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  1. LTfit

    Bed race on the VDLP…

    But as I said there is a donativo in Salamanca. The first night you could stay there and the second night in the other place. If you're taking the Sanabrés there is also a great donativo in Tábara.
  2. LTfit

    Bed race on the VDLP…

    I've walked the Plata twice and parts a third time and although I never had an issue finding a bed (July and February) I did hear that April is or at least was the busiest month in the year as most northern Europeans prefer walking in cooler temperatures. I hope that you have now gotten out of...
  3. LTfit

    Lost & Found LOST (Now found!) PACER POLES BEFORE CEA

    That's a b*tch! In 2014 I left my poles in a hostal in Cordoba and realized it about an hour into my walk. I immediately turned around and they were waiting for me against the wall near the front door. Mine were cheap Decathlon poles but since my first Camino I can't do without. I sure hope...
  4. LTfit

    LIVE from the Camino Fuente de Cantos accommodation

    Just curious, does this mean that the small basic municipal albergue is no longer in function? Stayed there twice so am curious.
  5. LTfit

    Oseira Monestery

    That was my experience too, albeit years ago in the old albergue. I'm really curious to hear about the renovations since I've stayed in the very damp, rustic albergue twice. Still glad I did although the second time was the day of the train accident on its way to Santiago for the July 25th...
  6. LTfit

    Why so few pilgrims on the Via de la Plata? Article from local website.

    If you like the heat then you shouldn't have a problem. I've walked it in July, continuing on through Orense (the Sanabrés) and there were definitely pilgrims on the stretch from Salamanca to Santiago.
  7. LTfit

    Why so few pilgrims on the Via de la Plata? Article from local website.

    Definitely agree here. The Plata was actually my second Camino although I split it in two (Sevilla-Zamora, Zamora-Muxía). Given that there were 5 starting out in Sevilla, it was much "busier" than my Levante, Lana, Mozárabe and Olvidado! Back in 2011, with the help of statistics from the...
  8. LTfit

    Why so few pilgrims on the Via de la Plata? Article from local website.

    Can't agree more! I've stayed in the muni in Zamora four times (2x ending and restarting the Plata there, 1x ending the Levante and 1x on route to Santiago during my second Plata). When I arrived after the Levante one of the Spanish hospitaleras asked if I could stay a few days to help out...
  9. LTfit

    Starting in May on VDLP

    Hi Elke, Half May is not summer and in fact in the past, May was the busiest month on the Plata so you won't be alone. Everyone is different but I have walked from Sevilla mid June and even leaving in July and although very warm to hot I personally was fine. I did carry 3 liters of water and...
  10. LTfit

    Accommodation Options Between Caceres and Salamanca

    My reaction was the same! I slept in the muni in Casar de Cáceres twice and since free - yes free, there was not even a donativo box! - I didn't feel I had a right to complain. Both times walking the Plata my stage was Casar de Cáceres to Cañaveral. In 2011 there was also a muni "albergue" in...
  11. LTfit

    First aid kit recommendations for Via de La Plata

    So little possible. As others have said there are towns at every stop and farmacias are at every corner (well almost). A few bandaids, antiseptic/iodine and needle + thread is all I take for potential blisters, plus my daily Vaseline. Just in case I have paracetamol. The rest can ve bought if...
  12. LTfit

    LIVE from the Camino VDLP update feb 2024

    Wow, lots of changes since I walked the Plata, exactly 10 (!) years ago! It had rained a lot so the arroyos were overflowing, quite a few time before Monesterio we needed to wade through. Weather was also damp so you are quite lucky! We started out with 5 pilgrims but by the time we reached...
  13. LTfit

    Starting VDLP in Seville - better to stay in Triana?

    From your personal experience? Not mine, at least during the 2 or 3 times I've stayed there but it doesn't matter since the OP has posted that he is keeping his original reservation. The Plata is a great Camino for solitude, I never saw more than a handful of pilgrims but then again I walked it...
  14. LTfit

    VDLP weather February/March.

    Back in 2014 I walked from Sevilla to Salamanca starting the first week of February. It had rained quite a bit and all the arroyos were filled to the brim which meant that we had to cross several times with water up to our knees. I learned to keep my shoes on rather than taking shoes and socks...
  15. LTfit

    Recommended Seville accommodation for first two nights?

    I've stayed at Triana Backpackers twice and found it more than adequate. Includes breakfast, at least it did when I was there last. I also bought my credencial there. https://www.trianahostel.com/
  16. LTfit

    Oseira - Lalín?

    I've done the detour to Oseira several times and if I recall correctly stayed in the albergue de peregrinos in A Laxe.
  17. LTfit

    Temperatures (or water supply) on VdlP may cause albergue to close

    Surprised to hear about albergues potentially closing for those temperatures when they are open in the summer when 35c+ is the norm. I walked my first Plata in July and in spite of the high temperatures they remained open, sometimes supermarkets closed early and there were few people in the...
  18. LTfit

    Gpx tracks for Sanabres

    Can't help you here Jenny but can only say that I've done it three times by just following the normal signage. Well marked and never got lost😊
  19. LTfit

    LIVE from the Camino Third time on Via de la Plata this April

    Amazing to hear from you and others on Facebook how busy it is! I don't think in all my times on the Plata (in June, July, October and February) I ever met 30 pilgrims during my entire time walking.
  20. LTfit

    LIVE from the Camino Third time on Via de la Plata this April

    Ah Calzadilla de los Hermanillos! Is the little tienda still open? I was in El Burgo Ranero but my fellow hospi was sent to Calzadilla when no one showed up there for their 2 week stint leaving me in July to run the El Burgo Ranero by myself (full house within an hour every day). I went over to...

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