Just completed the Via de la Plata/Sanabres hike.

[lunna]

Without a doubt, this was my favorite walk to date!

 

[Waka]

Are we going to have some details?

 

[SYates]

Congratulations on your arrival in Santiago! Buen Camino de la vida, SY

 

[lunna]

Congratulations on your arrival in Santiago! Buen Camino de la vida, SY

Thanks!

Are we going to have some details?

Are we going to have some details?

When I get home . Too many impressions right now. The weather was, overall, great, and the trail itself was almost all non-asphalt - great for the feet. The English guide was sadly worthless - I read German and used the red and yellow guides (I liked the text of the yellow guide more than the red, but the red had better maps). I also found the Eroski website really useful. Very few folks on the trail - between Sevilla and Salamanca, I may have run into ten folks maximum and really not that many more from there to Santiago. Last year I was in a more social mode, so the Norte had just the right mix (though the 70(?)% asphalt was murder) - this year I enjoyed the solitude immensely - at least ten times I had albergues all to myself. The Via is not for everyone - there were very, very few folks under 45 years old or so on the trail, unlike the Francais which is one party scene or the Norte, where most of the folks I met were in their late 20s and early 30s. I think you really need to enjoy getting in touch with yourself and being on your own without a lot of social reinforcement to do the Via - I think, understandably, a lot of younger folks wouldn't really enjoy the lack of a social scene, which the Norte and Francais offer. I'm not going to Fisterra or Muxia this year as I've hiked there previously, and I have to get back to work soon, though my favorite is Muxia.

Later I'll post more, including a couple of "do and don't dos."

 

[Saunterr]

I'm looking forward to hearing the details! The VDLP is on my short list for feb/march next year. I'm expecially interested in your experiences between Sevilla and Salamanca.

Congratulations!

 

[Barbara06]

When I did it in may 2015, I met many other pilgrims... it maybe depends on the season.
The scenery was beautifull, I really loved it

 

[Waka]

Thanks for the detail I look forward to follow ups.

 

[LesBrass]

I'm looking forward to hearing the details! The VDLP is on my short list for feb/march next year. I'm expecially interested in your experiences between Sevilla and Salamanca.

Congratulations!

I've just completed the VdlP... you can read about my travels here https://caminobrassblog.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/bordeaux-pizza-goodbyes/
https://caminobrassblog.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/bordeaux-pizza-goodbyes/
LOVED it!

 

[Saunterr]

I've just completed the VdlP... you can read about my travels here https://caminobrassblog.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/bordeaux-pizza-goodbyes/
LOVED it!

Thanks, LesBrass! Your blog is excellent--it makes for very good reading. . . and makes me yearn to lace up my shoes as soon as possible!

I've ordered the guidebook for the VdlP so I can stop fantasizing about this trip and start the planning to make it actually happen.

And like you, right before I leave, I know I'll wonder what I've gotten myself into this time! (I know this from extensive personal experience getting myself into--and out of--lots of (mis)adventures

 

[Raimund Joos]

Thanks!


When I get home . Too many impressions right now. The weather was, overall, great, and the trail itself was almost all non-asphalt - great for the feet. The English guide was sadly worthless - I read German and used the red and yellow guides (I liked the text of the yellow guide more than the red, but the red had better maps).

In the next edition of the yellow guide for the Via de la Plata also the maps will bee improved (1: 200 000)

Bon Camino !

Raimund

 

[lunna]

In the next edition of the yellow guide for the Via de la Plata also the maps will bee improved (1: 200 000)

Bon Camino !

Raimund

Vielen dank R!!! Heute habe ich nur ein Bruchteil meines Fotos angeschaut, und mein Gott na, wie schoen den ganzen Weg war-kaum zu glauben!

 

[lunna]

Hi folks - feel free to PM me if you like, and I'll be happy to share the 'google photos' links (there's only six links) to the literally thousands of photos taken during my October-November hike. Caveat emptor: I didn't edit them yet (to be honest, I'm not sure I will even bother doing so, as there are so many -some I haven't even looked at yet myself), so there will be duplicates and a couple of obscure shots - while some folks like to listen to music while walking, I tend to just snap away with my iphone - in particular, during the long, solitary stretches, and often where there are curves, bends and other little variations in the trail to break things up. Note that 'google photos,' for some reason, likes to make mini-movies, with corny music, of some of the photos, and so, I cannot take credit for such kitschiness The links/photos are sorted by date, but I'm not sure they actually show where they were taken (I think they do show up on my own google photos version, but I'm not sure about that either). To the extent that anyone is looking for exact place names, I'll have to try to remember, based on the dates, in cases where I don't actually recall the specific places, but can't promise I will be able to do so. I suppose some of the photos are pretty nice, but again, I haven't separated the wheat from the chaff.

 

[Peregrinopaul]

I've just completed the VdlP... you can read about my travels here https://caminobrassblog.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/bordeaux-pizza-goodbyes/LOVED it!

Just been reading the first week entries of your blog, LesBrass. You have captured it so well.
I was fascinated with your mention of the pilgrim who got into dire straits at the foot of El Calvario. When I was in a similar state of desperation, (though not sick), in the same spot, it never actually occurred to me to phone for help. As it was I didn't need to. You may be interested in my recent account in the thread What was the hardest part of the Camino de Santiago?