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[Travellingman]

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[weekjchammings]

I would much prefer the ensemble in red please..................Red trousers....Red slippers.......Red Ummmmmmbrela........need to think about that one.

 

[naplesdon]

And you can become Mary Poppins-like in a strong windstorm as well.

 

[Anniesantiago]

Haha! I did the exact same thing last year and have grown to LOVE my umbrella. Spanish umbrellas (unlike those here in the USA) hold up quite well in wind. Of course, you couldn't use it if it was REALLY blowing, except to block the wind, which I often did. But yeah… three cheers for umbrellas! They keep you dry in the rain and 10-20 degrees cooler in the sun! (a figure of speech folks, I didn't carry a thermometer!)

 

[angie]

I have contemplated whether to bring a wee teeny tiny brolly with me in my pack. We'll see what the weight is when iv finished packing the bag. Nearly time to go, I feel like a big kid

 

[Travellingman]

And you can become Mary Poppins-like in a strong windstorm as well.

Umbrella is of the vented,windproof kind.

 

[Anniesantiago]

Umbrella is of the vented,windproof kind.

Where'd you get a vented umbrella? Cool!

 

[Travellingman]

Where'd you get a vented umbrella? Cool!

http://www.shop.express.co.uk/i-gg-staydryumbrella/staydry-windproof-umbrella-1-free/
Buy one, get one free.

 

[Travellingman]

I have contemplated whether to bring a wee teeny tiny brolly with me in my pack. We'll see what the weight is when iv finished packing the bag. Nearly time to go, I feel like a big kid

Brolly in the picture weighs 240grms - less than my Craghoppers caguole.

 

[Tincatinker]

Ah, an umbrella. Would not even contemplate walking without one. Shelter from rain and wind, even sun. And a source of confusion to boisterous dogs.

 

[naplesdon]

In 2012 I stopped for a coffee break between O'Cebreiro and Triacastel with a nice Japanese couple just as the morning rain let up. About an hour later I saw him walking backwards alone. His wife had left her umbrella at the café. What a gentleman!

 

[xin loi]

Just read an article about the last Umbrella repairman in Paris. Recently saw an Umbrella repair shop in Mexico City. Not a very common occupation!

 

[Tincatinker]

James Smith & Co of New Oxford Street, London. Suppliers, and repairers, of umbrellas to the discerning. They include the adventurous Nicholas Crane among their satisfied customers. Even in this age of ready disposability, when was a rubbish tip is a "civic amenity" with queues, there are still craftsmen left. In at least three of the worlds great cities it would seem.

 

[koknesis]

Ah, an umbrella. Would not even contemplate walking without one. Shelter from rain and wind, even sun. And a source of confusion to boisterous dogs.

thanks for the tip! just ordered one of those Euroschirm telescope handsfree. silver metalic one, to have an extra UV protection. will check it out on a local trail before I leave. on a rainy day of course. I bet I will be the first one in our neighborhood to use such a thing if it is good enough then I can leave my Vaude poncho alone. there is also non-telescope version, more sturdy perhaps, but too bulky imho.

 

[Bajaracer]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006GK724/?tag=casaivar02-20
Maybe one of these Umbrella hats might work! haha!

 

[DurhamParish]

How fortuitous, I'm packing my backpack because I'm leaving tomorrow for the Camino. I have a small umbrella that I'll pack. We'll see if I use it, or "lose it".

 

[Travellingman]

How fortuitous, I'm packing my backpack because I'm leaving tomorrow for the Camino. I have a small umbrella that I'll pack. We'll see if I use it, or "lose it".

Buen camino - please report back on your experiences with the umbrella.

 

[agdtd]

Buen Camino!!

 

[HalfDomeOrBust]

Ah, an umbrella. Would not even contemplate walking without one. Shelter from rain and wind, even sun. And a source of confusion to boisterous dogs.

I will be walking with one as well. 20 dias to go......

 

[Stephen]

Would these be practical? Having asked that, I see another member of the forum had the same idea. Great minds thinking alike or fools seldom differing?
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=umbrella hats&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&imgil=gZh0QTJRdN-yVM%3A%3Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fencrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcRVpDF9x5jHxGYgmohMQsK41aJFzWHmJrbCHcUG56pztwIYtsHb%3B350%3B259%3BarFYDmXw2d6PkM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Ftheadventuresoflizzie.wordpress.com%252F&source=iu&usg=___ch5lfhTGbP1LdC6MRGLNGem2bM=&sa=X&ei=OnRiU4GqGcGSO4KKgOAB&ved=0CFIQ9QEwAA#facrc=_&imgrc=gZh0QTJRdN-yVM%3A;arFYDmXw2d6PkM;http%3A%2F%2Ftheadventuresoflizzie.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fhats55umbrellahat-1.jpg;http%3A%2F%2Ftheadventuresoflizzie.wordpress.com%2F;350;259

 

[David]

Gene is in Galicia and has lost his backpack (and his wits )

 

[Travellingman]

Gene is in Galicia and has lost his backpack (and his wits )

But, he's got his brolly!!!

 

[Stephen]

But even if you brought a brolly you might still get wet.
The rain it falleth on the just
And also on the unjust fella
But chiefly on the just, because
The unjust steals the just's umbrella.