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Safety pins are smaller and less likely to be stolen. I always carry a small amount of nylon string.
Getting around on public transport in Biarritz and Bayonne is easy and only 1 euro. There are local buses (Chronoplus) from the airport which you can access routes and timetable for on line. The problem for you will be that Biarritz is still into its summer tourist season. I have often recommended la Petite Hotel, stayed there myself as well, it is close to the beach and right in the center of town. There are less expensive hotels near the train station in Bayonne, Ibis and Cote Basque are fine, even though the area is a little sketchy. You could chill while walking around Bayonne, it has a fascinating history, great cathedral and history/culture museum. The bus to Biarritz takes 15/20 minutes and there you have the beaches and the marche area with all of its restaurants and bars.Hi Don...can I press you for some info as you’re from Biarritz. I’m flying into Paris the morning of Sept 5th then catching an evening flight from CDG to Biarritz (arriving 8:55pm). Is there easy transportation from the airport to surrounding areas ...I’ll need a couple of days to just chill and sleep before setting out on my 1st Camino (from SJPP). Where in your opinion is it best (cheapest, convenient, central, access to train etc) to stay in order to move on about the 7th. Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks Linda
No real need for a clothes line if you only stay in albergues. I carry a tiny one that weighs very little. A few safety pins are useful, too, rather than clothes pegs.Friends of Camino: Do we need to carry clothespins and a travel clothesline? Or are there plenty of places to hang clothes after washing. I'm running out of space in my backpack!
Getting around on public transport in Biarritz and Bayonne is easy and only 1 euro. There are local buses (Chronoplus) from the airport which you can access routes and timetable for on line. The problem for you will be that Biarritz is still into its summer tourist season. I have often recommended la Petite Hotel, stayed there myself as well, it is close to the beach and right in the center of town. There are less expensive hotels near the train station in Bayonne, Ibis and Cote Basque are fine, even though the area is a little sketchy. You could chill while walking around Bayonne, it has a fascinating history, great cathedral and history/culture museum. The bus to Biarritz takes 15/20 minutes and there you have the beaches and the marche area with all of its restaurants and bars.
I brought a stretchy clothesline that was double strand woven together, so theoretically one would be able to hang clothes without pins. Haha. It kept getting so tangled up that I threw it away, because I was ready to hang myself with it. A tip for freeing up the line at the albergue is to consolidate others' pieces that are already dry, especially the travel towels that some people stretch out and hog the line with.
Good suggestion, not to touch others' personal clothing items. However, when I see quick-dry towels stretched out horizontally on the line, I don't have a problem with removing one pin so that the towels hang by one instead of two.
Try to have at least a bunk length piece of cord or long shoelaces with you. If it rains endlessly, you will be able to string a little line inside your bunk to dry a bit overnight.Friends of Camino: Do we need to carry clothespins and a travel clothesline? Or are there plenty of places to hang clothes after washing. I'm running out of space in my backpack!
The other thing I would suggest is to write names on your things with permanent marker, so others can at least try to find you and ask you to rearrange the laundry (?) All my things are marked.
I, on the other hand, brought in the clothes for half a dozen pilgrims because it started to pour with rain and was considered a gentleman (I kept my eyes closed while "handling" the bras and knickers).I'm not sure I'd be recommending that pilgrims touch/move/consolidate the property of others. It's true that some are very inconsiderate and take up more than their share of line, but I don't think it gives anyone permission to touch anyone else's property. I went out to a line to find a man handling my panties and bras because he wanted to put all of his sopping wet things together on the line. Mine were not close to dry. I found it rude and invasive. ( had he arrived sooner, done his laundry immediately and claimed some line instead of heading to the bar first there would have not been an issue )
You are Macgyver and I claim my $10!A few sections, maybe 3' long each, of 200# test fishing line with a small loop at the end of each section and a small bungee cord will make for a great clothes line. Sections can be looped together and then pulled tight with the cord. If you run the line and/or cord through the sleeves, legs, whatever, that you are drying, you can dry them at your bunk without the need for pins of any kind.
YES!!! LOl @JillGat we need to be so careful these days...lol ( but I did start my first camino with 5 pr of black athletic undies and ended up with two...not for leaving behind, but had been taken )That's also good so that guy doesn't accidentally steal your bras and panties to wear, himself.
I agree on the issue of holes in garments when using safety pins -- although they do work well for attaching the occasional items on the outside of our backpacks for additional drying. My wife and I carried a half-dozen each of regular wooden clothes pins/pegs. We painted them bright day-glo orange and used a sharpie to write our name on them to make sure they didn't wander away.I never used the clothesline that I brought, but I'll keep on bringing it. I used both clothespegs and pins. Clothespegs for my merino wool shirts on my second trip (because I found out that pins put holes in your $70 merino wool shirts and those holes grow) and pins for the windy days and for objects that looked like everyone else's (because I really don't want to mistakenly take someone else's undies). Mark your clothespegs so you know which ones to take off the line. There aren't always enough at albergues either.
YES!!! LOl @JillGat we need to be so careful these days...lol ( but I did start my first camino with 5 pr of black athletic undies and ended up with two...not for leaving behind, but had been taken )
Friends of Camino: Do we need to carry clothespins and a travel clothesline? Or are there plenty of places to hang clothes after washing. I'm running out of space in my backpack!
Diaper pins are the best I also took a sea to summit clothesline and it was tiny and I used it often around my bunk bed to finish drying my clothes! Will take it again on our next CaminoFriends of Camino: Do we need to carry clothespins and a travel clothesline? Or are there plenty of places to hang clothes after washing. I'm running out of space in my backpack!
PLEASE!!! wing it...Friends of Camino: Do we need to carry clothespins and a travel clothesline? Or are there plenty of places to hang clothes after washing. I'm running out of space in my backpack!
We use these when we travel (mind you not by foot or with a backpack) for laundry and other impromptu needs.
https://www.amazon.com/Wideskall®-Metal-Spring-Clamps-Rubber/dp/B01F4N67HC/ref=sr_1_1?s=power-hand-tools&ie=UTF8&qid=1535044222&sr=1-1&keywords=wideskall+2"+inch+mini+metal+spring+clamps+w/+red+rubber+tips+clips
These are not the exact ones we bought but was the first link I found on amazon ... do your own search for others. The 2" size and strong spring will hold jeans, in the wind easily. There are all vinyl versions that will weigh less but these metal ones are soooo strong!
Edit to add:
I see the shipping weight for all 60 and the box is only 1 pound so the clips are pretty lightweight.
I like the rubber tips on those crafting clips. Binder clips can rust I imagine if made wet?Binder clips will also work great as clothes pins. No chance of an accidental opening of the clip. They are also great for book markers and for holding the pages of a book open if you want to read outside where it's windy, but are too tired to hold the book in your hands. Available in 3 sizes.
It's not anything that I ever wish that I hadwould any of you recommend using or bringing a meter long Bungee cord with hooks on both ends?
Dangerous at the best of times. A metre isn't that long. If you're stretching it to the limit and it slips out of your grasp those hooks could be lethal - unless you want to be known as the "One-Eyed Pilgrim" I'd leave it at home.would any of you recommend using or bringing a meter long Bungee cord with hooks on both ends?
I had to look up to see what a bread bag clip was - where I buy my (fancy artisan) bread the bag is sealed with a twist and some tape). Haven't seen these for a while and reading this makes me understand why!I concur that a few meters of line is helpful - spare shoelaces if nothing else, but oft times the albergue lines are indeed full.
I'm not a fan of safety pins in lieu of clothes pins, though I do have some for repairs etc. I don't want holes in clothes and they seem to rust (well - perhaps not the brass ones, but then are they indeed brass or just coated?!) . For clothes-line pins I use bread clips - the small flat pieces of plastic used to seal plastic bags. They're free when you buy bagged goods; dozens of them still weigh next to nothing and don't take up any space. They hold tight and don't slip - without holes!
Yikes!I had to look up to see what a bread bag clip was - where I buy my (fancy artisan) bread the bag is sealed with a twist and some tape). Haven't seen these for a while and reading this makes me understand why!
@trecile you found a way around this that suits you but here is another way that may work (I haven't tried it yet.) Attach the pins to some small alligator clips used for electronic work and then clip them to the clothes line.I don't like the way my clothes slide down the clothesline when I use the safety pins.
I had some extra parachord I added to the front of my pack weaved through the loops to look like webbing...can be used for drying clothes, holding pants up after loosing too much weight, extra shoe laces etc..... took non rusting safety pins..no holes if you pin the seams.would any of you recommend using or bringing a meter long Bungee cord with hooks on both ends?
I concur that a few meters of line is helpful - spare shoelaces if nothing else, but oft times the albergue lines are indeed full.
I'm not a fan of safety pins in lieu of clothes pins, though I do have some for repairs etc. I don't want holes in clothes and they seem to rust (well - perhaps not the brass ones, but then are they indeed brass or just coated?!) . For clothes-line pins I use bread clips - the small flat pieces of plastic used to seal plastic bags. They're free when you buy bagged goods; dozens of them still weigh next to nothing and don't take up any space. They hold tight and don't slip - without holes!