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    VDLP - Starting March 6, 2016, near Salamanca

    Oops! You are correct. It was the Avanza bus.
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    VDLP - Starting March 6, 2016, near Salamanca

    I walked from Salamanca to Santiago last March and highly recommend it. I planned for more walking days but finished in 20 days...I was not in great shape but found I walked farther a few days than planned. Salamanca is a great starting point. I would highly recommend spending a day or two to...
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    construction on VdlP

    Annie: I used Melanie's app in March (until I dropped my phone in the toilet:() and it was very accurate with excellent advice and comments that helped me avoid some lengthy detours. You can use it off line so you don't need Internet access. As Laurie says, you really don't need to worry. Once...
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    Is Quico a crazy uncle or is the house a cool place to stay? (Granja de Moreruela)

    Agreed...I didn't have a guide, but I did print off notes on peregrina2000's recommendations, comments and stages. She is a great resource and I find her suggestions to be excellent.
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    Is Quico a crazy uncle or is the house a cool place to stay? (Granja de Moreruela)

    Damian: best way to approach the VdlP - no expectations (actually for any Camino). Maybe the ability to NOT do meticulous planning is a good thing. I had no expectations and a very rough plan when I walked in March. I ended up alone for over two weeks (saw no pilgrims and alone in the...
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    Is Quico a crazy uncle or is the house a cool place to stay? (Granja de Moreruela)

    I stayed there last March. Perigrina2000 is correct...the albergue is no longer attached to the bar (although you go there to pay). It is located to the left as you reach the main highway that runs through the town (bar is across the street to the right). Only two other pilgrims there when I...
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    Route maps

    I agree on not needing the map. I used the app without an Internet connection so didn't have the map. The detailed section descriptions were more than adequate.
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    Route maps

    Eugenia: Download the Via de la Plata app by Melanie McManus to your phone. It can be used on or offline. I used it offline last March and found the comments on each section very helpful and accurate, especially after Zamora where there is a lot of construction for the new AVE train. This app...
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    some questions about VDLP

    George: I walked from Salamanca to Santiago in March. It was last minute so I had very little time to prepare and, having walked three other times on the Camino Frances, I just needed a good guide. I downloaded the Melanie McManus app, ordered Gerald Kelly's book and printed off a two page copy...
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    LIVE from the Camino My Vdlp from June 2015

    I walked the Camino Sanabres in March and used the Melanie McManus App for the VDLP. She commented that locals said you could still walk direct to Laza on the original camino but there would be construction truck traffic. I only encountered two trucks and it was a beautiful walk along the...
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    LIVE from the Camino My Vdlp from June 2015

    Donna: I am really enjoying your updates! Although the heat sounds terrible...
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    First camino - 12 days in August - your opinion please!

    I walked the VdlP in March. I really enjoyed the walk from Orense to Santiago. I am sure it will be less crowded that the CF. Pretty farm land and lots of rolling hills and valleys. Nice hospitaleros in the albergues. A beautiful view of the cathedral as you enter Santiago - much better than...
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    Salamanca - Zamora

    Barbara: I walked from Salamanca to SdlC in March. I enjoyed the walk from Salamanca to Zamora...it was relatively flat so it helped me get in shape before heading into the hills. It's a lot of farm track with little shade and the walk out of Salamanca is the usual city exit. Grace is correct...
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    Windswept's video of the VdlP - a perfect cure for insomnia

    Ahhhh...you haven't left us yet! So good to see you posting. I got kind of attached to you through your Camino blog and posts;)! Loved the video and especially that opening sequence.
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    Windswept's video of the VdlP - a perfect cure for insomnia

    Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed your posts and the video is great.
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    Windswept's last camino post - ever.

    Thank you windswept for a delightful journey...I have looked forward to your posts and will miss them! Keep on writing. You are very talented. Always wanted to do some hiking in UK...maybe I'll see you some day!
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    Windswept now in Cea but freezes in Laza

    I bet you did! I loved following boot prints especially when I was wondering if I was lost again. Oh the relief in seeing boot prints after not seeing a flecha for a while. Lots of lonely hours had me imaging whose boot prints they were and where they were from...never alone on the Camino even...
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    Windswept now in Cea but freezes in Laza

    Please do not stop walking...just continue after Santiago. I am enjoying your posts and don't want them to stop. Your descriptions are so good...I saw those same things but never could have described them so beautifully. Talk about stopping to smell the roses...or was that stopping to watch...
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    Windswept now in Cea but freezes in Laza

    Thanks for the update...my husband and I had a good laugh...I took the exact same photos as you ( even the same spot in the industrial zone). My photos were just a little less green and the flowers weren't blooming. I loved walking that section by the bee hives. Really enjoying your writing...
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    Windswept has gone west new blog up

    You can stop looking . I dug it out of the toilet ( yuk!) and dried it off, checked it a few times thinking it would dry out but it was dead. Then a day after returning home ( 17 days later) it started working. I did tell my husband I wanted a lot of solitude and time to meditate and think on my...

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