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Hi Laurie et al., thanks for the information. Since Easter will be on April 20 in 2014, does that mean it'd better to start either the first or last week of April in order to avoid the Holy Week and Easter's crowd? Another reason for me to start in April, rather than later, is that the airfare from the U.S. would be cheaper... Buen camino! HieuHere's a plug for May -- I started once from Sevilla in mid April and once in May, and there were big crowds in April and non in early May. This may have to do with Easter, though, because I think a lot of people start their Vdlp in Holy Week (the week before Easter). In 2014, Easter is very late, so maybe the April crowds will be less than the early May crowds this year!
Either way, you'll love the Vdlp. Buen camino, Laurie
Hi, Hieu,
Well, of course this is all unscientific and anecdotal, and if you've read Tom's comments about how chaos theory plays into all of this, you'll take anything I or anyone else says with a grain of salt. http://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/full-albergues-every-day.18600/
But if it's right that a lot of people start in Sevilla at the beginning of Holy Week, and if it's also right that the earlier in April you go, the higher your chances of bad weather, I guess the week after Easter would be the best for both of those concerns. In the final analysis, though, I think it really isn't that big of a deal, I would just avoid starting in Holy Week. And what I found was that the "wave theory" really holds true. If you find yourself in a big bubble of pilgrims on the Vdlp, it's usually the case that slowing down or speeding up for a day or two will get you out of it. A German I walked with paid careful attention to tally up the albergue totals ahead of us by looking at the registry and guest books and the variations were tremendous from one day to the next.
Good luck with your planning, no matter when you go, springtime is beautiful on the Vdlp! Laurie
I had walked the Camino Frances last Spring. I am planning to walk again and heard that the VDLP is longer and less crowded. I am retired so time is not an issue. Currently I'm narrowing down to the time of departure and researching the "long" stages (comparing to CF) and albergues.....
Buen Camino
I had walked the Camino Frances last Spring. I am planning to walk again and heard that the VDLP is longer and less crowded. I am retired so time is not an issue. Currently I'm narrowing down to the time of departure and researching the "long" stages (comparing to CF) and albergues. Any word of wisdom would be much appreciated.
I've been reading the posts on this forum and came to the conclusion that Spring is a good time to walk the VDLP. I assume that April is a better month to start than March. Though the weather is unpredictable, "generally" April should have less rain and also less swollen "streams/rivers" to ford. Another positive is that there should have more albergues open in April. Are my assumptions correct? Are there positives to walk in March rather than April? I would appreciate any feedback/advice that you might have.
Buen Camino
Thanks for the blog. I have enjoyed reading it. I look forward to further updates. I am planning to walk the VDLP starting in Early April next year.myour blog has given me an insight to this Camino. I walked the Camino Frances in April Maynof this year.I began on March 17th, 2010. The streams were swollen but after the first day were no problem. I'm just now blogging about, http://www.the-raft-of-corks.com/bl...corks/the-camino-de-santiago/via-de-la-plata/
buen camino,
John
Thanks Laurie. I will definitely look into your stages and albergues. I was looking at the link http://caminodesantiago.consumer.es/. I counted a total of 11 stages over 30 km and one stage that is 40.5 km long. On the CF, I averaged 25 km a day. So, the VDLP stages are a little farther than I was used to. However, as it's my second camino, I think I'll be alright. Thanks again and buen camino. HieuHi Hieu,
Just to say that you should let us know what you think are the "long" stages, because when I walked the Vdlp, I was able to find workarounds for all of the reported long stages. My stages are here:
http://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/my-stages-on-the-vdlp.8961/
Bottom line -- there are workarounds, you don't ever have to walk 40 kms on the Vdlp, though you may have to walk some really short days to do that. That is the dilemma. Buen camino, Laurie
...as the construction is still proceeding at pace (or it will as long as the German tax payers keep loaning to the Spanish Govt!!).
Agree - I have deleted this section. MYou don't want to go into this on this forum! It's so inappropriate...
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