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  1. anthikes

    Via De La Plata In November

    It would be pretty grim particularly as you head further north. That said, you won't have a problem of extreme heat!
  2. anthikes

    LIVE from the Camino Currently Walking VDLP - Daily Updates

    Good to see other pilgrims out there. I am starting the Portuguese Coastal on Friday. Did the VdLP last year and is my fave to date. Good luck and hope it doesn't get too hot.
  3. anthikes

    Via de la Plata, camping and eating

    I am also going to carry a camping stove on my two caminos this year (from Almeria and Irun). I recall a lot of good kitchens on the VDLP without any means to cook. Also the outside space too - important if you are using a gas stove! I also found it hard to find cafes some early mornings and...
  4. anthikes

    Via de la Plata, camping and eating

    There are not too many formal campgrounds along the route but you will find that some albergues, particularly away from the large towns might let you camp in their yard. I have done this along the Frances and Portuguese route but did not carry a tent along the VDLP.
  5. anthikes

    Via de la Plata mid March

    I started on March 31st from Sevilla last year and think anytime from mid-March to end of April is a good time to go. I did find the weather quite chilly at times, mainly from wind chill, particularly north of Salamanca. If I was doing it again I'd leave mid April. That said, it was a cold...
  6. anthikes

    Favorite Via de la Plata YouTube Video?

    Mine is linked in my signature but I went via Astorga. I also filmed it on a crappy phone, so don't expect the quality to be very good!
  7. anthikes

    Via De La Plata 2020

    I don't think you'll have an issue with temperatures but quite a few albergues will be closed. I did my Via in April/May of last year and noted a lot of public albergues only opened from March or later. I think private ones are more likely to be open though.
  8. anthikes

    Via De La Plata 2020

    Waymarking for me was very good but I did go astray a couple of times. One time in particular I was sent over some farmland and ended up near a farmhouse where two incredibly angry dogs stood guard. I basically wasted over an hour of walking and was very frustrated to turn back - I caught the...
  9. anthikes

    Via De La Plata 2020

    I ended up having to carry a lot of food for the daytime as many villages were borderline abandoned! I did the whole VDLP up to Astorga, while most of my fellow pilgrims took the Sanabres route (which I'd recommend!). Was quite a culture shock to be back on the CF at Astorga with all the...
  10. anthikes

    starting in a few days

    Bravo for doing it in summer!
  11. anthikes

    Starting in seville

    You can also get it in the Tirana backpackers, only cost 2 euros. Great place to stay too!
  12. anthikes

    Vía de la Plata as a first camino

    I walked the VDLP this year from Sevilla via Astorga. I am in two minds what to recommend. As it's your first camino you might like to mix things up by being on the quieter VDLP and then hitting the crowds on the Frances. I met a girl who actually switched from the VDLP to the Frances because...
  13. anthikes

    The VDLP guidebook and some useful advice for future hikers

    Desperately sorry to disappoint you, but I am not writing a guide. I never said I would, but it would be up to date if I did e.g. having just walked it myself, and not relying on or taking third party info. When the guidebook went out of date, probably after one year, I'd then stop selling it...
  14. anthikes

    The VDLP guidebook and some useful advice for future hikers

    There is an opportunity for someone to write a killer guidebook for the VDLP, similar to the quality of Brierley's. I wonder if Brierley will ever write one for the Via? If he does, then I hope he at least walks it himself before he issues a new edition. I met a number of pilgrims who still...
  15. anthikes

    The VDLP guidebook and some useful advice for future hikers

    I must have been unlucky. Maybe because it was around Easter, and all the owners of the bars, shops and albergues were sipping their Sangrias on the Med.
  16. anthikes

    The VDLP guidebook and some useful advice for future hikers

    Yes it would have been more accurate two years ago.
  17. anthikes

    The VDLP guidebook and some useful advice for future hikers

    Thank you. I didn't write too much because I was videoing my trip for Youtube. The videos didn't come out too well tbh, mainly due to my crappy phone camera, but I hope I captured some interesting stuff. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY4l2veb9yy6zRHOjYRvbKg I used Windmaps app, it has the...
  18. anthikes

    The VDLP guidebook and some useful advice for future hikers

    One month on from finishing the VDLP in Santiago, so I thought I'd write some useful info, and also comment on the guidebook by Gerald Kelly. The guidebook is only just that, a guide. I'd say it was a rough guide more than anything. It's clearly not updated that often and has a lot of...
  19. anthikes

    Camino Via de la plata - May rain?

    I started to find the flies annoying on the few hot April days down south. Maybe not an issue for most, but I'd consider packing a head net if I was leaving in May.
  20. anthikes

    VdlP ‘compostela’

    The VDLP ending was an anticlimax in Astorga. Nothing on the streets to mark the end. There were no yellow arrows coming into the town either.

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