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  1. +@^^

    Is it OK to have no plan at all?

    great attitude Jo and if you miss the first shell at the cathedral in Seville and 3 days later get to a town marked Cadiz dont cross over the big pond turn around and retrace your steps thatll be a really authentic and adventurous camino buen attitude
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    4 albergues closing on the Vdlp

    thanks Laurie puleez let not the Millenium be shut down i bunked down there in sheer luxuary after a long day . i had intended to do a decent stage of 35kays from Los Santos to Almendralejo but blinked and missed the turn-off so marched on oblivious until i collapsed outside a bar in Torremegia...
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    Via de la Plata - Difficulty

    if youre vaguely fit - no problem there are however some memorable bits like the 4km elevator to heaven leaving Ourense its unrelenting and straight up and must have heard the cussing of many pilgrims i did it fairly early in the morning schrouded in mist and the coffee and sticky buns at the...
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    A shorter stint on Via de la Plata than anticipated

    the water thing is big in those temps ive seen many debates about camelbak size . on vdlp in spring / summer - NO debate . my deal was: upon waking drink 1 litre water 3 litres loaded in camelbak fill up at every opportunity drink one litre before retiring . sure water weighs a bit but the...
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    A shorter stint on Via de la Plata than anticipated

    oy Claire, bummer but i like that theres to be phase 2 +@^^
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    Two more days and we go

    @ grilly what an optimist - you ll do just great mooi loop en lekker camino
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    Via de la Plata in October

    having started in Sevilla in mid Sept i moved through Zamora on 7 Oct 2010 the albergue was like rush-hour (12 bikes + 6 walkers, which was the most peregrinos id seen in all the time since Sevilla) on my way to SdC which i reached on 30 Oct . 2 days before Zamora, I dumped the last of my...
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    Wild camping .. sans tent

    Bro David youre on to something here.... . perhaps, for those nervous pilgrims we could convert the Roman chariot track outside Merida . put on a retractable roof macdonalds walk-through stands fruit stalls for the crop-thieves photo stalls with backdrops of Mt Everest, Eiffel Tower, Martin...
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    Wild camping .. sans tent

    if all pilgrims camped wild it would resemble Woodstock back in 1969 how cool would that be . maybe they should have buried Jimi's remains just outside Ourense . imagine "3 days of peace and music" and walking on the camino
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    Wild camping .. sans tent

    if there is one regret i have it is having not slept wild on at least one of my 42 nites
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    Sleeping mat

    over the 42 days in sept/ oct last year not ever once did i have the need for a sleeping mat i never saw one on any pilgrims back ever
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    staying @ Oseira Monastery

    ? can you cant you . i walked with a Dutch woman (i miss you Hilda), and she stayed there for 2 nites (Oct 2010) i remember the hospitalero at Ourense saying it was not possible . ? what is the situation
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    The Via de la Plata is now the current way

    @ Ivar id like to report abusive marketing tactics attempting to make to vldp more popular please stop this before more people discover its beauty the average 4 people per day i saw in sept/oct 2010 is a good number now lets keep it that way
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    Wild Camping along Via de la Plata and weather

    @ franco269 you make me laugh
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    cumulative elevation - Sevilla to Santiago

    did you know #23 that the height climbed, cumulatively, from Sevilla to Santiago is 10'000m
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    Albergues along the Via de La Plata

    in all my diary entries where i rated albergues highly there was a hospitalero who made it especially special so pass these by at your peril.... 1 Oliva de Plasentia (400kays) - Monica made her place memorable with her stories, food, attention 2 Zamora (586kays) - eclecticly modern albergue...
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    Cycling the waymarked path on VDLP

    hi Paddy yes Ian is right there are choices on the vdlp the route i estimate to be tricky for a bike is the bit when you "turn left" ie via Ourense Ian gives the truth for the way straight ahead to Astorga . please keep this information to yourself we dont want too many people liking the vdlp
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    Cycling the waymarked path on VDLP

    yes, it is possible some places cyclists are guided onto the tarred road alternative some parts are impossible for a bike, eg some bits from Requejo /Lubian require portage at places but it seemed no problem (im not a cyclist) - they just missed some of the most exquisite forest/hill country
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    First camino, via de la plata?

    great pics in your blog Ian and good to see you online you vets add stability to the discussions btw - i never did work out why you carried 2 backpacs ? one was tough enough for me Tam
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    Competition in Carcaboso

    I stayed at Monicas place at Oliva on 29 Sept this year with a Dutch (i miss you Hilde), Japanese and Irish woman and a Spanish guy (Pasqual i miss you too) my note from the day criptically says "bugger of a last 6kays on tar at the end of a long day to Oliva but stunning old albergue euro 24...

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