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    Via de Plata in October

    I just did the same. Also on Gronze, etapa 13, I found there was an albergue in Embalse del Ancantara, 600 m off the camino, E25.
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    Via de Plata in October

    Thanks to all for sharing all the info and memories. I'm findimng it very useful and timely. I'm leaving to Spain in two weeks (my 6th trip) and I always combine walking with volunteering. This time, I will be volunteering (my 5th posting) in Salamanca Oct 15-31. I fell in love with VDLP last...
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    The future of Camino Hospitality

    I hope that you are a prophet. Many can see Camino being in trouble, some say - just changing; yet you said it so perfectly (and timely, with Easter upon us) - after all these troubles, Camino will rise up to what it really is meant to be, a spiritual journey.
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    Is July too hot for Camino Via de Plata?

    Quick response, because my brain has shut down. I´m sitting in Zamora as a hospitalera right now, it's midnight and 32 degrees. It´s too hot to do anything, never mind walking. We have very few pilgrims walking through, some cyclists. All of them start with "mucho calor", even Spaniards born and...
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    Pilgrim statistics June and July 2016

    I'm volunteering in Zamora right now, last night we had ... 3 pilgrims! Some pilgrims were walking for weeks, not meeting anyone else.
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    VDLP in July - Too hot?

    I walked last few summers, i volunteered 3 times. Last summer I felt in love with Zamora, and I'll be hospitalera there second half of July, just like you! Any practical advice, dos or don't s? -other than about heat (I just finished Granada-Cordoba short part, it was extra hot already...
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    holy cow, its my 8th time out, and I'm nervous...

    Buen Camino, Damien. I can relate, flying to Spain in 2 weeks for my 5th time walking, and also nervous. BTW - my first stretch, Granada to Cordoba, June 3rd - 10th (?), anybody planning the same?
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    Comment by 'MariannaP' in media 'Tattoo'

    @dduroy OK, it just looked on a picture like a clear plastic film under your Tattoo. How long did it take to do?
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    Comment by 'MariannaP' in media 'Tattoo'

    Temporary tattoo, right? Just like everything else on the Camino.
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    Bad experience Logrono

    NOT that it was a good reaction... but his side of a story could be: I'm at the end of my shift; after 15 days of dealing with all sorts of pilgrims (and he went through hundreds of them!) - I AM SO TIRED! and here is another one, violating the basic rule in every albergue! (I'm writing this...
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    Albergue San Anton Now Closed?

    It would be more than sad for some special people! I stayed there 2 years ago. On top of a wonderful meal, prayers, singing under the full moon, there was a story there of the 2 Spanish hospitaleros, who met on the Camino year before, and in July 2011 were getting married in ... San Anton! (I...
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    How many km a day at the Meseta ?

    After the last summer's experience (25km/day) you will find no trouble walking 30-35 or even more per day. I would not recommend more than 40 though, even if you are able to do it; it takes a long time afterwards to recover.(My longest day, only because there was no room at the alberque, was 47...
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    Community Guitars in Albergues?

    There is a guitar in Najera (as of last July, on loan from the friendly "tienda").
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    Steenkamp family starting from SJPP 23 July 2013

    "My" albergue (Fin de Camino) is in Santiago de Compostella (sometimes people call it just Santiago).
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    Steenkamp family starting from SJPP 23 July 2013

    Looks like you will be in Santiago when I volunteer in the alberque called "Fin de Camino" - check it out (I live in Calgary, I've done Camino twice, we can compare experiences - both from Spain and Canada, my son lives in Vancouver). Buen Camino!
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