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[QUOTE="Via2010, post: 762963, member: 81963"] I think it is almost impossible to keep a guide-book really up-to-date. Much depends on the feedback of those who used the guidebook, it is their contribution to future pilgrims, if they inform the author of a guidebook of recent changes. For example, when I walked the Via de la Plata Seville to Zamora this June, a new albergue had just opened at Puerto de Béjar (a fortnight ago). Sra. Elena in Carcaboso had died 3 weeks ago which might cause future changes. Some albergues which are looked after by volunteer hospitaleros change their staff every fortnight - in such a case there is no use in pointing out that a specific hospitalero is very helpful. A forest-track may be closed due to wildfires or a street because of some building-measure. There may be a temporary deviation, which your guidebook does not mention. But do these circumstances render a guidebook useless? I do not think so. I compared the new german guidebook "outdoor" to the one which I had bought for my previous pilgrimage on the Via de la Plata in 2009. There were no dramatic changes. Most data were still correct, some prices had not risen at all. Most albergues are still there or there is a new one not too far away from the old one. The villages which had a shop and/or bar 10 years ago still have one. The churches and the Roman sights are still there, too. So a new up-to-date list with rough distances, accomodation and infrastructure (supermercado/baker, bar/restaurant, ATM, pharmacy, train stations/bus stops) is sufficient. You just have to follow the yellow arrows. [/QUOTE]
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