Silly Stuff that you have Worn on Camino - Pics

[Robo]

Let's see who has worn the most silly looking gear on Camino!

I'll start with the knotted handkerchief hat!

It was a rainy day and I had my rain pants and jacket on.
But the feeling of the jacket hood was a bit cold/wet/clammy.
It really needed a liner.

Hence the knotted Hanky!

It worked great.

 

[Icacos]

I hadn’t yet ‘invented’ this neckwarmer but if I go on camino again I will certainly take something like this. I wear it when I set off hiking on cold days. As soon as I warm up I slip it off; no need to remove my hat. It is so small it is easily stowed in a pocket or can be wrapped around a pack strap. Made from an old T-shirt.

 

[simply B]

Yeah, Robo, if you want to be really stylish? Keep the knots to the back.

I am always there for you if you need a sartorial consultant.

 

[FourSeasons]

How about this big giant sun hat. I purchased it on del Norte. It worked well in the heat of the Frances too. Honestly it is a bit big for my head but better than an umbrella. now that’s silly.

 

[Kiwi-family]

My turning-eight-year-old-daughter grumblingly consented to one balloon being tied to her pack on her birthday, but two was too many, so her sister rescued the other we had carried from home in preparation to celebrate! Walking with the kids in the photo is just one of many pilgrims, who wished her a happy birthday that day. And some gave her chocolate, which stopped the grumbles!!


Now that I look closely one of the kids is wearing a scarf under her hat on what is clearly a warm day - not sure what's with that!

 

[Icacos]

My son said I look like a Swiss Army knife.

 

[Anniesantiago]

About 2006 I think, standing in line for a shower at Redecilla, holding my "pajama top" that I got in the free box at the albergue the day before, the lady next to me realized she had picked up the bottoms!

I didn't get the PJ top to wear to bed though. I wore it to keep the hot sun off me. I slit the arms along the bottom seam - as you can see in the photo where I simply laid down on the trail to rest!

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Villafranca Montes de Oca
February 25, 2006



Bundling up for a snowstorm plastic bags over sox served as makeshift gaiters, but the snow reached mid-shin!

 

[DoughnutANZ]

Let's see who has worn the most silly looking gear on Camino!

I'll start with the knotted handkerchief hat!

It was a rainy day and I had my rain pants and jacket on.
But the feeling of the jacket hood was a bit cold/wet/clammy.
It really needed a liner.

Hence the knotted Hanky!

It worked great.

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Will we see a photo of you wearing your rice cooker?

 

[DoughnutANZ]

Not quite the Camino but it is in Spain. Mis seis chicas.



I am very conscious of the sun because I have had surgery for skin cancer three times and especially so in Aotearoa New Zealand because of the hole in the ozone layer above ANZ and so I usually cover up well.

Obviously in this case the gorgeous local Spanish ladies didn't have the same concerns and so I look very much out of place in this photo

 

[good_old_shoes]

Diy orthopedic sandal to keep weight off the forefoot.

Made from a piece of my sleeping mat and kinesio tape.

Yes, I did walk (or hobble) with that thing

 

[hunsta]

Back in 2015. I had to wear my jacket backwards. As the wind was biting cold going over the Pyrenees. But my back was sweating. So I wore it back to front.

 

[Anhalter]

It certainly looked silly, but it was 100% intentional and worked perfectly.

The theory: Stuff on the drying racks gets mixed up all the time and you might end up losing your socks because all those dark grey things pretty much look the same.

The solution: Get stuff in colours you'll be able to identify instantly even on a cloudy morning being hung over. With socks, if possible, get two different designs and mix them. It will look weird but you won't lose your socks. And its a good conversation starter.

(unfortunately i have no foto of the result on my feet, but you should get the idea...)

 

[WalkingPlaylist]

Camino 1 on the Frances I had a terrible time with feet and vanity out the window I wore whatever boot or sandal would work best....

 

[RibbonRomanceAuthor]

Although my pack has a pocket on the side for a water bottle, it was cumbersome to use. Thankfully I realized this before leaving for Europe. I found a net pouch designed to hold a water bottle. It has a string at the top to secure smaller bottles but it held my reusable stainless steel one easily. It clipped to the front of my pack with a carabiner. In and of itself, perhaps not so silly. But my overall appearance made up for it. : )

 

[davejsy]

Standard pilgrim casual off the shoulder (or should that be on the shoulder) number with side ways hat

 

[ratherbefollowingflechas]

A little bit of whimsy to brighten up a gloomy day...

 

[RibbonRomanceAuthor]

A bit of whimsy to lighten up a gray day...

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Tutu cute!

 

[El Cascayal]

Kid you not, I was wearing nearly every piece of clothing that I had. Cap & rain hat, gaiter, multiple layers, poncho with string to complete the Friar Tuck look. I have never been so cold before or since. Por Hospitales on a “walking in the freezing clouds” day, May 2019. Going back for seconds soon.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Green, tan and black pack, blue lumbar pack with yellow reflective strip used as the pack's brain, yellow microfiber cloth for a towel and driver visibility and a found bright orange nylon shopping bag used for holding food and more driver visibility. Not seen in this picture is a red hiking pole usually strapped to the side.

Not much color in my clothes though.

 

[kiwi-couple]

I wore pieces of sheepskin to protect my boney shoulders - they stuck like flaps but served the purpose. Photo taken on the Chemin du Piémont Pyrénéen, somewhere between Mauléon-Licharre and Ordiarp, September 2023.

 

[Yoyo]

Camino 1 on the Frances I had a terrible time with feet and vanity out the window I wore whatever boot or sandal would work best....

Same here. Terrible blister on left heel.
Luckily the soles were the same height, so my gait stayed unaffected.
I did get a few strange and a few knowing, compassionate looks.

 

[good_old_shoes]

Camino 1 on the Frances I had a terrible time with feet and vanity out the window I wore whatever boot or sandal would work best....

Same here. Terrible blister on left heel.
Luckily the soles were the same height, so my gait stayed unaffected.
I did get a few strange and a few knowing, compassionate looks.

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That is hilarious. We would have been the perfect walking (or limping?) group of "silly sandals".

 

[Roland49]

Buff, to stop the dripping by the moisture (clouds) while passing over the Pyrenees!

Sunhat @Atapuerca Cross

 

[Corelacka]

Near Trabadelo on the CF June 2022 in the middle of a heatwave. Trying to beat the 35°C with my towel ‘stylishly’ held in place

 

[trecile]

@Roland49 - Robo was asking for "silly stuff," not what every pilgrim is wearing.

 

[Bradypus]

Not exactly a Camino but certainly a long distance walk. My wife and I spent New Year of 1989/90 in Nepal. While in Kathmandu I bought a hideously garish suit of multicoloured cotton - all the rage at the time. I've only ever worn it once. In about 1994 or 1995 I made a 24 hour sponsored walk across central Scotland. Ended up being about 108km in total. I chose to wear the suit because I wanted to attract attention for the charitable cause and also to avoid being run over! Worked on both counts

 

[Robo]

@Roland49 - Robo was asking for "silly stuff," not what every pilgrim is wearing.

I was reminded of my Camino 'Clown' Gear.
I felt very self conscious wearing these water bottles at first!
It doesn't matter what you look like.....

It was on the VdlP so I needed more water.
On the Frances I would have 2 x 600 ml bottles.

 

[Roland49]

@Roland49 - Robo was asking for "silly stuff," not what every pilgrim is wearing.

It's more than 50 years I'm around and you never see me wearing a hat or buff, I'm definetly not a hat person.
My son (age 18), as he replied to the posted IG story, had a good laugh, not knowing how I look like with a covered head.
Since then he makes fun of it...

 

[NadineK]

Last summer on the Sanabres I had a day of walking in clouds of little gnats/bugs (the worst I've ever experienced!). During the walk I passed an older Spanish couple out for a stroll, and they gave me a bunch of leaves to fan the bugs away from my face as I walked. At one point I had it tucked into my hip belt and I looked down at myself and just had to laugh.

 

[elajenki]

Love your ingenuity!

 

[irrie]

This was in Borda after a day of only rain, rain, rain. The left foot belongs to Maxine, who I met that day and who has become a dear friend of me. The right ‘elegant’ croc belongs to me.

 

[AnnieS]

No rain pants. No problem. Garbage bag skirt!

 

[DKimberlyNOLA]

Spring 2023 Via Francigena fashion week

 

[CamisMors]

Garbage bags as shoe liners, as my shoes were soaked from the previous day. And a garbage bag poncho that was gifted to me by a lovely pilgrim who felt sorry for my unpreparedness.

(Sorry for the text captions in Portuguese on the images, I took these from my Instagram posts)