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    Dinner time on the VDLP

    I wholly endorse Antonius' comments re Me Gusta Comer. Without a doubt my best meal on VdlP
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    Self Introduction

    Welcome to the Forum Frank. I'm sure you will absolutely love the VdlP. Two points I would make. First the climate changes considerably. Even in April it can be very warm, indeed hot, in Andalucia. The big change I noticed was on climbing out of Banos de Montmayor. The evening was cold such that...
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    90 days to go and feeling nervous

    You are very lucky. April/May is a great time to walk the VdlP. As others have mentioned, the spring flowers are stunning, there are lots of birds and the frogs croaking is something we don't get in the UK anymore. My experience was that it was not too hot and not too cold. But its a long way...
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    VdlP Food Recommendations - A Serious Question

    I walked the VdlP in 2016. My two best nights, gastronomically, were: 1 Me Gusta Comer. I'm sorry you'll miss this going to Astorga, it's a gem. But you can still go to 2 the Albergue Torre de Sabre in el Cubo de Tierra del Vino. Great home cooking, but it's a pretty samll albergue (they...
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    Sleeping mats

    I bought a sleeping mat when I did Via de la Plata. 1000kms and it stayed in the bottom of my backpack all the way. I think you will find that you don't need one
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    Griffon vultures along the Camino

    I walked the VdLP where one is a lot more isolated than on the Frances. On a particularly remote stretch in Galicia I noticed the vultures circulating progressively lower above me. I waved my poles in the air to let them that I wasn't ready for lunch yet. Earlier, in Extremadura, I came across...
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    Rionegro (home of Me Gusta Comer) awaits its jubilee

    It had rained all day when I reached Rionegro. After I had dried out sufficiently in the Hostel I crossed the few metres to Me Gusta Comer and joined a couple of other pilgrims. Undoubtedly the best meal on my Camino.
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    Photo album of VdlP and Sanabres in 2012

    Wonderful photos. I walked the VdlP in 2015 and this brought back very joyous memories.
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    Red Hugh O Donnell (Aogh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill) possible gravesite found in Valladolid.

    A great, almost mythical, Irish hero. It would be pretty extraordinary if bones can be found which DNA shows to have been Red Hugh. Eight, rather than ten, toes would surely help. Who knows we might even learn whether the suspicion that he was poisoned by Queen Elizabeth's agents has any substance.
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Fuenterroble hostel is hosting a baker's dozen of pilgrims who got stuck on VDLP

    I do hope the possible positive proves to be a false alarm. Staying at Fuenterroble was one of the high spots of my VdlP Camino. When I arrived on a hot late afternoon I was immediately given a gazpacho soup followed by a tomato salad which was so welcome after a long day alone in the sun. Our...
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    Must stop places VdlP

    Just reading this thread, I haven't been on the forum for quite while, brought back very happy memories. VdlP is a magical walk, much quieter than other caminos. I would endorse all the comments as to where to spend an extra day, but there are also some lovely little albergues en route which are...
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    Why no increase in pilgrims on the VdlP?

    I walked the VdlP in early April to mid-May a couple of years ago, which seemed a pretty good season to do it. Some hot, but not unbearable, days in Andalucia at the start, and a bit of cold and wet in Galicia but mostly shorts and polo shirt weather. April/May is probably the busiest time for...
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    Let's talk weight... BODY weight

    I am in my early sixties and walked the Via de la Plata in April/May covering 500 miles in just over five weeks. I ate and drank as much as I wanted and lost about 25 pounds ( from about 180 pounds), which I put back on over the next nine months.
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    Here we go again!

    Definitely take rain wear. Spring can be pretty wet especially in Galicia. I had two days of incessant rain in late April. To be positive, it was great when it cleared.
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    Menu peregrino: a close call

    Are you sure they weren't vultures, much more likely than eagles to be in such numbers together. I had a similar experience on the Via de la Plata last year. I sat down on a rock in the heat of the afternoon and noticed them starting to circle overhead. So I set off to walk. They started to...
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    LIVE from the Camino My Vdlp from June 2015

    Wonderful blog, Donna. I walked the VdlP and Sanabres in April/May this year . Reading your blog conjured up pictures of all the places I had walked through and refreshed memories of a some life enhancing experiences in those few weeks. In spring was v hot in Andalucia but changed radically...
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    VDLP APRIL 2016...Seville...Who's starting out on the camino in April?

    Hi Rick, I walked from Zafra to Santiago from mid-April to mid May this year. It was a great time to walk the VdlP and I really enjoyed it . I used Gerald Kelly's guide which I found very clear and up to date. If you are carrying a smartphone you may want to download an app called" Via de la...
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    April on VdlP

    I started the VdlP in Zafra on 11 April and reached Santiago on 14 May this year, having taken a day off in each of Caceres, Salamanca and Zamora, all of which were well worth it. Weather was good, hottish in the South, cool in the mountains and slightly (but no more) wet in Galicia. A great...
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    Recent Robbery on 2nd day out of Seville

    Hi Felix, I see you are starting the VdlP shortly. I can't help on the subject of this thread, but I am flying our this week and starting the camino from Zafra on 11 April. So we may meet up. Patrick
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    April on VdlP

    I am starting the Vdlp shortly, its my first. Planning to fly from UK to Madrid and train to Seville, arriving on 9 April. Still undecided whether to start from Seville on 10 April or travel up to Zafra and stride out from there the following day. Is anyone else considering starting around...

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