. Honest.
But back on topic, last year I carried a beer cooler. For five months. Wasn't very useful in December though.
Oh, and I carried a guidebook for the Via de la Plata too. But I was on the Frances/San Salvador/Primitivo. Not much use but enjoyed the look on pilgrims faces when I got it out and explained I was lost and asked them which is the way to Salamanca.
Nonessential items only!Just been talking about this. My Euroschirm hands free hiking brolly!
I think Mo and Tigger would be 'besties'!On my first camino for sentimental reasons I carried a beloved stuffed moose!!
Not full size but as bulky as a sleeping bag! The moose, known as Mo, shortened from Mousse au chocolat, was a large toy which long ago I gave to my father for his 90th birthday. After my father’s death Mo came back to me. In 2004 he traveled in a stuff sack deep within the pack. Although disguised as a ‘pillow’ he was in truth my silent confidante during that first challenging camino.
We both made it to Santiago but once with a moose is enough! Ever since Mo has stayed on his shelf at home and we mentally 'tweeted' as I walked.
That's not a luxury, that's being responsible.And contraception.
Loving this postA small set of oil paints and brushes. And contraception.
I'm wanting to bring my DSLR camera but am unsure about the unwanted weight.. I'm an avid photographer and am really not interested in having my phone on me the entire trip to take photos. I'm beginning in mid-April, anyone gone with a heavy camera like that before?
Ha! That's mine too! I wasn't sure if I had the nerve to admit it. I sent three loads of stuff home on my first camino, was down to basically nothing. But I kept my mascara.Mascara
. . . And my iPod. There are days when I think that if I hear the sound of my own feet tromping the ground for another second I will lose my mind. I have it loaded with my favorite classical music so that my thoughts aren't interrupted. Cetaphyl face wipes.
No one has come near to the Moose yet.
Mine neither!My husband. But he won't come.
Yeah...you're back!The day before I leave I am having my eyelashes dyed BLUE/BLACK and I am blonde so my item is eyeliner, since I have been talked out of ***** ***** nail varnish!
Hopefully all those little jewels etc. are sewn on, otherwise I'd think the hot water in the showers would melt the "pretties" right off the flip flops!I won't travel with plain flip flops / jandals. Only ones with beads, sequins and plastic jewels will do.
It does, and I get all riled. Stupid I know! But I have to have my few girly things.Hopefully all those little jewels etc. are sewn on, otherwise I'd think the hot water in the showers would melt the "pretties" right off the flip flops!
I took a real camera and didnt find it that heavy. Then again, weight was relative for us because we were carrying so much already. One adult could only carry the baby (35 pounds with pack). THen the other 2 adults had to split the stuff for all four people + diapers + all the toys and momentos people kept insisting on giving us because we had a baby (talk about non-essential items that you don't have the nerve to get rid of!)I'm wanting to bring my DSLR camera but am unsure about the unwanted weight.. I'm an avid photographer and am really not interested in having my phone on me the entire trip to take photos. I'm beginning in mid-April, anyone gone with a heavy camera like that before?
My spiky massage ball is coming this time...not essential, but my feet will thank me!For me a beard trimmer, rechargeable. About 250 gm (small). With the sweating all day shaving would result in raw or rashly skin. With a trimmer, I won't walk out the far end looking like Santa Claus either nor will I have to go through the itchy beard growing phase while hiking.
P.S. This forum is different than the one essential item forum, which is an invaluable resource... this one is about the non essential but wonderful stuff you could pack that would make your trip better.
For me a beard trimmer, rechargeable. About 250 gm (small). With the sweating all day shaving would result in raw or rashly skin. With a trimmer, I won't walk out the far end looking like Santa Claus either nor will I have to go through the itchy beard growing phase while hiking.
P.S. This forum is different than the one essential item forum, which is an invaluable resource... this one is about the non essential but wonderful stuff you could pack that would make your trip better.
This year I've decided to bring a tube of lipstick, convincing myself it's my much needed chapstick.Mascara
Does having the former, often lead to the need for the latter?A small set of oil paints and brushes. And contraception.
That's exactly what I do too! I buy that same lightweight twin size sheet set in a pretty pattern from our local Dollar Store for $5.50 US. I only bring the bottom sheet and the pillowcase. I do spray the bottom sheet with permathrin, along with the outside of my sleeping bag.I bring a silk doona cover (made by my sister from the most gorgeous patterned silk you have ever seen in your life) for my unzipped sleeping bag or homemade blanket (depending on season). AND a single/twin fitted sheet, not silk but microfibre that is virtually as light as silk. It was part of a set bought from the local wonderfully bizarre everything shop for $5.99. When the only personal space you have on the camino is your bunk bed then making it beautiful and cosy is worth the extra couple of 100 grams.
My husband. But he won't come.
Have a wonderful world trip. When going away for 6 months, I'd say you should bring exactly the things that make you the happiest!I am bringing a tablet and charger when I start next week. I noticed the question a few months back from a pilgrim asking about taking his Ipad was met with much negativity so didn't offer a comment - but for me, my Camino is part of a 6-month world trip and I will use it to blog, as a journal and kindle for those rest days when I need some time out. I expect not many others do the same but I'm happy to make the sacrifice!
My husband is meeting my two sons and myself in Santiago after our six week pilgrimage and is already worrying about his two day walk between Muxia and Finesterre! He says he may need to take a taxi!My husband came on my first camino, but it was an absolute disaster (the camino is not for everyone), so now he stays home and sticks pins in my teddy bear
Move your...you know...My Burro,
A small set of oil paints and brushes. And contraception.
And possibly optimistic.That's not a luxury, that's being responsible.
My Burro,
Does having the former, often lead to the need for the latter?
And possibly optimistic.
It might be difficult finding two trees for your hammock, especially on the Meseta!I wouldn't say I'm an ultra light packer by any means, but I do prescribe to the less is more philosophy. But we all have our "luxury" items. For me, it's an ENO hammock. It's a portable hammock system that rolls up to about the size of a large grapefruit. I throw one into my backpack no matter where I'm traveling to. And I definitely plan to do so when I go to Spain to walk the Camino de Santiago. It'd be nice to have the option to sleep under the Spanish stars some nights.
It might be difficult finding two trees for your hammock, especially on the Meseta!
I won't travel with plain flip flops / jandals. Only ones with beads, sequins and plastic jewels will do.
I don't bring a beard trimmer! But I do bring a silk extra long pillowcase that I made.
I remember this from your very light packing list!Mascara
There are plenty of trees along the meseta, in the villages. Almost every town has a "plantillo," a green place with trees and usually a couple of picnic tables or a spring. Pilgrims traditionally bunk there. I wish more of them would take their trash a few yards to the next trash container....
Some of them use hammocks. I have to wonder at that "hammock system," it sounds terrifically scientific and complicated. If what you have is a net bed that strings up between two uprights, I think most of us would just call it a "hammock.,," But not anymore. Lately, what once were "shoes and socks" are now "footwear systems." "Glasses" are "eyewear." A water bottle belt is a "hydration system." A headband is "perspiration management."
WTH.
And possibly optimistic.
My Euroschirm hands free hiking brolly!
I absolutely love learning all the different words from the British, Australians and New Zealanders! Thanks puts a smile on my face!
Yeah...you're back!
One adult could only carry the baby (35 pounds with pack). THen the other 2 adults had to split the stuff for all four people + diapers + all the toys and momentos people kept insisting on giving us because we had a baby (talk about non-essential items that you don't have the nerve to get rid of!)
I don't know if I'd go that far, but the list of bling was pretty random. I didn't include it the first time because Ive posted it before (another thread), but it seems fitting:Move over moose.
For me a beard trimmer, rechargeable. About 250 gm (small). With the sweating all day shaving would result in raw or rashly skin. With a trimmer, I won't walk out the far end looking like Santa Claus either nor will I have to go through the itchy beard growing phase while hiking.
P.S. This forum is different than the one essential item forum, which is an invaluable resource... this one is about the non essential but wonderful stuff you could pack that would make your trip better.
I love Minions. My shower scrubby is a crocheted Minion. Tiny, but does the job.I bring my flannel pajamas. The granny ones, two piece. Worn but not enough to be see thru, just to that comfort level. This time the grandkids have bought a special pair for me to take. I can't open them until the first night on the camino.
So if you see a little old lady with two piece flannel Minions or Frozen pajamas, you know it's me.
Save the applause until I leave the room.
an extra-long silk pillowcase sounds good!
I just cut the closed end of a pillow case and slide the Spanish pillow in it, leaving the sides uncovered, but the center, where my head lies, covered. If you really want to sew, try 40cm high by 90-100cm long, the width of a Spanish single bed.Spanish pillows are a very specific long and thin sausage shape. I mused over the mystery of this for years, until a wise young Italian man told me 'it's a divan thing' - the penny dropped: Al Andalus! And the word for pillow is Arabic too - almohada.
Does anyone know the dimensions in case someone wants to make one? There's nothing worse than a pillow case that's too short.....
Just looked it up and whoa, who knew? - Spanish pillows come is a variety of lengths to fit the BED! How divan is that?If you really want to sew, try 40cm high by 90-100cm long, the width of a Spanish single bed.
I am having the same conversation with myself. Not just the body - but how many lenses? And what about tripods... Have talked myself down to body, 50mm prime, and polarized filter. I figure I can clip it to the front of my pack while walking, and bring a light weight satchel for when I settle in for the night.I'm wanting to bring my DSLR camera but am unsure about the unwanted weight.. I'm an avid photographer and am really not interested in having my phone on me the entire trip to take photos. I'm beginning in mid-April, anyone gone with a heavy camera like that before?
A couple of the private rooms I stayed in in pensiones/hostales had double beds with a single pillow that spanned the width of the bed. Fortunately, I was alone. That arrangement wouldn't suit my husband and me very well, as we both like different types of pillows, and like to "smoosh" them up into a comfortable position.Just looked it up and whoa, who knew? - Spanish pillows come is a variety of lengths to fit the BED! How divan is that?
Ditto! I want to bring my kindle and my camera but am trying to figure out if I should bring just one. I have a feeling I'll end up with both!I am having the same conversation with myself. Not just the body - but how many lenses? And what about tripods... Have talked myself down to body, 50mm prime, and polarized filter. I figure I can clip it to the front of my pack while walking, and bring a light weight satchel for when I settle in for the night.
Now I just have to decide if the e-reader and sketch book come too.
I brought my small Kindle Fire tablet. Used it about once, and it stayed in my backpack the rest of the Camino. Will leave it behind next time. If I want to read, I can read on my phone.E-reader pondering @twirl90 and @Northern Laurie - I never have time for reading on a camino. Just saying. Always busy or asleep. Maybe make a fresh post on the Equipment forum and ask a few other people.
the more things you have that can perform "double duty", the better off you are.I brought my small Kindle Fire tablet. Used it about once, and it stayed in my backpack the rest of the Camino. Will leave it behind next time. If I want to read, I can read on my phone.
Google "bolsters" as these pillows are known in English. Used to be very popular. No idea as to why they disappeared from mainline use in England sometime in the sixties.
Eyeliner!!!Mascara
one must always be properly accessorized.
Or optimism!That's not a luxury, that's being responsible.
A blow-up doll of Theresa May
I don't bring a beard trimmer! But I do bring a silk extra long pillowcase that I made.
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