Gear left in SDC

[G_the_D]

I already know that I will need to leave my trekking poles behind as I head home.
Is there any way that my used gear can make it back for another pilgrim to use? This seems wasteful and unnecessary.
Is there a place I can donate gear that will be transported back to a starting point for other peregrinos?

Gord

 

[dougfitz]

I already know that I will need to leave my trekking poles behind as I head home.
Is there any way that my used gear can make it back for another pilgrim to use? This seems wasteful and unnecessary.
Is there a place I can donate gear that will be transported back to a starting point for other peregrinos?

Gord

I don't know of any central service of this nature that collects gear, leave aside transporting back to one of the many starting points where it might prove useful. It is an interesting idea, and I wonder how it might be made to work.

 

[natefaith]

Hi Gord,
Pilgrims leave things all the time here at Pilgrim House before they fly home. We'll take your trekking poles, extra clothes, extra gear, and anything else you don't want! And then pass them along to other pilgrims who might be starting out from Santiago. So please do come by and shed your unwanted gear with us.

We're open every day except Wednesdays and Sundays from 11am - 8pm. This summer, from June 14 through July, we'll also be open on Wednesdays. We're at Rua Nova, 19, in old town, just a couple blocks up from the Cathedral.

Buen Camino!
Faith

 

[natefaith]

I don't know of any central service of this nature that collects gear, leave aside transporting back to one of the many starting points where it might prove useful. It is an interesting idea, and I wonder how it might be made to work.

Good point, Doug - we're not able to transport gear back to any starting points. That would be an interesting idea for some enterprising soul!

But if pilgrims are heading out from Santiago to walk to Finisterre/ Muxia, or if they arrived in Santiago first and need last-minute things before heading to their starting point, they can rifle through PH's collection.

Thanks to @t2andreo for recently adding a bunch to the men's donation box.

Faith

 

[NicP]

I think that leaving gear at Pilgrim House sounds like a great idea. Personally, I find myself getting far too attached to the objects which accompany me on long and important journeys. I would probably look at posting them home, in order to reuse again later.

 

[Anemone del Camino]

Ypu can always offer them to those planning to walk via your national "Friends of" association.

 

[HighlandsHiker]

Good point, Doug - we're not able to transport gear back to any starting points. That would be an interesting idea for some enterprising soul!

But if pilgrims are heading out from Santiago to walk to Finisterre/ Muxia, or if they arrived in Santiago first and need last-minute things before heading to their starting point, they can rifle through our collection.

Thanks to @t2andreo for recently adding a bunch to our men's donation box.

Faith

Love your Pilgrim's Office, Faith! Was there to leave a shell for Denise's memorial last year, and was glad to get a citimap there for Santiago, because if not for that I'd be wandering around Santiago still (preferably existing on gazpacho from Bierzo Enxebre).

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

But if pilgrims are heading out from Santiago to walk to Finisterre/ Muxia, or if they arrived in Santiago first and need last-minute things before heading to their starting point, they can rifle through our collection.

Thinking of that walk to Finisterre/ Muxia: Do you have the information handout for the walk that the tourist information center has? This is the one I am thinking about: http://www.caminodesantiago.gal/documents/17639/155453/Fisterra Muxía - Plano - EN.pdf?version=1.0

 

[natefaith]

Thinking of that walk to Finisterre/ Muxia: Do you have the information handout for the walk that the tourist information center has? This is the one I am thinking about: http://www.caminodesantiago.gal/documents/17639/155453/Fisterra Muxía - Plano - EN.pdf?version=1.0

Hola Rick,
We don't have that but the Galicia tourist office does. Their address is Rua do Vilar, 30 (down the road from the Santiago city tourist office).

What we do have are credentials to Finisterre and Muxía, plus a little booklet of accommodations and restaurants. The SOLPOR association drops these off once in a while, and you're welcome to come by and take those.

Buen Camino
Faith

 

[G_the_D]

Good point, Doug - we're not able to transport gear back to any starting points. That would be an interesting idea for some enterprising soul!

But if pilgrims are heading out from Santiago to walk to Finisterre/ Muxia, or if they arrived in Santiago first and need last-minute things before heading to their starting point, they can rifle through PH's collection.

Thanks to @t2andreo for recently adding a bunch to the men's donation box.

Faith

I look forward to meeting you in a little over a month!
Perhaps we can find an enterprising soul to spread the joy!\
Gord

 

[t2andreo]

I have been doing this, for two years already. I donate my "excess to needs" Camino-capable clothing and gear items to the kind folks at Pilgrim House, at Rua Nova 19.

You could do worse...