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    Walking the Via de la Plata

    Hi Jacqui See my blog billscamino.wordpress.com for complete information on my walk from Sevilla to Santiago September/October 2010. As you will see I loved the experience and I will return to do the same route sometime in 2013. Buen camino Bill Beahen
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    Via de la Plata - Difficulty

    Hi Stephan I walked the complete Via from Sevilla to Santiago in September/October 2010 which I have described on my blog billscamino.wordpress.com/ There I detail my experiences and give practical advice including other sources of information. I plan to return to return to walk the Via de la...
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    Bill Beahen's blog on the Via de la Plata Sept - Oct 2010

    I walked the Camino Frances in May 2008. This was a very significant event in my life and I have decided to return to Spain this month to walk the Via de la Plata route. This year, instead of sharing my travel musings with friends via email, I have decided to get with the times and maintain a...
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    Hotel in Sevilla

    Thanks for your input! I am happily booked at the Hotel Simon in Sevilla for September 9th and 10th and will begin my camino on September 11ths. Bill Beahen Ottawa, Canada
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    Hotel in Sevilla

    Hi all I am travelling from Ottawa, Canada, to Sevilla via Frankfurt and Barcelona on September 8th and 9th. I need a reasonably priced hotel for the nights of the 9th and 10th before beginning to walk the Via de la Plata on the 11th. Can anyone suggest one taking advance reservations and...
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    Walking the Via de la Plata

    Hi Hel and Scott I must be missing something because the links you provided for your three part blog on hiking the Via de la Plata in September and October brought me to a general blog space for Spain where I couldn't find your narratives. Can you help? I too will be travelling the Via de la...
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    Quick Questions..

    From another Canuck The very small pool at Boadilla del Camino was closed in very hot weather when I stayed there in mid May 2008. Is it ever open? Bill Beahen
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    Walking Via de la Plata in March

    Hi All I walked the Camino Frances in May 2008 and am planning to walk the Via in March 2010 from Seville. What will the weather be like and will all the refugios be open that time of year? Thanks, Bill
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    A year ago .......

    Hi Petro and all I walked over the Napoleon Pass on April 30 2008 and arrived in Santiago on May 31st. It was such an amazing and profound experience that I have written a book about it entitled "One Step at a Time : Encounters Natural, Human and Divine on the Camino de Santiago". Two author...
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    Marie from Munich

    Hi All I am still fact checking for my manuscript book "One Step at a Time: Encountering the Many Faces of the Camino - Natural, Human and Divine". On May 4, 2008, I talked with a woman named Marie in Estella. She was a fitness instructor from Munich. She was in much distress because she was...
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    Snow danger even for cyclists

    Re: The firemen rescue near Roncesvalles two pilgrims with hipot Thanks to all for the wealth of information on this incident. Ed and Will were very lucky young men or else the angels were out and about that evening. Kudos also go to the Spanish and French rescuers. We are so blessed by the...
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    Emergency rescue from Napoleon Route on April 28th?

    Thanks Br David and Silly Doll for your information. I checked the French newspapers for the region as you suggested Br David and came up empty. I will put this down to the camino misinformation service which sometimes offers fanciful tales based on imagination. All the best, Bill
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    Emergency rescue from Napoleon Route on April 28th?

    Hi I walked the camino in 32 days in 2008 starting from SJPDP on April 30th. As I walked through the pass there were many patches of snow near the summit. Another peregrino told me that there had been a blizzard on April 28th and that five pilgrims had to be emergency evacuated when they became...
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