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  1. Sirage

    Sharing Camino Itinerary: Need Template Suggestions

    An alternative for sharing is https://trackmytour.com/ which you use as an App on your phone You can add all the places (with draft dates and draft locations) on a map before you leave (on your computer or phone) )and share it (the website) with all your family and friends. On arrival at every...
  2. Sirage

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

    Of course we all have our preferences and our personal sense of "busy or crowded". After walking the Mozarabe from Almeria last year, I found then joining the VDLP relatively quite busy and social, and easily walkable without carrying food (although I did take a bus from Caceres to Canaveral -...
  3. Sirage

    Terrain of Via de la Plata?

    You could include comments about the “via verde” (also called the Camino Natural) which parallels the vdlp north of Plasencia and is easily accessed from Oliva de Plasencia (which is an off route stop for those not wanting to walk 38 kms) The track is railway flat and picturesque through some...
  4. Sirage

    VdlP - Albergue Kitchens, Pots, Stoves & Microwaves....

    My previous post seemed to generate some firm comments, notwithstanding I imagine this forum is about sharing ideas (and often many of which some people disagree with) regardless of whether such ideas are just someone else's imagination or based on experience or possibly even tentative science...
  5. Sirage

    VdlP - Albergue Kitchens, Pots, Stoves & Microwaves....

    You perhaps could think the reference point for eating on any Camino is to carry no food (including no snacks) and no cooking equipment. Rely on what you find en-route. Sometimes there might be sometime between eating. @Rita Flower has provided the basic idea (minus the cooked twice) when...
  6. Sirage

    Starting your Camino from Sevilla: Tips on Avoiding Urban Walks

    Unless strapped for time, which many seem to be, I find every ... inch part of the journey / pilgrimage rewarding. - shortcuts are shortcuts, although sometimes necessary of course. The delightful Meseta, the experience of the outskirts of Burgos, or was it Leon? The struggle through ... , the...
  7. Sirage

    Starting your Camino from Sevilla: Tips on Avoiding Urban Walks

    The Cathedral is an excellent start.
  8. Sirage

    Via de la Plata, April 2022 - to the Sanabrés, or Astorga?

    Jenny - you misunderstood me, I wasn't referring to your comment. I guess my expression was inadequate. I was attempting, perhaps unwisely, having just read another frustrating thread, to inhibit other peoples' subsequent rambling on a topic where timely facts and relevant experiences become...
  9. Sirage

    Via de la Plata, April 2022 - to the Sanabrés, or Astorga?

    I think that the biggest hurdle is the return to Australia if you have a positive PCR test just prior to departure from Spain. The Spanish confine you to a relevant hotel or Albergue locked up for days, and then the rigmarole of rebooking flights, perhaps a few times maybe, medical insurance...
  10. Sirage

    Via de la Plata in February

    I see lots of preferences for the Frances. Life is not as black and white as that. I suggest that Camino Norte is another good option even for a first Camino. Some say it is more difficult but I don't share that opinion. The Norte is an excellent walk, often good food, and occasionally some...
  11. Sirage

    Via de la Plata in February

    As davebugg said, and as it is early Spring there might be discomfort with snow and mud as you cross some high country after a few hundred kms. Perhaps some road walking if the track is impassable. Depends on how wet and cold winter will be of course. There are some good detailed posts on this...
  12. Sirage

    Via de la Plata End of Oct to mid-December?

    The Norte is a great walk, and if you pay attention you can get to Santiago with (almost ?) no walking on the Frances. I am planning on re-starting the vdlp from Seville in March or early April next year. I started in May 2015 but it got ridiculously hot very quickly so only got to Caceres -...
  13. Sirage

    Am I crazy to think about walking the Via de la Plata in July-Aug?

    A little searching indicated that a few years ago when 9,000 walked the vdlp, only 2,200 started in Seville. It would be interesting if anyone knows how many started in Seville by month, as I guess William's comments above about those finishing by month by route only tell part of the story. I am...
  14. Sirage

    Am I crazy to think about walking the Via de la Plata in July-Aug?

    As you asked the question, you clearly know the answer. You are crazy. Your logic that July and August is the only time windows is not sufficient reason to walk at that time. Practically you possibly can, others have. Did they enjoy their experience, or did they do it just to be able to tell...
  15. Sirage

    Where to Find a Credencial in Seville (Update February 2013)

    Today, Sat 16th May 2015 I went to the Iglesia del Sagario to have my credential stamped. Mass was being celebrated and so no security guard in attendance. I did other things and returned later about 15:00 and then it was closed. So I wandered around to the visitors entrance and asked the...
  16. Sirage

    Starting Vdlp 8 may (second camino)

    I get to Madrid on the 8th May, a few days in Cordoba and Seville. Start walking north about the 15th - hope to see some of you on the way. Destination Salamanca, perhaps Zemora. I am going for the pleasure of seeing Spain and the Spanish, so perhaps a few more rest days along the way.

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