An earlier post of mine had pictures of everything that I took on the Camino (or rather everything that I could find to take pictures of!). Here's a bit of advice on packing for you.
In general less is best; a
lot of people take far too much and end up having to dump it or posting it
forward to Santiago post office (who will then hold your items for 30 days
ready for you to collect, many people have used this option and found that it
works well for them but I have never myself done it). I was told before my
first Camino to carry no more than 10% of your body weight which may work well
for some people but as someone who weighs about 46 kilograms and is about 1m
55cm tall this is impractical – if you want to carry your own backpack all of
the way then only carrying 4.6 kilograms is simply not possible. I carried a
bag weighing 6-7.5 kilograms and found this to be a practical weight for me. I
would say never carry more than 10 kilograms
– you don’t need to and your Camino will not be enjoyable for you (plus is you
are flying using a certain budget airline anything under 10 kilograms can be
counted as hand luggage and so money saved!). With everything it’s worth paying
a bit more to cut down on weight.
When packing remember that you’ll be carrying water for your
day’s walking and that one litre of water is one kilogram of weight. Added to
this you will always carry a snack of some sort – a piece of fruit or a cake
maybe and some days you may well have to carry food for the meal that night
(say some pasta, sauce and a tin of tuna) all of which will add maybe 1-2 kilograms
of weight depending how much food you have.
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