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    Bed race on the VDLP…

    I'm bad with the heat so i walked earlier in the year. Where and when are you starting? A few weeks ago in ourense the temps hit 32 degrees by 3pm or so. Impossible for me, so i started walking at 7 one day and 6.30 the next. But since before easter this year, from maybe a week before...
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    Bed race on the VDLP…

    Where did you get that from? My understanding was municipal and not for profit are usually cheapest but usually don't allow booking.. private albergues usually let anyone book, pilgrims and tourists.
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    Bed race on the VDLP…

    Cubo del tierra is expensive for what you get. Also the albergue owner has another house where he puts the overflow from the albergue. Don't miss the pilgrim's hostel in fontanillas de castro a few days later. Salamanca.. you can only stay 1 night in pilgrims hostel and can arrive early to...
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    Bed race on the VDLP…

    Yea. A brick of noodles and can of sardines can stay at the bottom of your pack until you need them.
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    Bed race on the VDLP…

    I remember Cañaveral well, because it was my longest day due to walking from Cáceres. 48km iirc Not sure if it's fully book due to pilgrims, other holidaymakers or workers. I know pilgrim groups as large as 10 wreak havoc on availability in smaller albergues. Actually in Santiago I'd planned...
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    Valdesalor - picking up the albergue keys from bar, etc

    You'll have to register before entering the albergue regardless of whether someone is already there or not.. show your credential and passport at the town hall or bar.
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    Accommodation after Cea?

    I'd recommend cafeteria nevada for it's extensive pincho menu. They're not gourmet but they are filling and free/low cost with a drink! The semi vegetal hotdog was good
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    Accommodation after Cea?

    https://www.gronze.com/etapa/castro-dozon/silleda Casa Bubela, only 9 spaces and a slightly price-gouging price of €30pp for shared room. Hostal A Taberna de Vento, again not many rooms and was fully booked when i called the day before. I ended up walking to Lalín. In retrospect at 30km it...
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    Up to date C. Sanabres info?

    I'll have to avoid the question! I can't really remember stages and didn't keep a journal. I'd have to review my photos for any hope of remembering. I've also attached a photo. I guess depending on the time of year you might see something different. Fruit trees in blossom vs bare branches...
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    Up to date C. Sanabres info?

    In Requejo make sure you get the pilgrim menu in restaurant Hostal Tu Casa You missed out on Rionegro del Puente where the restaurant me gusta comer has an outstanding pilgrim menu for €15 In Cea there is a bar next to the albergue. Great beer but warning, do not get the disgusting chicken...
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    Up to date C. Sanabres info?

    I'm completing it over the next couple of days. Assuming you're talking about the part after granja de moreruela (edit: which you are!), there is quite a bit of road walking and some highway walking but i think it's more reflective of the higher population as you approach the North West. I...
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    Salamanca credencial

    The albergue
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    Salamanca credencial

    I'd advise people not to get their credential from Salamanca. At first glance it appear clever, but each box has the name of a stage. If you deviate from their suggested stages, split stages (as i did with today's 35km stage) or double up you'll end up with blank boxes and/or no place for the...
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    LIVE from the Camino Salamanca and resuming my Mozarabe/VDLP/sanabres camino

    Hey folks. I started the Mozarabe from Almeria and took time out in Salamanca to do a 3 week Spanish course in USAL. The course was fine. 4 hours a day. For the first week we had an excellent teacher for the first 2 hours, followed by a practice class of 1 hour that wasn't so great, and an...
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    A Quiet Camino Route?

    If you want quiet... The Mozarabe in January. Anyway i joined vdlp in Merida in mid-February and can confirm you'll have plenty of space and only a handful of other pilgrims you'll likely meet in the albergues in the evenings. But after the mozarabe it was odd seeing other people...
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    Vdlp or Camino mozarabe?

    I meant to tell you (not sure if i did already!), on the Grimaldo - Carcaboso stage i rescued a sheep with its head seemingly stuck in a fence. It looked like it had tried to eat some tasty grass the other side of the fence but got stuck. It looked fairly calm besides. I ran up the slope...
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    Starting in May on VDLP

    Weather can be unpredictable. I brought a thermal baselayer for the Mozarabe in January to keep warm against the snow and wind. Daytime temperatures reached 22 degrees. For me that's hot! I was getting through 2 litres if water in 20km. It's fine saying VDLP has temps in the 20s in May but if...
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    Vdlp or Camino mozarabe?

    Hi Damien. How did you find Seville to Merida? I'm thinking an Almería start might be pleasant and then join vdlp later
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    Vdlp or Camino mozarabe?

    One small point, i visited Seville incl the cathedral on a day trip years ago so seeing it again isn't important.
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    Vdlp or Camino mozarabe?

    Hi all. Im 42m. I did the CF 2 years ago at the beginning of October from st jean pdp. I hadn't done any long distance walking before. I loved the meseta and despite walking into November the weather was mild and dry with maybe 0 degrees in the mornings at times and fairly lucky that it didn't...

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