Life's a Stitch

We are determined to lighten our load for this year's Camino as opposed to last year's:

– We shed some weight by omitting the sleeping bags, as We were ending a few weeks earlier. It's amazing how warm silk sleeping bag liners are.

– We also left behind the extention cord, something we read was a must have.

– We each took one microfibre towel as opposed to the medium, small and washcloth sized ones we packed last year.

– I didn't bring the sarong that I swore by last year and managed to live without it. 

– This year I didn't insist on toting 13 oz of watercolour supplies that remained untouched. You were right, dear. 

– Although my right ankle is still technically fractured, I did without the ankle braces and opted for light weight Salomon hiking boots. They provided lots of support.

There are items we added this year that I'd take along again:

– my lightweight umbrella, my new must have.

– a mini tens (muscle stim) machine

– a larger supply of protein bars, our emergency rations when food wasn't available. We like the Solo brand pineapple/coconut nut free bars.

The saving grace of both Caminos were our New Zealand made Aarn body packs.

Tomorrow – blogging from France