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It all adds up, though!it wouldn't be that much weight considering thst I would be using alcohol stove with a bit of fuel.
For under a Euro you can get a cafe at the first bar/restaurant. It is fast, good, easy, and hot, and weighs nothing.
And gives another euro to the local economy. We'll give hundreds to faceless corporations to get us to Spain, it's the little places run by real people that need it.
A coffee a day = 30 euros. My stove cost more and Spanish coffee beats anything I can make on it.
Thsnks jeff. That what I thought if I wanted coffee to start the morning I can make it myself. Annie I really want to enjoy the food out there for sure. Yes it would be extra space but it wouldn't be that much weight considering thst I would be using alcohol stove with a bit of fuel.
Oh how I agree! Give a little back to Spain for all the pleasure she gives us. Buy a coffee, buy a pastry, use a casa rural occasionally (they are wonderful), GET YOUR HAIR done!
Our vegan friend carried a small portable stove & pot on the Camino Frances in September. However, he usually used stoves or hot plates installed in the parish and municipal albergues' communal kitchens, where we participated with him in some great shared meals.
BUT (uniquely) in Galacia, every one of the otherwise-fully equipped kitchens in the public ('Xunta') albergues had been stripped of all cooking & eating utensils. There was no shortage of pristine stoves, fridges & microwaves, but not a pot, plate or spoon in the numerous, forlorn cupboards.
In those last stages of his camino, our friend saved the day for other cash-strapped self-catering pilgrims by generously sharing the small pot he carried. This was also a small way to defend the option of communal meals, which had helped build camino relationships in the previous sections of the walk.
I was happy to enjoy restaurant meals at times all along the camino (plus cafe con leche daily!). I sure wouldn't carry a pot all the way across Spain, but I might pick up some implements at the pilgrim store in Astorga if I felt like taking an occasional stand against the commercialism up ahead in Galacia.
Brilliant post & the way you thought all that out!I also plan to take a small ultralight pot.
I plan to camp out on the CF sometimes (May/June) so have devised a minimalist dual purpose set of gear to allow this AND outdoor cooking. I have a poncho/tarp tent and a bivy bag + silk liner plus 200g foam pad. Poncho is already my raingear and can be set up as a shelter with my walking pole, and bivy bag (250g) and silk liner is for use instead of a sleeping bag.
I am also taking my titanium mug/pot to cook with plus a spork. For the cooker, cut off Coke can bottom with penknife and use hand sanitiser as fuel (it's 60% ethanol) use 3 of the tent pegs for a pot stand.
Total extra weight to allow camping and cooking is 78g for 6 tent pegs and short guy line, 158g for pot+lid and foil wind screen, 28g spork, 200g foam pad - 464g total.
My total pack weight is under 5kg without water.
Yes, I am an experienced bivy camper and like doing it. No, I will not camp out if the weather is very wet and or too cold. No, I will not miss out on Alburgue experience as that will be where I stay as the norm. Yes, I will benefit from not being too stressed about bed racing. Yes, I can walk as far as I want each day then stop anywhere that I like the look of for a brew or for the night. No, this will not work in the outskirts of bigger cities with their gang-tagged underpasses. Yes, buying food for cooking and ensuring enough water needs attention. Yes, ingredients and quick cook foods need thought. Yes, pot may come in handy in alburgue kitchens in Galicia. Yes, I will also stop at cafes. Yes, I will also camp at some alburgues to avoid snoring etc.
View attachment 15481 The OP started this thread months ago but it is such a valid question for those who have never walked the Camino. I almost always carry a tin plate , knife , fork and spoon and latch a large tin mug on to the outside of my pack using one of the straps. Most of the times I carry my GAZ stove which can be detatched from the canister. The joy of stopping and having a cup of coffee or soup wherever I want outweighs any space or lugging issues - a tin of hot cothido for €1 serves as an economical lunch using the mug as a small pot or as in this case just put the open tin straight on the stove.
Renshaw, Probably not too much of a problem if you only cook the odd batch if food in the can but I understand that the epoxy resin coatings inside food cans may not react well to heating and there are also other chemicals in the liner materials like Bisphenol A etc. Doing that now and then is probably ok, but I would not personally make a habit if it etc.
I realize some of these posts are pretty old, but I am going to England in May to walk along Hadrian's Wall with my wife & daughter. Only 7 days. But I'm taking a Snow Peak GigaPower stove and a cannister of fuel. I always have my tin cup, utensiles, and an ultralight pot. Whole thing is under 1 pound. Not sure if I'd take it on a 30+ day Camino but this short 'test walk' across England will give me an idea. My pack is right about 18kg/20# (w/water).If you want to carry a backpacking stove, then carry one! I really wish I had brought one. I always seemed to be in the middle of nowhere around lunchtime and had to make due with a sandwich or whatever else I had in my bag that didn't need to be cooked. Next time I'm bringing one!
That would be great. I'll be watching for your posts. Although not really very carefully between June 6th and August 10th while I'll be on Levante, Sanabres & Muxia/Fisterra myself...Thanks KinkyOne.
Yes I can post a few photographs of the setup later on.
I know that "camping" is frowned upon in Spain outside of designated sites, but I always use the " leave no trace" principle and will setup at dusk and be away before daybreak, so will likely be able to setup anywhere there is a minimum of cover ( trees and bushes ) or even right next to the path in more remote stretches (i.e. meseta, hills etc). I know certain Alburgues allow camping and have been collecting info on those as part of my research. I can post some information about that later once I have collated everything.
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