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  1. J

    Last Minute VDLP with no planning, where credencial, which train station to arrive?

    Triana backpackers. Nice restaurants on their side of the river / bridge. Credential there or at the Friends of the Camino office up the street on your way to Italica. You can electronically register your start on the VldP at that office if you wish.
  2. J

    Still Going…

    Enjoy the snow, provided you plan on doing the whole 1007 km in one trip. Took us 39 days in 2018. We left late March and experienced heavy rains, flooding, and snow before Salamanca.
  3. J

    LIVE from the Camino Whew! Finally starting VLDP

    My 1st was the VldP in the spring of 2018 with my cousin. We took the Astorga route because that was the route of the original Roman road and he wanted me to experience a bit of the Camino Francés as well. 1007 km in 39 days. Distance is the same as the Sanabres route. Salamanca is a beautiful...
  4. J

    Drinking water availability on the VdLP

    I do not advise any person to walk the VdlP or any southern route north from the Mediterranean or from Lisbon in the summer. Such is foolish to attempt when it is so hot and dry. It was no problem for us in the spring of 2018.
  5. J

    Drinking water availability on the VdLP

    I agree, but you can get water at any bar or cafe in the pueblos you walk through. Just top off your water bottles whenever you have opportunity. You'll be fine. We made it in terrible weather in the spring of 2018. All 1007 kilometers, 39 days. Walked every day.
  6. J

    Drinking water availability on the VdLP

    In 2018 we had no problem finding drinking water. It isn't as frequent as what we experience on Camino Francés, but I do believe there is more infrastructure post Spring 2018 than what you experienced in 2010, if that's when you walked it. Will the VdlP be as well traveled as Camino Francés? No...
  7. J

    Baños de Montemayor - Should we stop here?

    Most definitely. There is a municipal albergue. You have to make an effort to find it. You have a bit of a climb leaving the pueblo, terrific vistas of the lake and pueblo as you climb up the hill. To me a big climb later in the day is not preferred versus one in the morning.
  8. J

    Drinking water availability on the VdLP

    There is potable water available. I carried 1.5 liters and refilled when needed. Just make sure you ask agua es potable? My cousin ran out frequently and we'd share. So, I am carrying two each 1 liter bottles from now on out. You don't want to run out of water on the Camino. Note: if you aren't...
  9. J

    Via De La Plata

    There's a blog called Bed Bugs and Blisters written by my British friend Mark Knowlton. It's about a group of Brit pilgrims trekking the Vdlp over the course of several years. They began in Seville and will make it to Santiago the end of this April. My cousin and I did the complete 1007 km in...
  10. J

    Some questions about stages, distances and etc. on VDLP

    Another note, in the spring you need boots and trekking poles. There will be lots of mud, and fording of streams and runoff / puddles. The trail is the same distance regardless of which fork you take, we went to Astorga because my cousin wanted me to experience that portion of the trail. Our...
  11. J

    Some questions about stages, distances and etc. on VDLP

    My cousin and I walked VdlP from Mar 22 to Apr 30, 2018. We experienced sunny hot days, wind from the west, rain, flooding, mud, and snow. We completed the 1007 kilometers in 39 days. There are sections of the Camino that are remote and the albergues are farther apart than on the Camino Frances...
  12. J

    Via de la plata by bike ........Photos and a few comments

    As a pedestrian on the Via de la Plata this spring my group experienced many cyclists passing us on the Camino. Only a few gave warning of their approach. Must rudely passed us at a dangerous rate of speed. Note: a startled pedestrian doesn't always have time to quickly decide which direction to...
  13. J

    Sevilla-Salamanca in June?

    Not recommended. Walked the VDLP with my cousin this spring and experienced everything from constant wind flowing west to east, rain with mud and flooding, plus heat when it was dry. We both ran out of water on occasion and I was carrying a 1.5L bottle. It snowed on us 2 days south of Salamanca...

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