From Almaden de la Plata (70km north of Seville) to Santiago de Compostela
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Hundreds of kilometres from Santiago a faded yellow arrow provides reassurance that you are on the right track Having walked the Camino Francés (from St Jean) in 2010, the Camino Portugues (from Porto) in 2012, and parts (another story) of the Primitivo in 2013, the itch returned in the spring of 2014. We had heard that the Del Norte involved climbing most days and that it was difficult. The Via de la Plata looked more appealing but was longer and we were worried about the temperatures in the first half of the journey. We were also a bit concerned that, for a couple who had been collecting their pensions for a number of years, we may be coming a little too ambitious. In the end we decided to give it a go on the basis that if it became too much for either of us we would call a halt. The next problem was to decide on dates. The spring was out for family reasons although I am of the view that starting in the spring before it gets too hot in Andalucia is probably the ideal. It al