The backpack

Quite light at 12lbs, but the overflow bag adds another 4lbs, (books,)will have to read water for elephants quicky and leave it for a fellow peregrino to enjoy, hope it's good Ana! Got quiet a few strange looks walking along route 1 in stonington this morning and man the gust of wind after a big truck goes by too close and too fast not pleasant.
My pack is light but rich, I have red clothespegs from Lisa, glasses case from Howard, fantastic rain jacket from Doreen, apples and pears (2 down 2 to go) from Marty, taffy from Colleen, sturdy cargo pants from Ellen, yes I did shorten them Marty and will not be repositioning the butons on the plane, fleece from Brittany, 3 black garbage bags from David (my shabby chic rain protection), the idea and inspiration from daddy, the strength from mummy, camera from tashy, pen from Tashi, iPhone backed up by Johnny, pedometer for the dql team, super camino haircut from Pamela, lipstick from Joanne (need to look good on the camino) moleskin notebook and novel from Ana, pashmina from mummy, penknife from Arvind, yes I still have the matrix one! Funky quilty blocks for my passport bag made by sandy and tashy, miniture colour copies of daily maps from Michael, walnut from the camino last year (I found it at the bottom of the pack Ellen!!) walking training from carol and Linda(way to go with the half marathon girls) walking and drinking training from the TRALPErs. B&b recomendations in Barcelona from mike. So I'm good to go.