Antonius Vaessen
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2015-2016 VdlPlata - Sanabres
2016.Primitivo
2017 Salvador
2018 Norte (to Sobrado)
2019 Norte again
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Antonius, this is genuinely "live" from the Plata https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/the-writers-on-the-vdlp.73783/ you will not get better information or opinionI am walking the Camino frances at the moment. It is getting to crowded for me ( am in Puente d la Reina now) a bed race is developing. I am thinking of changing over to the Via de la Plata, starting in Salamanca. Can anybody who is walking there tell me how busy it is, also in relation to the available number of beds in albergues.I would not like to change from one bed race to another.
AV,Antonius, this is genuinely "live" from the Plata https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/the-writers-on-the-vdlp.73783/ you will not get better information or opinion
Why can't the people responsible for this...?
Who would this be?those responsible for dealing with these basic resource issues.
I'm in Salamanca at present and it's perfect, but it looks like the usual resource issues are coming soon to a completo albergue near you. Why can't the people responsible for this get their act together at local level? Bed races are a nasty business and unless they get it sorted out they'll cause pilgrims a lot of grief. How hard is it to get someone in each village to coordinate? And keep the churches open? This 8s an ancient tradition and needs to be taken seriously, and also a goose that lays a lot of golden eggs. I carry a tent and a tarp so I'm ok, but I sympathise with those who are at the mercy of those responsible for dealing with these basic resource issues.
Thanks for the link, I missed this thread. It is great to read.Antonius, this is genuinely "live" from the Plata https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/the-writers-on-the-vdlp.73783/ you will not get better information or opinion
Because we are not the center of the universe and they have more important and pressing concerns. The big picture is people on the ground may be struggling, and we are less important than dealing with that.Why can't the people responsible for this get their act together at local level?
No better way to help the local economy then by generating more revenue through tourism. More jobs, more money for local social projects etc.. There is an opportunity there for the local communities.Because we are not the center of the universe and they have more important and pressing concerns. The big picture is people on the ground may be struggling, and we are less important than dealing with that.
Your statement may be true of some of the caminos in small villages especially on the CF, CP. I do not know if you have walked on the VDLP. This is not a camino for everyone. It also has a pretty short season of when the vast majority of people would want to walk. There are very few who walk this camino. In 2019 only 9,200 received Compostelas and over 4,000 of them started in Ourense. The Sarria of the VDLP haha. There are very long stretches without towns or services. There are very few pilgrims walking. I can tell you that outside of private and municipal albergues virtually no business whatsoever thinks about Pilgrims as a source of generating revenue. Many of the villages that you stay in are tiny with very little in the way of services. There is little that could change this as this Camino as among others because of difficulty etc. will probably never be economic drivers.No better way to help the local economy then by generating more revenue through tourism. More jobs, more money for local social projects etc.. There is an opportunity there for the local communities.
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