Category: Via de la Plata 2024
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Camino via de la Plata day 16: Fuenterroble de Salvatierra to Morile (29.3km)
It was a very rainy night and morning. Everything in flatter areas was flooded once again. I walked two hours in the rain. I tried to do some pictures and videos. That was a big mistake. Moisture got into my cameras and practically nothing works properly. Hopefully it gets better by tomorrow. The road split…
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Camino via de la Plata day 15: Aldanueva del Camino to Fuenterroble de Salvatierra (42.3km)
I was so hungry this morning that I walked right to the first open café before sunrise. It was a good way to pass a little time too. The first 10km to Baños de Montemayor was on the old N-630. Then from town the route split and went heavily uphill. The 3km it took to…
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Camino via de la Plata day 14: Carcaboso to Aldenueva del Camino (37.8km)
Second week on the Camino has passed. I covered 224km in the last 7 days. With this I am back on schedule to finish in under 5 weeks. First week was a bit weak, but this one made up for it. Beginning of this week it was raining and the trails were barely passable, now…
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Camino via de la Plata day 13: Cañaveral to Carcaboso (38.0km)
First two thirds were on natural terrain today. There was so much water standing still in the grasslands with cows. I had to change for dry socks already after 15km of walking. One of the bulls showed readiness to charge, so a little detour around the other cows helped. Its nice to have a day…
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Camino via de la Plata day 12: Cáceres to Cañaveral (45.4km)
I started the day still in the dark. Its not a big deal to do in cities. Getting out of the city was planned beside a small car road and then switch to the Camino trail for the rest of the day. The car road CC-38 was extremely busy with traffic. Luckily only 3km was…
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Camino via de la Plata day 11: Alcuéscar to Cáreces (37.3km)
I exited the monastery before sunrise. Big day planned after all. The landscape was supposed to be relatively flat all day and that would mean a lot of water still around the trail. I was very lucky in the morning. While walking towards the 7km Camino trail to the next village, I noticed several cars…
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Camino via de la Plata day 10: El Carrascalejo to Aluéscar (21.8km)
First thing in the morning was a short walk to the next village of Aljucen. It was much bigger than the village I had stayed in. From Aljucen the trail turned away from car roads and entered a national park. The whole 19km walk in the park and roads thereafter was going uphill. I was…
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Camino via de la Plata day 9: Torremejía to El Carrascalejo (29.2km)
Daylight savings time made the morning darker than usual. The Camino trail was following the N-630 road into Merida on farm roads. The landscape was completely flat and the trail underwater. Many pilgrims (including me) walked the car road into Merida. With only two cars per hour passing me, it was quite relaxing. I walked…
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Camino via de la Plata day 8: Almendralejo to Torremejía (14.6km)
I was given a few good hours without rain in the morning. I used them for speedhiking into Torremejía. Getting out of Almendralejo was really simple. Another rail bridge and highway bridge crossing later I found myself back on the open plains. Half of the walk today was just to connect back with the official…
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Camino via de la Plata day 7: Villafranca de los Barros to Almendralejo (18.0km)
185km done on the first week of the Camino. Pretty good considering the first day was just an evening walk. I need to pick up the pace again once the worst of the rain has passed. It started to rain hard yesterday evening and kept raining non-stop. The hiking trail is of good quality here,…
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Camino via de la Plata day 6: Calzadilla de los Barros to Villafranca de los Barros (37.8km)
The temperature has normalized finally. It was +9°C in the morning and reached +18°C in the afternoon. This is the weather I expected all the way to Santiago to be like. I am travelling northbound while getting closer to Summer after all. Things should more or less stay the same. I am surprised by how…
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Camino via de la Plata day 5: Monesterio to Calzadilla de los Barros (26.9km)
Its almost as cold as yesterday, but way more wind and rain. Did not feel like pushing another 17.5km to Zafra. Roads are getting very muddy and the nice concrete way markers disappeared a little after Monesterio. The 20km walk from Monesterio to Fuente de Cantos had 2 different phased. First you walk between olive…
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