S.Yates - Via de la Plata - Feb/March 2016

[SYates]

Sorry about the formal thread title, just wanted to make it show up with some sense/info in the calendar section ;-) I will arrive 3rd February in Sevilla and will start to walk the Via de la Plata 2/3 days later, hoping to reach Santiago. Very excited! Buen Camino, SY

 

[NualaOC]

Buen Camino!

 

[Houlet]

Good Luck, I did it in May this year and thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

[VNwalking]

SY, you do mean 2016, right?
Buen Camino...May you have a deeply wonderful journey!

 

[SYates]

SY, you do mean 2016, right?
Buen Camino...May you have a deeply wonderful journey!

I do indeed my sharp-eyed friend, thanks for spotting it (corrected now) and thanks for your good wishes. I hope we meet one day on the way, SY

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

Sorry about the formal thread title, just wanted to make it show up with some sense/info in the calendar section ;-) I will arrive 3rd February in Sevilla and will start to walk the Via de la Plata 2/3 days later, hoping to reach Santiago. Very excited! Buen Camino, SY

Hi SY, wish you well and a wonderful Camino, Peter.

 

[alansykes]

I will arrive 3rd February in Sevilla and will start to walk the Via de la Plata 2/3 days later, hoping to reach Santiago. Very excited! Buen Camino, SY

I've been hoping to do a camino at that time for years, but sadly my sheep lamb then, so can't get away.

If you're lucky, the almond will be just starting to flower, which I used to think of as the first day of spring when I lived in the midi of France. And I'm told that spring moves north at roughly walking speed, so you may have 30-40 days of the "first day of spring". Very envious, buen camino.

 

[Castilian]

Enjoy every step and every stop of your camino SYates!

 

[Christian Hiriart]

Hope you have an awesome Camino... Cheers Chris

 

[Anemone del Camino]

I've been hoping to do a camino at that time for years, but sadly my sheep lamb then, so can't get away.

If you're lucky, the almond will be just starting to flower, which I used to think of as the first day of spring when I lived in the midi of France. And I'm told that spring moves north at roughly walking speed, so you may have 30-40 days of the "first day of spring". Very envious, buen camino.

What a lovely image, always the first day of spring.

 

[OzAnnie]

Not long to wait. Will you use a guide or just rely on the arrows ?
Buen Camino

 

[SYates]

I ordered the German Guide to the VdlP and, thanks to a friend, will have an iPhone on loan with me with maps, GPS and apps loaded onto it, but realistically I think I will mostly rely on my "arrow radar" ;-) Very excited and can't wait, SY

 

[grayland]

The are some interesting threads from early last year. Lots of water over the trail in places as I remember. I am not sure if that was more toward Spring or not.
I only had dust to contend with in mid-August.
There were actually very long stretches of 2"to 5" dust in places. Over my shoes and no way around it.
I measured it with my poles so the depth is not an exaggeration.

February sounds like a great time for the VdlP. You should have most of the route to yourself.
Buen Camino!

 

[SYates]

Thanks @grayland seems the south of Spain has experienced lately a dry spell, so hopefully the arroyos will not be too bad. Buen Camino in January, SY

 

[domigee]

Buen camino!