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Hy , as Ahhhs say . There are albergues with washing machines and dryers , but when not hag your wash at a line and dry it in the wind.I have been looking all over the site and I can find answers to: what type soap ( I have bought camp suds), what do you need to dry ( I am bringing clothes line and pins) what to wash and when (I guess when your friends on the journey give you a lot of space and you are not being introspective ) and many other topics. But, I am a man and the way I wash is to dump everything at the same time in a washing machine and when the cycle is ended I put everything in the dryer for a very long time to make sure nothing is wet when that cycle is over. ( for some of you , you might guess that I am a single man) I have never washed anything by hand in my life, nothing in my wardrobe can be described as delicate. Is there any place that will give a lesson on how to do this ? Some of my wives said I am capable of taking instructions and I have learned to ask directions, at times. Any help would be appreciated.
Technologically and domestically challenged,
Stephen
Thanks Ahhhs, my nose doesn't work as well as others, I will probably watch more on how people react to me. I like to shower every day so shouldn't be too bad. LolYou'll be fine. You'll know when to wash...it's when you can't stand yourself anymore. Throw the clothes in a sink full of water, slosh them around with some soap, rinse well with clean water, hang up. Ta da!
And apparently some places have washing machines.
I'm using Dr. Bronner's bar soap. Easy to travel with.
Best of luck.
Thanks Michael, went with camp suds to try and get multi purpose soap. Figured as we go along I can change if needed. I have light weight polar max base layer and shorts that they say won't pick up scent as bad so I guess a little swishing will probably get them as clean as my washer does with as much as I pack in.Some people will tell you that taking a clothes line is just excess weight. I took one on my last camino and found it extraordinarily useful. I used binder clips instead of clothes pins though as they took up less space.
For washing, camp suds works although I prefer Woollite or some other "normal" manual washing soap. A bar of clothes soap may be more convenient but several people I met using that method said they hated it. I suggest putting a small amount of soap in a bucket or basin (or dry bag/ scrubba), swoosh it around for a few minutes, squeezing and swirling, dump everything, squeeze out the clothes, refill the bucket with clear water, rinse the clothes, swishing swirling and squeezing, dump again, wring dry and hang.
Gosh, Annie, your blog looks most interesting, especially your 'blog inside your blog.' I look forward to reading it thoroughly when I get a chance.I wrote this blog last December about doing laundry on the Camino.
It might be helpful:
http://caminosantiago2.blogspot.com/2013/12/doing-laundry-on-camino.html
I wrote another one in 2011 and was amazed how much had changed in 3 years. From "no washing machines" to "many washing machines" most likely due to the increase of pilgrims the last 3 years.
Last year I found machines in many places.
The places I list in the blog are where our groups walk, but when I walked the whole route by myself, there were plenty of opportunities for machine washing. I just prefer hand washing.
Sorry, Stephen, but showering on its own everyday isn't enough; clothes, especially if you tend to sweat a lot, still need to be washed regularly. This is where I find lighter, quick-drying clothes come in so handy, and they're so much easier to hand wash. If you are fortunate and there is lots of sunshine, hang your clothes to dry. We used our fair share of washers and dryers - sometimes the self-serve coin operated ones, or sometimes the hospitaleros offered this service at a price - but sometimes the clothes were returned to us not entirely dry ..... somewhat understandable and forgivable given that the hospitaleros were sometimes working well into the night to get everyone's laundry done.Thanks Ahhhs, my nose doesn't work as well as others, I will probably watch more on how people react to me. I like to shower every day so shouldn't be too bad. Lol
'Technology' there are a lot of albergues that just have a sink and you do it the old fashioned way by hand.I think I used washers only 4 times the whole way. Clothes lines...quite often it was a hedge or a fence but most places had clothes lines. The only thing I missed out on was the clothes pegs. To wash by hand I just bung it in the sink with the same soap I shower in and give it a good rub and rinse. If there are still grass stains or ketchup stains, who cares, its the camino not the catwalkI have been looking all over the site and I can find answers to: what type soap ( I have bought camp suds), what do you need to dry ( I am bringing clothes line and pins) what to wash and when (I guess when your friends on the journey give you a lot of space and you are not being introspective ) and many other topics. But, I am a man and the way I wash is to dump everything at the same time in a washing machine and when the cycle is ended I put everything in the dryer for a very long time to make sure nothing is wet when that cycle is over. ( for some of you , you might guess that I am a single man) I have never washed anything by hand in my life, nothing in my wardrobe can be described as delicate. Is there any place that will give a lesson on how to do this ? Some of my wives said I am capable of taking instructions and I have learned to ask directions, at times. Any help would be appreciated.
Technologically and domestically challenged,
Stephen
Thank you Anniesantiago, I need to stop being amazed by all the information so freely given on this forum. If everyone on the Camino is half as nice as everyone I have come into contact with on this forum, the rewards from this journey are going to be unbelievable. Thank everyone who has taken time with my question . Buen Camino.I wrote this blog last December about doing laundry on the Camino.
It might be helpful:
http://caminosantiago2.blogspot.com/2013/12/doing-laundry-on-camino.html
I wrote another one in 2011 and was amazed how much had changed in 3 years. From "no washing machines" to "many washing machines" most likely due to the increase of pilgrims the last 3 years.
Last year I found machines in many places.
The places I list in the blog are where our groups walk, but when I walked the whole route by myself, there were plenty of opportunities for machine washing. I just prefer hand washing.
Thank you very much, all help appreciated.I will be giving the Scrubba a shotI'll let you know how it goes
Thank you Marques, Buen Camino !I start my Camino next Tuesday, I'll let you know how it goes.I also got one of those bungee clotheslines that doesn't need pins.
That's perfectly OK, as long as you can stay in an albergue with these facilities. If you have enough spare clothes changes until the next washing and drying machines availability, plus a well furnished wallet, you can do the Camino in a whiffy.[...] I am a man and the way I wash is to dump everything at the same time in a washing machine and when the cycle is ended I put everything in the dryer for a very long time to make sure nothing is wet when that cycle is over.
I am willing to learn new ways of doing things.That's perfectly OK, as long as you can stay in an albergue with these facilities. If you have enough spare clothes changes until the next washing and drying machines availability, plus a well furnished wallet, you can do the Camino in a whiffy.
Looks good, I may have to try one.View attachment 16658I taking a latex clothes line with me on the trip. It looks like a bungee cord and you don't need clothes pins to use.
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