Gearing Up

At last most the cover is in place, every Sunday is covered and I am starting to get a list of clergy to cover the other types of service.

All the books and blogs about the Camino, say that you need to keep the weight down to a minimum, especially as you have to carry everything. Some people seemed to have taken this thoroughly to heart, traveling the whole distance on one pair of underpants and one pair of socks, and it appears little else... (Hopefully we won't have to share a refuge with one of them, as we can't afford the weight of cloths pegs for our noses!).

But obviously we need to cut the weight of our gear down as practically as possible. I could bore you with details of the exact make and weight of all our kit, but this would only be relevant if you live in the UK as the products we use might not be available in the States, Australia or the rest of Europe.

What we have got so far is lightweight rucksacks, cagoules and over trousers, lightweight sleeping bags and various other bits of light weight clothing. For the rest of our clothing we are weighing our various walking T Shirts, Trousers etc. to see which are lighter, and will be taking these.

To cut down on chargers, and European conversion plugs etc. we have gone down the route of getting devices that can be charged with a USB lead and then getting a European USB charger.

For books to read and games to amuse us we have gone for an Ipod Touch each with various apps, these should also help us with Blogging and connecting to the Internet, and if we get time, we will scan in various guides, articles and other essential items to cut down on paper and therefore weight. For extra music and data storage, we will also put stuff on our phone memory cards. Anything we have digitised we will also store on our Google or Dropbox accounts so we can access them from Cyber Cafes as well.