Getting your washing done is always an issue while walking on the camino.
The normal process means you arrive, shower, wash your day's gear, hang it out and hope it dries before nightfall. If not you arrange it on your bunk rails overnight. My stretchy line and 6 pegs have been well worth the weight.
3 times I have had dry washing by nightfall...2130 ish.
Usually there is something to dry further the next day, so it goes on the outside of the pack. So you walk along with sox, undies and shirt all carefully and gracefully arranged. My pack has a gear carry section...elastic cord over most of the face of it...envyed by many because of the drying space!
Only trouble is as you walk along you forget you are drying your washing. ..walking into a bar is always embarrassing with it all...I try to leave my pack outside if I can (and try to eat outside during a walking day....we are a smelly crew in the heat of the day!).
This morning as I took my pack off (inside..no room on the road front) I got a lovely amused smile from the bar keep as I turned my pack away from the patrons. When she brought my coffee over she laughed again.
Pilgrims!
Once after a week of rain a group of us used a Lavanderia.laundry service...and it was SO nice having fresh dry clothes. My polypro top still faintly smells of it!
Enjoy your weather back in NZ or wherever you are reading this....and appreciate the smell of fresh air / sunshine dried clothes.
Time to walk. ..adios amigos.
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