COVID December on the Via de la Plata

peterhore

Peter Hore

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CF 2012, others, hospitalero, resumed VdlP 2022

• Nov 11, 2021

• #1

I'm hoping to squeeze in a week in the Via de la Plata before Christmas, from Fuente de Cantos (where I'd got to just as the first lockdown began) northwards. Is anyone else planning to be on the Vdlp in December or have experience of what it's like in December?
Best
Peter

 

Larry OHeron

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Via De La Plata

• Nov 12, 2021

• #2

peterhore said:

I'm hoping to squeeze in a week in the Via de la Plata before Christmas, from Fuente de Cantos (where I'd got to just as the first lockdown began) northwards. Is anyone else planning to be on the Vdlp in December or have experience of what it's like in December?
Best
Peter

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Can't answer your specific questions, but I can tell you that merida is a beautiful city when you get there.

 

Xali1970

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2016 Primitivo
2018 Pimitivo, VdlP
2022 Too Many

• Nov 12, 2021

• #3

Cold and lonely.
You'll meet very few fellow pilgrims, and encounter freezing temperatures after dark.

 

David Tallan

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• Nov 19, 2021

• #4

You might get better (or at least more) answers if you posted this in the Via de la Plata forum. This is the Forum about businesses on the Via de la Plata that are suffering due to Covid loss of business and could use some help. Related, but not quite the same.

 

Yoah

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Frances (Winter 2022)

• Dec 7, 2021

• #5

Hi Peter,

Xali1970 said:

Cold and lonely.
You'll meet very few fellow pilgrims, and encounter freezing temperatures after dark.

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I walked from Fuente de Cantos to Zafra today and started the VdlP on December 3rd. What @Xali1970 says roughly echoes my experience.

While I've yet to meet another pilgrim, the weather has been good so far. Mornings and evenings are chilly (lowest temps so far about 3-4 degrees) but it warms up over the course of the day (highest temps about 22 degrees centigrade), especially when the sun's out. So not quite freezing yet, but I'm sure we'll get there, moving north and further into December.

Buen camino!

 

Last edited: Dec 7, 2021

peterhore

Peter Hore

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CF 2012, others, hospitalero, resumed VdlP 2022

• Dec 11, 2021

• #6

Thanks, Yoah, good luck on your Camino, I'll be several days behind you.
Buen camino!
Peter