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Hi,
Has anyone ever walked the southern section of the VdP at that time of the year?
Alexandra
Good reminder, @Kanga . At the infamous ‘albergue’ near the embalse (sorry, exact name escapes me) one fellow arrived in very poor shape indeed. He had run out of water and it was a loooooong stretch that day. I was worried about him but I never saw him again as he left the following morning at 4am. (And the hospitalera was up too to prepare his breakfastJust bear in mind that people died this year on the VdlP - two directly from heat stress.
Hi,
I would like to go back on the VdP next year, starting in Sevilla and trying to get to Salamanca in 3 weeks.
Due to circumstances at work and family business I do not see a chance to get there before the beginning of June.
Has anyone ever walked the southern section of the VdP at that time of the year?
I expect it to be rather hot, but that does not really frighten me. I had 35-40°C on the Portugues in August 2017 and some days with about 35° C on my Camino Primitivo this year. I could cope with that, rising early and trying to finish by 2'o clock in the afternoon. Any suggestions/recommendations?
I am also looking for company on the first three stages from Seville. Anyone else planning to be there next June?
I am fifty year old, from Germany, speak German, Englisch, Spanish, French and am recently learning Italian. I am used to walk distances between 20 and 35 km at an average speed 4 km/h.
BC
Alexandra
Hi,
I would like to go back on the VdP next year, starting in Sevilla and trying to get to Salamanca in 3 weeks.
Due to circumstances at work and family business I do not see a chance to get there before the beginning of June.
Has anyone ever walked the southern section of the VdP at that time of the year?
I expect it to be rather hot, but that does not really frighten me. I had 35-40°C on the Portugues in August 2017 and some days with about 35° C on my Camino Primitivo this year. I could cope with that, rising early and trying to finish by 2'o clock in the afternoon. Any suggestions/recommendations?
I am also looking for company on the first three stages from Seville. Anyone else planning to be there next June?
I am fifty year old, from Germany, speak German, Englisch, Spanish, French and am recently learning Italian. I am used to walk distances between 20 and 35 km at an average speed 4 km/h.
BC
Alexandra
Well, you’re all sorted then! Buen camino.Hi,
I am not interested in further warnings, that it might be too hot and too dangerous, to start in June.
I know that many pilgrims prefer to walk the Via de la Plata in spring or in autum because of the milder temperatures. I have also done some Caminos in March/April or in September/October and I did not like it because of the rain and low temperatures and the darkness which is coming too early. I really enjoyed the previous Caminos which I walked in June because of the long days.
I have already checked the average and Maximum temperatures for that section of the Via de la Plata at Aemet. There may be days with 35°C+, but the main heat is in July and August and may prevail until Mid-September.
I also know about the pilgrims who died before reaching Almaden de la Plata. The German pilgrim died from a sudden heart attack, not from dehydration (his widow has told me about the circumstances of his death). I know that this is one of the most demanding stages at the beginning. This is one of the reasons for which I would prefer to walk it in company.
Catching a bus forward if it is too hot, is still an option. I know that autobuses LEDA run a regular Service between Seville and Merida, stopping in many villages along the Via.
BC
Alexandra
Alexandra:
The difficulty will be finding someone who walks at your pace and enjoys the heat.
Any walk can be done safely with preparation.
Ultreya,
Joe
I am very glad that you were ok and able to deal with running out of water, but I would strongly recommend that people walking in summer months on these hot routes have an understanding of where the next stops are. Last summer, two pilgrims died on different sections of the Vdlp/Sanabrés. While I do not want to revive the debate over their cause of death, I just wanted to pipe in here to say that trusting the arrows is fine, but knowing where the next stop is and having enough water is essential.I walked in the summer of 2010 started in Sevilla late May about the 27th. We carried lots of water about 2.5 liter each as we walked without any book only following the arrows, running out of water was a problem three times but we lived. We loved the route and the peace, few other pilgrims at the start but more the farther we walked.
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