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IMO (admittedly not in the last two years) albergues try and avoid tumble dryers because they are really slow and energy intensive. With just four or five wet pilgrims the tumble dryer will be going all evening and probably into the night. Well worked-out places I have stayed at have often used spin dryers. These get most of the water out in less than 2 minutes with little electricity - and less queueing. But you do have to put lots of notes up in all languages reminding pilgrims to put in place the container that catches the outflow! Then you hang the clothes up, ideally in a utility room where the heating system is based.. (if it's not a 'summer only' albergue)Tumble dryers have solved the problem for a lot of people in the UK and also seem to be reasonably common in Albergues whilst on pilgrimage,
The clothes never get dirty in the winter so you only need one outfit and never have to wash them.It's evening here in Sydney.
And I was just out hanging some clothes on the washing line.
Not fun, as it's cold and so the clothes won't dry overnight.
It's a chilly 16C/31F Winter's day
It got me thinking.........
As I may do a Winter Camino at some stage.
How do you dry clothes on a Winter Camino?
You can't hang them outside.
I recall doing that as a kid in the UK and the clothes would be frozen solid in the morning!
Hang in front of a heater?
Does it become a problem?
Requiring the carrying of extra 'sets' of clothes?
For a Canadian 16C is summerIt's evening here in Sydney.
And I was just out hanging some clothes on the washing line.
Not fun, as it's cold and so the clothes won't dry overnight.
It's a chilly 16C/31F Winter's day
It got me thinking.........
As I may do a Winter Camino at some stage.
How do you dry clothes on a Winter Camino?
You can't hang them outside.
I recall doing that as a kid in the UK and the clothes would be frozen solid in the morning!
Hang in front of a heater?
Does it become a problem?
Requiring the carrying of extra 'sets' of clothes?
Indeed. Typo! Not used to Degrees F.I would be surprised at the 31 F,
even Melbourne does not get that cold (near the CBD)
Robo, I think it's an issue not just in winter, but autumn and spring too, when you get a series of rainy days in a row.
IMO (admittedly not in the last two years) albergues try and avoid tumble dryers because they are really slow and energy intensive. With just four or five wet pilgrims the tumble dryer will be going all evening and probably into the night. Well worked-out places I have stayed at have often used spin dryers. These get most of the water out in less than 2 minutes with little electricity - and less queueing. But you do have to put lots of notes up in all languages reminding pilgrims to put in place the container that catches the outflow! Then you hang the clothes up, ideally in a utility room where the heating system is based.. (if it's not a 'summer only' albergue)
Otherwise, years ago when there were more open fires, people put their clothes on rails in front of the fire. Sometimes there are unfriendly exchanges when people move other's clothes to the back, or cram loads of clothes onto a few skinny radiators - and 'accidentally' move other people's things off. All becomes very un-pilgrim-like. The radiators tend to go off by 8 or 9 anyway and 10 hours later everyone wakes up in a cold damp dormitory... happy days!
ha ha dont complain.. its summer in Iceland and we are getting 6-10 degree celcius…It's evening here in Sydney.
And I was just out hanging some clothes on the washing line.
Not fun, as it's cold and so the clothes won't dry overnight.
It's a chilly 16C /31F61F Winter's day
It got me thinking.........
As I may do a Winter Camino at some stage.
How do you dry clothes on a Winter Camino?
You can't hang them outside.
I recall doing that as a kid in the UK and the clothes would be frozen solid in the morning!
Hang in front of a heater?
Does it become a problem?
Requiring the carrying of extra 'sets' of clothes?
Wooden stove? Single use perhaps!I just remembered the horrible smell, on a long ago cold rainy night in Terradillos, of my very expensive hi-tech socks supposedly drying on top of a wooden stove, as they melted. A warning
Wood burning stove! Or should that be burning wood stove? You kids, you don't remember when everyone had one. Either that or one that burned coke. As in coal, not cola!Wooden stove? Single use perhaps!
Kanga, many thanks for the compliment, but I truly believe I could give you quite a few years and still be older.Wood burning stove! Or should that be burning wood stove? You kids, you don't remember when everyone had one.
Albergue Cantabrica in Fonsagrada has one of those warming racks for boots.Wood burning stove! Or should that be burning wood stove? You kids, you don't remember when everyone had one. Either that or one that burned coke. As in coal, not cola!
I have come across some ingenious solutions in albergues. Apart from the standard dryers, very useful are the super fast centrifugal spinners that leave clothes almost touch dry. I don't think I've come across an albergue with a "hot room" like that described by @Robo in his army days, or found in many ski lodges. But there was an albergue in Los Arcos (I think) that had an old fashioned drying cupboard - so a cupboard that backed onto a hot water system or similar. No good for soaking wet clothes, but great to finish things off.
And really luxurious are the rooms with multiple flexible hoses that push out hot air, for drying boots and shoes. I've seen those in a couple of albergues. I can't find a photo, but I'm sure someone will have one.
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