Kathrine Tejlgård Jensen
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- Camino Frances and Camino Finisterre
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I think that VDLP is the less crowded of the caminos; last year, for instance, it has been walked by 9221 pilgrims, Vs 172243 that chose the french way.Hi everyone!
How is the social life? Will I meet other people? (I am 22)
The heat will be a very serious concern. When I walked it (starting mid-September) the temperatures reached the 40s (C) by the afternoon. Stories abound of dehydrated pilgrims having to be rescued. You'd need to walk v early in the morning and finish by midday, latest. But then I'm English and not used to it!Hi everyone!
Last year I walked Camino Frances and I loved it because I met so many nice and kind people and also cause I really enjoyed the walking part. This year I thought about doing something similar which is why I looked at Via de la Plata. I have some questions about the route:
I want to walk from 14th of July to 22nd of August (ish) - is this doable? Both timewise and taking the heat in concerns?
How are the prices (food and albergues) compared to the french route?
How is the social life? Will I meet other people? (I am 22)
And off course - heads up if anyone is going too!
Thanks
Buen Camino
Kathrine
Our friends Mike and Ruth are on the VdlP right now. You can read about their journey (they started in Melide) on their blog: http://ourboatleavestheharbor.blogspot.com/Hi everyone!
Last year I walked Camino Frances and I loved it because I met so many nice and kind people and also cause I really enjoyed the walking part. This year I thought about doing something similar which is why I looked at Via de la Plata. I have some questions about the route:
I want to walk from 14th of July to 22nd of August (ish) - is this doable? Both timewise and taking the heat in concerns?
How are the prices (food and albergues) compared to the french route?
How is the social life? Will I meet other people? (I am 22)
And off course - heads up if anyone is going too!
Thanks
Buen Camino
Kathrine
We came across a young married mendigo couple who were attempting to do the Sanabres with NO spare cash and begging/working their way from town to town. They were wearing heavy woollen gowns and we had mid 30s temps. They were facing a night in a bus shelter so we gave them money for the night so they could get beds. And I bought extra groceries which I gave them as their supplies were running low. We didn't see them the next day as they left late and we never heard of them from any others. I know they had been up late discussing their options the night before. I dearly hope they left to go home otherwise they were at high risk of divorce!On the night hubby and I flew out of Lisbon last year after walking the Portuguese route we met two 18 year old Swedish girls who were about to walk. They were completely clueless. We gave them a bag of cherries, our accommodation list and a lecture;-) They had not yet thought about needing to carry water and had not tried putting up the tent they had just bought!
(Actually, the lecture was limited to urging them to buy a couple of plastic bottles before they set out so they would not run out of water)
Disclaimer: I live in the Australian tropics and previously lived in desert country so I prefer temps that are over 25 deg C and usually don't start to feel it until 35 deg C. My main walking buddy lives in the Canary Islands where it is permanently Spring type warm temps so he also was used to warmer temps. It took me 37 walking days to get to SdC from Sevilla. There are some stages that we could have done faster but I liked the pace we had as we came out the other side with no significant blisters or injuries.
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I'm going to start walking the VdlP on July 13th in Sevilla. I read a lot about walking it in summer from other pilgrims and I really think if you take enough water and start early in the morning, it's doable and also enjoyable. The reason why I'm walking it in summer is that I'm a student (I'm 19 by the way). It would have been great to meet you on the way, but I can understand if you choose a different route. But maybe you'll think about it again!
I did meet a couple of 18 year old students who did it last year - June-July. They were camping as well. Otherwise the youngest people tend to be in their late 40s and above at least until you get to Salamanca. On the Sanabres you may bump into the odd school group in the last week depending on when you go. My biggest worry was walking for weeks by myself. The reality for me is that you always bump into someone along the way unless you choose not to. Unless you are doing the Mozarabe where my friend didn't meet anyone from Granada to Merida. Most pilgrims on the VDLP are old enough to have kids and if you get into strife would treat you the way the way we would hope pilgrims would treat our own kids. But without the lectures! Prices go up the closer you get to Santiago.
I enjoyed walking mid June to late July. Yes it's hot but the camino has an arid beauty at that time of year. Disclaimer: I live in the Australian tropics and previously lived in desert country so I prefer temps that are over 25 deg C and usually don't start to feel it until 35 deg C. My main walking buddy lives in the Canary Islands where it is permanently Spring type warm temps so he also was used to warmer temps. It took me 37 walking days to get to SdC from Sevilla. There are some stages that we could have done faster but I liked the pace we had as we came out the other side with no significant blisters or injuries.
Go for it @Sophie Luise ! Great day to start it being my birthday and all
A long sleeved thin merino baselayer which I picked up at our local Kathmandu. And I never used it walking, just afterwards. I walked in two t-shirts which I alternated. One was a lightweight Adidas running shirt I had which was light but didn't really tolerate the rubbing of the packstraps well so was looking a bit sad by the end and got burnt at Fisterra. The other was my Montane Bionic shirt which I loved. http://www.mainpeak.com.au/montane-bionic-t-shirt-men-s/ should give you an idea. On a cold morning I added my windjacket,an Arcteryx Squamish, which is very lightweight. The coldest temp I ever walked in was 12 degrees in Extremadura. The hottest was about 36 degrees also in Extremadura. I was lucky and often seemed to be in the one cool-ish part of Spain during last year's heatwave. The heat is a dry heat so you don't see that much sweat on your skin which can be risky in that you don't realise you are dehydrating as much as you are.I worked on the theory that if it was unexpectedly cold I would just buy something in whatever small town I was in and if I had to I would layer every bit of clothing I had - potentially two tshirts, the longsleeve lightweight baselayer, my windjacket and my poncho. I did carry a sleeping bag and a silk liner and alternated between them both. I don't sleep well if the temp is under 20 degrees.What was the warmest piece of clothing you brought? Cause I'm thinking it will be hotter that CF (I walked CF last year from mid July to mid August).
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