Hi,
I traveled 2017 on Via de la Plata in Smapin. I started on September, 29th in Sevilla. These days were unusual hot, therefore the start was very difficult. I did another mistake, I started at 13:00. I had only one bottle of water and one apple. Until Guillena (19km) there were no possibility to buy some thing or even to rest. 10 km industrial area and 10km fields.
Arrived in Guillena around 19:00, very tired and dried :) The albergue was very nice, almost at town entrance.
There some photos of my first day