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I will be returning to the Camino next week in Mérida where I left off in December, hopefully all the way to Santiago, what was your choice of accommodation in Alcuésar, if you stayed there?
I'm curious as to how you managed the stream, I did that section in reverse from Zafra in December and it was impossible to cross...I chose to go to the right, crossing downstream ( left coming from Fuente de Cantos) it was quite challenging....wet feet, some fence gate climbing , stinging...
I think you captured the Via de la Plata, perfectly in terms of water, my biggest problem was no coffee all day so I bought a small thermos and took coffee to go
as a follow up, I did use the Crazy Cap bottle with UV light on the Plata....The UV light kills 99.9% of all bacteria....doesn't clean water with dirt...but makes it potable...
I always use the fuentes..keeping an eye out for no potable signs.....I carry a 1.5 liter Bota Bag from Jesus Blasco, an artisan family business in Spain that still uses the traditional hand made methods....I switched from natural resin to the insulated bladder mostly to help with cleaning...a...
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