Sleeping outdoors on the Camino de Santiago - Part 2 : In practice.

[@simonjacobs1655]

hi, really appreciate your video. Very refreshing to find someone approaching this topic in such a straight forward and honest way.

[@counteverythingcamino]

Thanks Simon. Good luck on your camino.

[@pismorichy]

Great vids I will start my Camino March 15th leap frogging Jean - Port to Rocesvalle, I have all intentions of pitching my UL tent the entire way based upon my decades of Backcountry wilderness hiking . No disrespect to the locals and I can well afford Alburgues and hotels I simply will not be subjected to rude drunk disrespectful amateurs. At my age I will need uninterrupted sleep . Thanks so much for your insight Happy Trails , PismoRichy PCT thruhiker and trail angel.

[@counteverythingcamino]

Thanks. Some people do manage to camp the whole and some mix albergues with camping. Good luck with your Camino.

[@igor_na_putu]

Very useful info, thank you for this great video.

[@counteverythingcamino]

Thanks.

[@IrishLegend64]

Thank you so much for this realistic video! I'm thinking of bringing a hammock do to the norte this mid may.

[@counteverythingcamino]

Thanks Peter. I hope your camino is going OK.

[@DeviusPL]

Great job!

[@counteverythingcamino]

Thanks

[@pismorichy]

U cracking me up! Doritos on the ground ! Surprised mice/ critters didn't crawl in with u during the night, as for Bivy I'm opting for my tent that weighs 27 oz. As when not if there is a 24 hour rain. My Lanshan Pro 1 is waterproof..

[@counteverythingcamino]

I like Dotios.

[@KowalskiVanishing_Point]

Great video and info. I'm planning to do the Camino del Norte mid September into October and want to sleep outside if possible. I did a bike trip through the south of France and through a big chunk of Spain back in the 80s in December-January. I originally only brought a sleeping bag with me and no tent or sleeping pad. Believe it or not I found a tent on the way when sleeping in a building under construction. It can be quite cold at night even when sleeping on beaches that are hot during the day. When cycling between Seville and Granada I slept at high elevation only in my sleeping bag on the ground- too tired to set tent up. Woke in the morning with ice on my sleeping bag. So, can you sleep outside in Spain doing a trip like the Camino? Yes. But be ready for difficulty finding spots, uncomfortable sites and uneasy sleeps at times. Things I could handle back in my 20s. Not so easy now in my 60s. I would not recommend a large or showy tent as getting out of view is not always easy.

[@counteverythingcamino]

Thanks. I think the rule on the Camino is flexibility. I think places to sleep outside might be limited, but you find a good place then I think would be a good part of the adventure.

[@KowalskiVanishing_Point]

@@counteverythingcamino Thanks for reply. Definitely need to be flexible and sleeping outside the whole trip is not written in stone. I think meeting other travelers at the end of the day must be an important part of the experience regardless of why on is doing this walk.

[@Tanko3691]

Thank you for the video, What are your thoughts about availability during winter? I intend to do the last 100km this December, would be grateful for your thoughts......I have subscribed.

[@counteverythingcamino]

Most albergues are closed in the winter, but with planning it might be do able. I think it would be quite cold in the winter to camp outside.

[@carrie_kohan]

what brand is your sleeping bag and equipment please?

[@counteverythingcamino]

The sleeping bag I used was an old one I had at home. It was a basic 3 seasons one. The bivvy bag I found online using Google. It was quite cheap.

[@Tanko3691]

HOW could anyone turn a women away with two baby's ?? Flip side: WHY would any sane women take two baby's on the camino way?? The world is mad.

[@counteverythingcamino]

The hostals ate really only set up for adults. I there would have been places she could have stated, but they would have been more expensive.

[@xxo-deathshot-oxx2047]

Could you make a fire 🔥 I guess that would attract animals probably not aloud

[@counteverythingcamino]

I think lighting fires along the Camino would be a bad idea. People have died in forest fires in Spain, and people have been sent to prison for causing them. The Camino is a very busy route and there are no dangerous wild animals along it, apart from the occasional snake or tick.

[@xxo-deathshot-oxx2047]

@@counteverythingcamino thank you for replying back I’m in Spain for 3 months I’m gonna wait for the trail to die down a bit I heard a lot of foreigners taking up the hotels by 80% percent today