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Gerald
My guide was updated a few months ago. It can be downloaded from my website. I've been keeping it up-to-date for over ten years now. https://www.caminoguide.net/
There are two routes when entering Burgos. They divide after Orbaneja, after crossing over a motorway where you'll see houses and recycling containers on the left. The right route (10.9km from where they divide) has little shade and passes through Villafría (cafés) and an seemingly endless...
Random pilgrim: "I chose the Via de la Plata because of the unbelievable overcrowding of the Camino Frances."
Me: "OK, so when did you walk the Camino Frances last?"
Random pilgrim: "Well, actually I've never walked it. But I've read about it online!"
You wouldn't believe how many times I've...
Electric bikes.
You're walking up a hill, you see them 100m behind you. You think you've got a minute or two before they catch up. Ten seconds later they're there.
It was still there about 3 years ago when I saw it but it's no longer on the route of the Camino, it's off to the left where people used to cross the road, now we use the underpass. At least that's my recollection.
The summertime is the best time to walk the Camino Frances before Sarria. I try to do some of it every summer.
If you hit Sarria mid-week you avoid most of the crowds on the last 100km.
There are lots of albergues that don't take reservations and, as other people on here are saying, they're not full. Maybe you should consider changing strategy?
They have Credenciales in the municipal albergue, probably also the cathedral, but I would try to albergue first. Burgos is a big pilgrim city so I don't think getting a Credencial will be a problem.
This part of the Camino was like a ghost town last summer so I don't think you'll have any trouble with accommodation. Viana has two other albergues, the parish and the municipal. https://caminoguide.net/guide/viana
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