Starting Mid March

Waka

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• Nov 15, 2016

• #1

Has anyone walked the VDLP starting from Saville mid March, if so are there any pitfalls

 

AML

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• Nov 15, 2016

• #2

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...es-via-de-la-plata-february-abril-2016.38377/
This is a great blog from SYates camino earlier this year.......
good luck

 

SYates

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• Nov 16, 2016

• #3

Major pitfalls (for me) where the stream crossings as it had been apparently a rainy winter, some of these streams looked like they could be much, much wider after a REALLY rainy winter. Buen Camino, SY

 

Waka

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• Nov 16, 2016

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SYates said:

Major pitfalls (for me) where the stream crossings as it had been apparently a rainy winter, some of these streams looked like they could be much, much wider after a REALLY rainy winter. Buen Camino, SY

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Whatever the weather I'm not taking diving gear. I will study your blog with interest.

 

mmm042

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• Nov 17, 2016

• #5

I've walked several times starting in mid-March. I liked it very much. Yes, you may have some swollen streams, but I can't think of any that were problematic. If the stream around Guillena is too deep, for example, you can just walk through town. And there's a stretch somewhere past Salamanca, I believe, where there can be water under a viaduct. But again, you can just skirt around (there are directions). Ditto with the spot just outside Montamarta.

Have fun!
Melanie

 

Cliff175

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• Jan 19, 2017

• #6

mmm042 said:

I've walked several times starting in mid-March. I liked it very much. Yes, you may have some swollen streams, but I can't think of any that were problematic. If the stream around Guillena is too deep, for example, you can just walk through town. And there's a stretch somewhere past Salamanca, I believe, where there can be water under a viaduct. But again, you can just skirt around (there are directions). Ditto with the spot just outside Montamarta.

Have fun!
Melanie

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Holla,
I'm walking the VDLP the third week of this march. I plan on taking a 600 fill down jacket, is that too warm ? I have a fleece jacket I could use instead. I'd appreciate your thoughts.
Thank You,Cliff

 

bsewall

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• Jan 19, 2017

• #7

I avoid down in sleeping bags and jackets primarily because of the risk that they may become wet and take forever to dry out. I have a mid-weight fleece jacket that has done me well on two Caminos. All I do is use layering underneath the jacket to adjust to hot and cold days.

To get an idea of what the weather and terrain are like in March and early April on the VdlP, you might want to visit my web site - http://camino.bsewall.com/wordpress/

 

Cliff175

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• Feb 6, 2017

• #8

Thank you, think I'll stay with the fleece ,
Appreciate your advice
Cliff