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TSA Agent: and what's in this container?Here is a list of things I brought but never used.
Earphones
Poker chips
pocket chess set
Sleeping bag
Covid test kit
Doggie poo bags
Wipes
Blister kit
can opener
clotting gauze
Pepto B
extra walking shorts
day pack
hydrocortisone
tums
Styptic pencil
Nitroglycerine
Spanish lessons
Sewing kit
Earplugs (once)
Sun sleeves (once)
I would agree 100%I think perhaps a better title for this thread would be "Things that I packed but didn't use."
Every adventure is different as is the weather. I've walked five Caminos and never used my nitroglycerine but I wouldn't go without it, nor Pepto (taken daily) nor my light weight sleeping bag, tiny sewing kit, or earplugs. Being prepared while staying light, there aren't toilet facilities when you need them so I take Pepto, bring a doggy bag and wipes.Here is a list of things I brought but never used.
Earphones
Poker chips
pocket chess set
Sleeping bag
Covid test kit
Doggie poo bags
Wipes
Blister kit
can opener
clotting gauze
Pepto B
extra walking shorts
day pack
hydrocortisone
tums
Styptic pencil
Nitroglycerine
Spanish lessons
Sewing kit
Earplugs (once)
Sun sleeves (once)
Two pounds of poker chips?!Enough chips for 8 player Texas hold 'em (2 lbs). Just could not stir up any interest. I finally left them in an albergue after Logroño. I hope they got used!
Yes and many times when you need these items you need them right away and/or can't make it to the next town. Or it is Sunday, the day in Spain when no one gets sick lolI think perhaps a better title for this thread would be "Things that I packed but didn't use."
I can imagine a number of situations where Pepto Bismol, gauze, blister kit, hydrocortisone, Tums, etc. could have been good to have on hand.
Of the 21 items on this list, I didn't even consider 11 of them, although some items like medications are clearly individual in nature, which accounts for four. So that leaves seven that I didn't carry. Of the remaining items, I used each of them, some more frequently than others. These were:Here is a list of things I brought but never used.
Earphones
Poker chips
pocket chess set
Sleeping bag
Covid test kit
Doggie poo bags
Wipes
Blister kit
can opener
clotting gauze
Pepto B
extra walking shorts
day pack
hydrocortisone
tums
Styptic pencil
Nitroglycerine
Spanish lessons
Sewing kit
Earplugs (once)
Sun sleeves (once)
Wait wait wait. Coffee creamers? Where the heck do you find those? I mean I know I can find like 1/4 cup cartons of whipping cream, but little creamers?Yes, every trip I have things I absolutely used the time before, but the next time items languished in my bag.
For example, this trip I brought a small plastic drinking cup. I brought one before and never used it. This time I have only used it to drink out of only once, but have used it to protect and house the individual butter pats and coffee creamers I buy so they don't mess up the rest of my pack.
Also used my inflatable pillow many times before, but have only needed it once. Likewise, the scarf I used as a pillow cover hasn't been used because we got pillow cases with real pillows.
Is there anyone, anyone at all, on here that just brings a few changes of clothes (shorts/t shirts, etc.), wallet, ID, debit card, a pair of flip flops, and a water bottle?!! Admittedly only done Frances. Norte and Portuguesa and not the tougher ones!Wait wait wait. Coffee creamers? Where the heck do you find those? I mean I know I can find like 1/4 cup cartons of whipping cream, but little creamers?
Yes, they are in Eroski. President Mon Cafe Creme is the brand. 10 pack and last without refrigeration in my pack several days or until I use them all up.Wait wait wait. Coffee creamers? Where the heck do you find those? I mean I know I can find like 1/4 cup cartons of whipping cream, but little creamers?
Yes my cousin joined us for a week and walked from Leon to Villafranca with us. In flipflops. We had to buy him a shirt and sweatshirt in Foncebaden as he didnt bring a change of clothes and it was cold. He would have been about 55 at the time.Is there anyone, anyone at all, on here that just brings a few changes of clothes (shorts/t shirts, etc.), wallet, ID, debit card, a pair of flip flops, and a water bottle?!! Admittedly only done Frances. Norte and Portuguesa and not the tougher ones!
Several of these items you may need, but you could always purchase on the way, no need to pack.Here is a list of things I brought but never used.
Earphones
Poker chips
pocket chess set
Sleeping bag
Covid test kit
Doggie poo bags
Wipes
Blister kit
can opener
clotting gauze
Pepto B
extra walking shorts
day pack
hydrocortisone
tums
Styptic pencil
Nitroglycerine
Spanish lessons
Sewing kit
Earplugs (once)
Sun sleeves (once)
electrolyte packs
Or make your own. 1 litre water, 20g sugar= 6x 5ml teaspoonfulls, one 5ml salt(For me) - - An absolute must have, especially right now with the heat blanketing Europe. Besides, good luck finding any for sale along a camino route. They weigh next to nothing, but are worth their weight in gold when needed by you or by someone in need.
Or eat cucumber, full of electrolytes and easily got.Or make your own. 1 litre water, 20g sugar= 6x 5ml teaspoonfulls, one 5ml salt
+ if very dehydrated or ongoing issue sodium bicarbonate half of a 5ml teaspoon
Or make your own. 1 litre water, 20g sugar= 6x 5ml teaspoonfulls, one 5ml salt
+ if very dehydrated or ongoing issue sodium bicarbonate half of a 5ml teaspoon.
Or a soft drink or Aquarius with some ubiquitous French fries.Or eat cucumber, full of electrolytes and easily got.
You can get potassium/magnesium tabs that dissolve in water at the pharmacy.(For me) - - An absolute must have, especially right now with the heat blanketing Europe. Besides, good luck finding any for sale along a camino route. They weigh next to nothing, but are worth their weight in gold when needed by you or by someone in need.
I did my first Camino on very short notice and only took a 30litre pack, a spare set of clothes, waterproof jacket, water bottle, shower stuff, sunblock and my phone. Not even a sleeping bag, I just used a shemagh as a sheet in the places where there was no bedding. No map, guidebook, nothing. Just followed the yellow signs. The only thing that I really needed to buy en route (apart from food and drink) was a roll of surgical tape.Is there anyone, anyone at all, on here that just brings a few changes of clothes (shorts/t shirts, etc.), wallet, ID, debit card, a pair of flip flops, and a water bottle?!! Admittedly only done Frances. Norte and Portuguesa and not the tougher ones!
I try to do that, and the first time I walked the Frances I did, but definitely could have used bedding of some sort. I got by without any, but there were several times I wished I had brought a sleeping bag liner. My water bottles on that one, as in all the ones I walked were bottles from soda I bought and refilled with water the entire journey and disposed of at the end.Is there anyone, anyone at all, on here that just brings a few changes of clothes (shorts/t shirts, etc.), wallet, ID, debit card, a pair of flip flops, and a water bottle?!! Admittedly only done Frances. Norte and Portuguesa and not the tougher ones!
This helps me review my pack. I had already decided to leave my snowblower behind!Here is a list of things I brought but never used.
Earphones
Poker chips
pocket chess set
Sleeping bag
Covid test kit
Doggie poo bags
Wipes
Blister kit
can opener
clotting gauze
Pepto B
extra walking shorts
day pack
hydrocortisone
tums
Styptic pencil
Nitroglycerine
Spanish lessons
Sewing kit
Earplugs (once)
Sun sleeves (once)
Or make your own. 1 litre water, 20g sugar= 6x 5ml teaspoonfulls, one 5ml salt
+ if very dehydrated or ongoing issue sodium bicarbonate half of a 5ml teaspoon.
Heck, I just drink fresh zumo and eat a pack of chips - plenty of electrolytes in that.Great information. I did not know this. Thank you......
Here is a list of things I brought but never used.
Earphones
Poker chips
pocket chess set
Sleeping bag
Covid test kit
Doggie poo bags
Wipes
Blister kit
can opener
clotting gauze
Pepto B
extra walking shorts
day pack
hydrocortisone
tums
Styptic pencil
Nitroglycerine
Spanish lessons
Sewing kit
Earplugs (once)
Sun sleeves (once)
Robo…didn’t you mean “rice cooker”?No one has said it yet............
Expectations..........
So true. When you sit down at at a table to eat there are no condiments at all. not even the basics like salt and pepper.. The spanish "tortilla" is basically an omlet of potatoes and eggs. Bring some ketchup! The famed Bocadillo is a slice of ham and cheese on dry bread. Being some mayo or mustard! Community dinners of Chickpea stew cry out for picante sauce!I could leave the poker chips behind, but not my jalapeño salt. Absolutely necessary considering how bland Spanish food is.
Yes, I often missed having condiments on the Camino. Mayonaise is my personal sandwich favorite, with Dijon mustard next. If my French fries have salt or gravy on them I do not need ketchup.So true. When you sit down at at a table to eat there are no condiments at all. not even the basics like salt and pepper.. The spanish "tortilla" is basically an omlet of potatoes and eggs. Bring some ketchup! The famed Bocadillo is a slice of ham and cheese on dry bread. Being some mayo or mustard! Community dinners of Chickpea stew cry out for picante sauce!
With such flavorless food, no wonder spaniards are so skinny.
Spanish food flavourless…blimey!!!So true. When you sit down at at a table to eat there are no condiments at all. not even the basics like salt and pepper.. The spanish "tortilla" is basically an omlet of potatoes and eggs. Bring some ketchup! The famed Bocadillo is a slice of ham and cheese on dry bread. Being some mayo or mustard! Community dinners of Chickpea stew cry out for picante sauce!
With such flavorless food, no wonder spaniards are so skinny.
I don’t know what’s “standard” but my pack weight above includes the backpack.Clarification please. Do these weights being quoted above include the back pack? My Deuter 34L weighs 1.71kg.
I recall being the only woman at an albergue on the VDLP. I entered the bunkroom shortly prior to departure to find several peregrinos queued up, each taking a turn to lift up my backpack, presumably because they thought it heavy.
I have used electrolyte packs on the Via de la Plata (bought in Sevilla as it was already 36 deg on 2 June and the forecast was up, up up…) but never thought of bringing any on the CF…. You can buy them on route of course, if needed.Blister/first aid kit I used on other pilgrims, I also gave away all my electrolyte packs to a few who got sick from dehydration.
You can buy mayo in sachets in any Spanish supermarketSo true. When you sit down at at a table to eat there are no condiments at all. not even the basics like salt and pepper.. The spanish "tortilla" is basically an omlet of potatoes and eggs. Bring some ketchup! The famed Bocadillo is a slice of ham and cheese on dry bread. Being some mayo or mustard! Community dinners of Chickpea stew cry out for picante sauce!
With such flavorless food, no wonder spaniards are so skinny.
I had wondered if it was to be a form of self-defence against inconsiderate cyclists... Guess I got that wrong!TSA Agent: and what's in this container?
Traveller: That? Oh that's my nitroglycerine . . .
Sincerely glad that you never needed to take the pills on your Caminos!
You can always ask for some olive oil to keep it from being too dry.The famed Bocadillo is a slice of ham and cheese on dry bread. Being some mayo or mustard!
There is occasional discussion about the definitions of base pack weight (BPW), total pack weight (TPW), from the skin out weight (FSOW/SOW) and target weights. One of the clearest explanations I have found for these is at: http://www.hikingdude.com/hiking-styles.php. Suffice to say that the weight of the pack is included in all of them. What is not clear is whether everyone on this forum uses the same conventionsI don’t know what’s “standard” but my pack weight above includes the backpack.
ketchup on Spanish tortillaSpanish food flavourless…blimey!!!
So true, but that appears to be a cultural approach to food service rather than them not being unavailable. I have never been to any bar/cafe/restaurant in Spain and now Portugal where basic condiments weren't available if you asked for them. I never asked for items like mayonnaise, mustard, tomato or other sauces, but when I looked these were always available somewhere near the counter.When you sit down at at a table to eat there are no condiments at all. not even the basics like salt and pepper.
In the US, salt and pepper are on every restaurant table, so when I am in the EU, it never occurs to me to ask, and I do not speak the languages. I always accept whatever is given to me, nothing more. I guess I need to be more assertive in the future, but neither vegemite nor marmite is on my list of condiment priorities.So true, but that appears to be a cultural approach to food service rather than them not being unavailable. I have never been to any bar/cafe/restaurant in Spain and now Portugal where basic condiments weren't available if you asked for them. I never asked for items like mayonnaise, mustard, tomato or other sauces, but when I looked these were always available somewhere near the counter.
Clearly more exotic condiments need to be brought with you. I always bring a small container of that wonderful elixir, Vegemite, knowing that I am unlikely to find a supply in Spain or Portugal. The worst of that is that this year, I left it at the table where I was staying in Santarem, where it now remains as a curiosity to all but antipodeans and some other enlightened folk.
Crikey @Bernice M - what did you do?Clarification please. Do these weights being quoted above include the back pack? My Deuter 34L weighs 1.71kg.
I recall being the only woman at an albergue on the VDLP. I entered the bunkroom shortly prior to departure to find several peregrinos queued up, each taking a turn to lift up my backpack, presumably because they thought it heavy.
I have a 'sentimental' pocket knife that has travelled many pilgrimages with me both in Spain and the Himalayas. When I see people say they don't need or take a pocket knife I get a little pang in my heart. Note, I have never travelled with only my pack as hand luggage so can store my little red travelling companion in the hold on my way to my starting point. Will see if I go 'solo' this time.For me so far:
- Teva Sandals: i use them but don't think they are worth the space and weight
- pocket knife: expensive and useless so far
- fleece jacket: takes a lot of space in my bag, and its ridiculously hot atm
What’s left?Here is a list of things I brought but never used.
Earphones
Poker chips
pocket chess set
Sleeping bag
Covid test kit
Doggie poo bags
Wipes
Blister kit
can opener
clotting gauze
Pepto B
extra walking shorts
day pack
hydrocortisone
tums
Styptic pencil
Nitroglycerine
Spanish lessons
Sewing kit
Earplugs (once)
Sun sleeves (once)
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