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[QUOTE="maricristina, post: 337641, member: 1625"] Hello Manoll, I always say the VdlP from Sevilla was the the most wonderful of many caminos we walked. We walked in May 2001. "Go in May!" Alison Raju told me, "the wild flowers will stretch as far as the eye can see." They really did! (Lavender, cistus, scented iris etc,etc.) There were nightingales day after day singing us encouragement. There were beautiful little Iberico pigs in the dehesas. Accommodation was sparse so we sometimes slept on floors but we were always welcomed. Stages were sometimes very long (42km one day) with nothing available. We (myself and my husband) met only 6 other pilgrims. Oh 8/9 actually as we came across a young couple who had walked from Granada with a black donkey called Othello!! They went slowly because Othello would not cross the many rivers we had to cross....sometimes wade across. They had to make detours to bridges. Waymarking was not always good so we did occasionally get lost. We found Extramadura was having an early heatwave. Because some stages were long we walked the 600 miles in 35 days. The other pilgrims went north to Astorga after Zamora so we were alone. Because there were so few pilgrims on that route then people went out of their way to speak to us and help us like a man ploughing with a mule in a field and another ploughing with two oxen. The cities it went through were another delight. It was the most wonderful experience. Things have changed. You will find better facilities now but I hope the magic will still be there for you. I am afraid this post has been of no practical help just a "trip down memory lane" so forgive an old woman her indulging herself! Maricristina [/QUOTE]
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