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Luka said:I Do people set off very early to arrive early at the albergue? Are there rows of backpacks in front of the door? Does everyone find a place to stay? Do people have to sleep on the floor? Is there a peak on certain days of the week? For example, because everyone arrives in Sevilla in the weekend and starts walking on Monday?
peregrino_tom said:hmmm. I just checked Joan and Stuart's blog page. They certainly like to start quite early, but I think that was mainly for the heat and because they like to finish in time for lunch at their destination.
bsewall said:The bubble has subsided to about 40 or 45. We're in El Real de la Jara right now. I decided to stay with the bubble based on advice from a veteran that people on the Camino will always find room for you, and so far that has been true. It has been a good lesson in trust.
Great pics !!!! Thanks for posting !Ha! I think you are in for a culture shock. I walked Oct/Nov in 2010 and there were very few people around, but I never had one night completely alone - always one, two or three others. Racing to the next place was completely unnecessary. Lots of people I met started with sleeping mats but all had discarded them after a couple of weeks. The most basic accommodation we experienced was at Valdesalor
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peregrino_ ... 5592226184
I looked through a few guestbooks between Caceres and Fuenterroble and it appeared that March and early April was a 'busy' time (for the VDLP) but that then numbers started to fall into summer, only rising again in September after the worst of the heat was over.
I found the stretch before Merida was hard work, but after that it was great
we ,my husband and i,walked from Merida to Salamanca in April/May of last year ,ending in Salamanca for the Easter 4 days .We met about 12 peregrinos during that time of about 2 weeks ,and often met up with the 3 people we had met after Merida .No not crowded ,more people as we got towards Salamanca and Easter .One small hostel in a village outside Salamanca was full ,6 beds ,but those of us who could not get a bed just walked to side of road near the turn off and got the bus to Zamorra .Stayed at hostals most of the time ,monasteries and small houses some places larger hostels where we collected keys .I thing you would need to work out approximately where you will be at Easter and perhaps book a room somewhere -the larger towns are full of Spanish tourists tooI will be on the Via de la Plata (the first part, Sevilla - Salamanca) in May this year. I am wondering how many other pilgrims I should expect. I found these numbers (people who completed the Via de la Plata):
2006: 3,523
2007: 4,193
2008: 5,104
2009: 6,254
2010: 14,206
2011: 8,068
2012: 8,164
But it depends of course on where those pilgrims started and when they walked. I expect that most people are walking somewhere in spring or autumn.
Why I would like to know? Well mostly to find out if there is a run for beds on this Camino already. Do people set off very early to arrive early at the albergue? Are there rows of backpacks in front of the door? Does everyone find a place to stay? Do people have to sleep on the floor? Is there a peak on certain days of the week? For example, because everyone arrives in Sevilla in the weekend and starts walking on Monday?
Other aspects of a more populair Camino? Like more commercial activity, more pilgrims' infrastructure (like fountains, shops that stay open during siesta...)?
Anyone who has recent information or went there the same time of the year?
Ha! I think you are in for a culture shock. I walked Oct/Nov in 2010 and there were very few people around, but I never had one night completely alone - always one, two or three others. Racing to the next place was completely unnecessary. Lots of people I met started with sleeping mats but all had discarded them after a couple of weeks. The most basic accommodation we experienced was at Valdesalor
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peregrino_ ... 5592226184
I looked through a few guestbooks between Caceres and Fuenterroble and it appeared that March and early April was a 'busy' time (for the VDLP) but that then numbers started to fall into summer, only rising again in September after the worst of the heat was over.
I found the stretch before Merida was hard work, but after that it was great
Some great pics you have there, Tom!!!Ha! I think you are in for a culture shock. I walked Oct/Nov in 2010 and there were very few people around, but I never had one night completely alone - always one, two or three others. Racing to the next place was completely unnecessary. Lots of people I met started with sleeping mats but all had discarded them after a couple of weeks. The most basic accommodation we experienced was at Valdesalor
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peregrino_ ... 5592226184
I looked through a few guestbooks between Caceres and Fuenterroble and it appeared that March and early April was a 'busy' time (for the VDLP) but that then numbers started to fall into summer, only rising again in September after the worst of the heat was over.
I found the stretch before Merida was hard work, but after that it was great
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