[Gocamino] The Via de la Plata in September and October

[Nobody really]

Unless you have camping gear there's really only three days that you HAVE to
walk more than thirty kilometers, but the first one you'll hit by your
second or third day out from Sevilla - the leg from Castilblanco de los
Arroyos to Alamaden de la Plata.  (Note, I went the northwestern route
through Ourense, not all the way up to Astorga and joining the Camino
Frances there).

That's the one that sticks out in my mind because it was very hot and very
rocky.  I think about all the way to Zamora I was consuming about three
liters of water a day on the trail and dropped to a 1.5L once I moved into
the mountains and it was cooler.

I'll have to look at my journal when I get back home at the end of the week
to recall the other two legs, but by the time I hit those I was clocking
40-50km a day (No, I wasn't in a hurry and you don't have to get to the next
refugio to find a bed like on the Camino Frances; I just really enjoyed my
walk on the Camino).

Regards, Nev

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Ferguson" <richard at fergusonsculpture.com>
To: <nevhyn at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 9:28 PM
Subject: Fwd: [Gocamino] The Via de la Plata in September and October


> Nev
>
> Please comment on the long days (days over 30 km) that you encountered.
> You can reply to me privately or to the group.  Thanks.
>
> Richard
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>>Haven't read this listserv in moons and the first time I open one, I see a
>>couple of individuals opining about walking in September and October.
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>>I set out from Sevilla last September 29th, arriving in Santiago five
>>weeks
>>later.  Very hot when making your way out of Andalucia and through
>>Extremadura, be prepared for days above 30 degrees Celsius.  Also, by the
>>time you reach Caceres, there will be rain and it will increase as you
>>move
>>forward.  In other words, take clothes for all seasons.
>>
>>A much more solitary route than the Camino Frances, there will be days on
>>the Camino and nights in the albergues where you won't see anyone, won't
>>run
>>into anyone else.  I had days of companionship and solitariness both; and
>>welcomed both.  I wouldn't have had it any other way.
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>>Buen Camino.
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>>- Nev
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