On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 9.0

[Former member 49149]

CF August 9, 2019 on the way down from O Cebreiro. Does anyone know what kind of flower/fruit this is? It's beautiful and interesting looking. Its nectar must be sweet as the bee stopped to take it in. Is it a fig or prickly pear?
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Would love to say i found it, but no. Prickly pear seem to be attached to succulents, and your photo does not seem to be so attached... but then, I used a very superficial search!

 

[mspath]

CF August 9, 2019 on the way down from O Cebreiro. Does anyone know what kind of flower/fruit this is? It's beautiful and interesting looking. Its nectar must be sweet as the bee stopped to take it in. Is it a fig or prickly pear, or?
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FourSeasons,
If your photo is stored in Google Photos tap it with Google Lens and an answer should appear.
Good luck and happy research.

 

[FourSeasons]

FourSeasons,
If your photo is stored in Google Photos tap it with Google Lens and an answer should appear.
Good luck and happy research.

You are brilliant!! I only have my photos on my iPhone but I swiped up on the photo and there is a leaf icon that says Look Up-Plant. So, I did and it's a species of plant Musk thistle.
Carduus nutans, with the common names musk thistle, noddling thistle and nodding plumeless thistle, is a biennial plant in the daisy and sunflower family Asteraceae. It is native to regions of Eurpoe and Asia.
It’s pretty but quite thistley. Now we know.

 

[Former member 49149]

Help me - how did you get the leaf Icon? Yesterday I tried not very hard to find an identifier but it was going to cost me money and I said no thanks... I have an iphone and an ipad - what trick do I not know? Thanks in advance.

 

[FourSeasons]

Help me - how did you get the leaf Icon? Yesterday I tried not very hard to find an identifier but it was going to cost me money and I said no thanks... I have an iphone and an ipad - what trick do I not know? Thanks in advance.

Okay let’s see if I can help. I have iPhone 10. Go to your photos on your phone, select the photo as to open it on the screen. Once the photo is the only thing on the screen, put your finger on the photo then swipe up. I never knew this feature was there. If you don’t see it you may need to do an update. Let me know what you find.

Click on the Look up - plant to see results.

 

[VNwalking]

The flowering part is a thistle.
The leaves in the middle are blackberries.
Both prickly as heck, but not prickly pear - that's a cactus.
And a fig is a tree.
Here endeth the lesson for the day.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Roncesvalles monastery

photo taken October 12, 2011



At the end of an exhausting day it was a pleasure to view the monastery at twilight before attending evening mass with other pilgrims in the ancient Romanesque church.

 

[Former member 49149]

Okay let’s see if I can help. I have iPhone 10. Go to your photos on your phone, select the photo as to open it on the screen. Once the photo is the only thing on the screen, put your finger on the photo then swipe up. I never knew this feature was there. If you don’t see it you may need to do an update. Let me know what you find.
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Click on the Look up - plant to see results.
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My phone is an SE. So far, no luck, but I will try again another day, today will be full with this and that, and tomorrow, hopefully, flight without problems back home to Dublin.

 

[FourSeasons]

My phone is an SE. So far, no luck, but I will try again another day, today will be full with this and that, and tomorrow, hopefully, flight without problems back home to Dublin.

Bon voyage! Wheels up! Make sure it’s a picture of a plant, hence the leaf.

 

[Former member 49149]

Bon voyage! Wheels up! Make sure it’s a picture of a plant, hence the leaf.

I asked my phone (how sad is that?!) if I could access name that plant and instead found this one, plantsnap. Smashing! I will enjoy using it. Thanks for passing on the idea! Here is one from where I am at this moment:

And then I learned some more. They ask for money, or you can have 5 a day limit free!

 

[FourSeasons]

CF August 8, 2019.
"Tom, this is The Way."

 

[Theatregal]

The hulking (now removed) monument at Monte do Gozo that commemorated the 1989 visit of Pope John Paul II. August 11, 2013

 

[FourSeasons]

The hulking (now removed) monument at Monte do Gozo that commemorated the 1989 visit of Pope John Paul II. August 11, 2013

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Funny, when I walked to Santiago in October 2013, I never saw the monument however in 2019, it was bam, right there. I said to myself, how could I have missed this, it’s huge. So glad I got to spend some time on the “Hill of Joy”.

When I was there on August 15, 2019 it was roped off. Where did the move it to?

 

[FourSeasons]

Funny, when I walked to Santiago in October 2013, I never saw the monument however in 2019, it was bam, right there. I said to myself, how could I have missed this, it’s huge. So glad I got to spend some time one the “Hill of Joy”.

When I was there on August 15, 2019 it was roped off. Where did the move it to?
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I found the answer here...

Sculpture at Monte do Gozo Removed - Follow the Camino

followthecamino.com

 

[Peregrina 2013]

Having finished the Ruta do Mar on the 1st of May, 2022 we stayed in Ferrol for 3 days before going on the Camino Inglés. We walked by the City Hall plaza and were delighted to sit and stay for a while because there was an international piano contest taking place and some participants came to play outdoors throughout the day!

I was so moved by this banner on the façade of City Hall with the names of all the people from Ferrol who were assassinated by the Franco's Nationalist forces.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
leaving Burguete

photo taken October 13, 2011



Immediately upon leaving Burguete on a cool October morning the CF passed through gentle, mist covered farmland on the way to Espinal.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Ponte de rio Neiva

 

[kohara]

The final km to Fisterra. No filters, it was that blue.

 

[Peregrina 2013]

Okay let’s see if I can help. I have iPhone 10. Go to your photos on your phone, select the photo as to open it on the screen. Once the photo is the only thing on the screen, put your finger on the photo then swipe up. I never knew this feature was there. If you don’t see it you may need to do an update. Let me know what you find.
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Click on the Look up - plant to see results.
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I'll be darn!! I learn something new every day!! This is fantastic, thank you, thank you!!!

 

[Peregrina 2013]

I had to ask some locals for information when I saw this at the shipyard in Ferrol in May 2022 . This is what they told me: “The action was a protest by the workers objecting the elimination of positions by hanging the work clothes of those who actually lost their jobs. They were also protesting because the employees had not received their pay for 2 months, while the company claimed almost 5 million euros from the public shipyard.”

 

[Peregrina 2013]

Once the photo is the only thing on the screen, put your finger on the photo then swipe up.

I tried it and found out that you don't have to put your finger on the photo and swipe. Just click on the ⓘ on the bottom and it'll take you to the same screen to get the plant information
Thank you so much for sharing this bit of helpful information. Now I don't really need the app I have for plant identification, I'll just take a photo

 

[FourSeasons]

I tried it and found out that you don't have to put your finger on the photo and swipe. Just click on the ⓘ on the bottom and it'll take you to the same screen to get the plant information
Thank you so much for sharing this bit of helpful information. Now I don't really need the app I have for plant identification, I'll just take a photo

Thank you too. This is great, who knew. Now we do. I almost bought an app, I’m glad I held out.

 

[VNwalking]

This is great, who knew. Now we do.

This is the first time I've wished I had overpriced apples!

I guess I'm stuck with the old-fashioned internal app called Botany 461.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Alto de Mezkiritz

photo taken October 13, 2011



On the Alto de Mezkiritz this stele/marker honored the Virgin of Roncesvalles. Weary and wary from here I followed the N-135 road down to Zubiri, not the more precarious CF.

 

[VNwalking]

Which way to go? (I chose the wrong, much longer, way, the left... )
Walking the Camino San Olaf in reverse, 2016
Lesson learned. Take an old-fashioned paper map on a remote camino as a backup, in case your technology fails. And have a very good sense of where you need to go ahead of time.

 

[nycwalking]

August 10, 2001. My first camino. Mom came along.

Albergue dorm Roncesvalles pic FB.

However, sello is all mine.

 

[Former member 49149]

Thank you too. This is great, who knew. Now we do. I almost bought an app, I’m glad I held out.

A tiny end note from me - I finally found the the following: "US only". So, till it rolls out across the globe...enjoy. I will continue to benefit from those with access, and those with old fashioned Botany 461!

 

[VNwalking]

Albergue dorm Roncesvalles

Ahhh, the old dorm, before things got domesticated.
(And there's a pack on someone's bed!)

those with old fashioned Botany 461!

At your service.

 

[mspath]

August 10, 2001. My first camino. Mom came along.

Albergue dorm Roncesvalles pic FB.

However, sello is all mine.

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Oh the pleasure of memories! I stayed there in 2004 also on my 1st. Located on route N135 opposite the Casa Sabrina hotel and installed in a buttressed windowless barnlike space it boasted superb tiled state of the art showers/toilets in the newly excavated basement – a great example of architectural adaptive reuse!

 

[FourSeasons]

Sept 3, 2013, I was so excited to stay in this albergue where many a head did lie. It definitely set the mood.
EDIT: I walked into Roncesvalles at 7:00pm (hobbled) and was fortunate enough to get one of the last bunks in this historical building. An evening/night I'll ever forget.

Do they still use this?

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Igreja Matriz da Paróquia de São Tiago de Vila Nova de Anha

 

[mspath]

Sept 3, 2013, I was so excited to stay in this albergue where many a head did lie. It definitely set the mood.
EDIT: I walked into Roncesvalles at 7:00pm (hobbled) and was fortunate enough to get one of the last bunks in this historical building. An evening/night I'll ever forget.

Do they still use this?
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Now it is used rarely for overflow.

 

[SabsP]

Detail of some well known steps in Santiago de Compostela. 2011.
Anticipation!
I did not make the pic but my then partner. I especially love the difference in focus of the shells on the pavement.

 

[CWBuff]

View attachment 120505Doors on the Camino Francés. I loved all those old wooden doors!

My wife LOOOOVES the old doors. I dutifully provided her with daily pictures while walking Frances before we met in Santiago. Here are just some of them

 

[CWBuff]

I’m posting this photo today, of my first arrival in Santiago on October 17, 2015 because I’m about to set off again. Leaving home this Saturday and starting my Camino from Roncesvalles on March 22. This will be my third Camino Frances, sixth Camino in total.
I won’t post for a while, as I’ve pretty well run out of photos worth posting anyway, but if I get some good new photos I’ll post from the Camino!
Rowena

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Wow?? First of all I can't believe how clean that sign is compared to August 2019.

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Secondly a big BUEN CAMINO to you. May the road rise up to meet you.

June 25, 2022

 

[Peregrina 2013]

In Ferrol May 2022 finally saw a Camino mojón and a familiar shell and arrow sign!!! There wasn't a single one along the Ruta do Mar!!

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Zariquiegui
calle Camino de Santiago

photo taken October 17, 2011



The handsome antique nailed wooden door is located on the narrow calle Camino de Santiago/CF as it traverses Zariquiegui en route to the Alto de Perdon.

 

[Kanga]

August 10, 2001. My first camino. Mom came along.

Albergue dorm Roncesvalles pic FB.

However, sello is all mine.

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Wonderful memories for me too! Thank you so much for posting it.

Here is my best effort - a bad photo of a photo, taken in the Roncesvalles albergue in 2001, with dear friends who started with me on that first Camino.

 

[FourSeasons]

CF August 11, 2019 somewhere after Sarria.

 

[SabsP]

Irache 2011. No interest at all in the winefountain. More time left to visit the place.

 

[Peregrina 2013]

May 2022 in Ferrol we visited the neighborhood of Canido to see some urban artistic renditions of Velázquez Las Meninas. There are paintings of all sizes, styles (some could be considered irreverent;-), and with all kinds of messages, throughout the streets of Canido. I took many pictures, and unfortunately I cannot share all of them, so here are a couple of mine and a link to some information about the route of Las Meninas - one of the things to see in Ferrol

Meninas de Canido 2023, así es la fiesta del arte urbano en Ferrol

Descubre cómo y dónde ver la Ruta de Las Meninas de Canido, arte urbano en Ferrol, donde en septiembre se celebra la Fiesta de las Meninas de Canido 2023

guias-viajar.com

Here is a link about to the original painting at the Prado Museum in Madrid:

Las Meninas - The Collection - Museo Nacional del Prado

This is one of Velázquez`s largest paintings and among those in which he made most effort to create a complex and credible composition that would convey a sense of life and reality while enclosing a dense network of meanings.

www.museodelprado.es

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Alto de Perdon

photo taken October 17, 2011



Atop the Alto de Perdon a young Austrian fellow kindly took this photo. Before the dreaded slippery scree descent he formally offered his arm as if we were to waltz at the famed Viennese New Year's ball. Thankfully I accepted, held tight and we sashayed down in step!

 

[FourSeasons]

CF August 9, 2019 on the way to Samos.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Pont Eiffel Viana do Castelo.

 

[Peregrina 2013]

Camino Frances
Alto de Perdon

photo taken October 17, 2011

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Atop the Alto de Perdon a young Austrian fellow kindly took this photo. Before the dreaded slippery scree descent he formally offered his arm as if we were to waltz at the famed Viennese New Year's ball. Thankfully I accepted, held tight and we sashayed down in step!

@mspath as soon as I saw your photo it brought this one to mind on Camino del Norte in May 2018 when my friend posed alongside the sculpture

 

[Theatregal]

Wandering down a lane - exploring the town of Las Medulas. Invierno June 8, 2019

 

[Peregrina 2013]

In Ferrol May 2022, this is a photo of the Concatedral San Julián de Ferrol (Co-Cathedral of San Julián de Ferrol) which dates to the mid-late 1700's. Pope John XXIII on March 9, 1959, elevated the parish church of San Julián de Ferrol to the category of co-cathedral of the Mindoniense-Ferrolense diocese therefore establishing second place among all those of the bishopric.

 

[David61]

19th June 2019 The long walk down to Molinaseca. Never was a seat and a beer more welcome than at the end of that day

 

[mspath]

near Camino Argonese
Muruzábal

photo taken October 18, 2011



Walking east from Muruzábal along the Calle la Cruz it was a suprise to see this ziggurat-like mound/mount in the field. How/when was it formed?

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Muruzábal
Santa Maria de Eunate

photo taken October 18, 2011



A path towards paradise.

At Santa Maria de Eunate one senses the eternal peace of paradise. Set within a natural bowl this thousand year old church is timeless.

October 2011 four other pilgrims and I stayed in the then open albergue. At an evening prayer service within the mystic church we offered thanks for our caminos, our lives and our loves. All was transcendent.
...May peace reign here another thousand years.

 

[Peregrinopaul]

19th June 2019 The long walk down to Molinaseca. Never was a seat and a beer more welcome than at the end of that day

…aside to self: “Bucket list”.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Praça da Republica Viana do Castelo

 

[FourSeasons]

CF Santiago, August 15, 2019. (I deleted my other entry for today.)
OMG - I nearly forgot I walked into Santiago after a very hard Camino three years ago today. I started in Irun on July 5. At Santander I switched to the CF to Fromista. I hurt my leg walking from Fromista to Sahagun (not in one stage ) I rested three days then took a train to Leon for an additional seven days rest. Finally on my way to Santiago with no other issues, thank God. It was an amazing, beautiful and all around challenging Camino. No more challenging than Camino's one and two just in a different way. I was so happy and overjoyed to see many familiar, welcoming faces at the plaza. It was full of pilgrims when I arrived, I've never seen so many at one time, in one place. Well maybe after Sarria

 

[SabsP]

Santiago de Compostela 2011. View from Rua das Hortas.

 

[CWBuff]

19th June 2019 The long walk down to Molinaseca. Never was a seat and a beer more welcome than at the end of that day

thanks for the reminder

 

[Former member 49149]

CF Santiago, August 15, 2019. (I deleted my other entry for today.)
OMG - I nearly forgot I walked into Santiago after a very hard Camino three years ago today. I started in Irun on July 5. At Santander I switched to the CF to Fromista. I hurt my leg walking from Fromista to Sahagun (not in one stage ) I rested three days then took a train to Leon for an additional seven days rest. Finally on my way to Santiago with no other issues, thank God. It was an amazing, beautiful and all around challenging Camino. No more challenging than Camino's one and two just in a different way. I was so happy and overjoyed to see many familiar, welcoming faces at the plaza. It was full of pilgrims when I arrived, I've never seen so many at one time, in one place. Well maybe after Sarria
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Your shoes look too clean. Did you hover over the land?

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Ayegui
Monasteiro de Santa Maria de Irache

photo taken October 21, 2011



Early on a chill October morning golden sunshine lit the verdant setting of the splendid Irache monastery complex 5 km west of Estella .

 

[FourSeasons]

Your shoes look too clean. Did you hover over the land?

While on rest in Leon I purchased the shoes you see in the picture in post #1053. I think maybe the shoes I used for del Norte were part of my leg issue. Not 100% sure, just a hunch. Maybe these were Camino magic shoes because there were a few times I felt like I was flying. Just as my license plate reveals.

 

[Theatregal]

Before the turn off to Entoma on the Invierno. June 11, 2019. I started to follow this arrow off camino to try to find the petroglyph but there was no visible path through the prickly undergrowth.

 

[Peregrina 2013]

3rd of May, 2022 in Restaurante Marisquería O'Xantar in Ferrol, - a renowned seafood restaurant, we had an unforgettable gastronomical experience! Not only was the food and the wine perfect, but we also had the most professional waiter ever - Abel who was thrilled to select and suggest different dishes for us! It was a celebration for having finished the Ruta do Mar and Abel definitely made it memorable!

 

[FourSeasons]

del Norte to CF July 19, 2019. What a day! I walked from Liendo to the Laredo bus station, hopped on a bus to Santander, caught a train (which I almost missed) to Fromista. Ah, back on the Frances. I wasn't sure how crowded it would be so I booked a room. Upon arrival I found the albergue had plenty of beds. Oh well, I'll enjoy the upgrade. Planning an early morning departure due to high heat. Welcome home.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
near Sansol

photo taken October 23, 2011



I wonder when, why and by whom these stone cairns were carefully erected along the CF near Sansol.

 

[Former member 49149]

Camino Frances
near Sansol

photo taken October 23, 2011

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I wonder when, why and by whom these stone cairns were carefully errected along the CF near Sansol.

No idea as to specifics, but some pilgrims were already doing that in 2006, and no doubt before. I think of cairns and found this:

Conservationists Want You to Stop Building Rock Piles

Cairns have a long history and purpose, one that newer stacks sometimes subvert

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[Theatregal]

Camino Frances. September 21, 2022. Between Rabé de las Calzadas y Hornillos del Camino.

 

[Peregrina 2013]

May 2022 in Ferrol. There is this sculpture in the middle of Calle Real - just like in other cities, paying homage to the fraternities and brotherhoods of Holy Week in Ferrol. The title for the work is "Tribute to the Little Brother".

 

[SabsP]

Astorga 2017.
End of my short Camino.
Started in Carrion de los Condes but had to stop due to kneeproblems.

Hotel Astur Plaza was a blessing for this tired pilgrim.

 

[FourSeasons]

del Norte July 19, 2019. Approaching Laredo.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Viana

photo taken October 23, 2011



During the autumn wine festival throughout Viana everyone was celebrating as everywhere the local Rioja was liberally imbibed.

 

[VNwalking]

Welcome view of Roncesvalles from the road, the end of a long day from SJPP via Valcarlos, March 2015. It was not yet possible to walk on the path down from Ibaneta - there was way too much snow. When I got there, I was stunned by all the pilgrims. Where had they come from? It wasn't SJPP. Only later did I learn that many people start at Roncesvalles. This was before booking was possible and it was first come, first served. I felt lucky to get a bed.

 

[Peregrina 2013]

After finishing the Ruta do Mar in May this year we stayed in Ferrol for 3 nights. This is a photo I took at dusk from the balcony of our Airbnb flat. The Camino Inglés passes right in front of this building so we saw peregrinos going by daily before we too, joined others

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
towards Logroño

photo taken October 24, 2011



Beneath a late autumn sky lit by dappled sunlight this gentle woodland CF path paralleling route N-111 would soon enter busy urban Logroño.

 

[Theatregal]

Leaving Narón and looking back, across the Ria de Ferrol to the Molino de Las Aceñas, a tidal mill that was one of the primary flour factories in Galicia during the 18th and 19th centuries. Camino Inglés, July 25, 2014

La recuperación del molino de Narón que «quitó el hambre a toda la comarca»

El complejo fabril del XVIII albergará un centro de interpretación y museo

www.lavozdegalicia.es

 

[FourSeasons]

del Norte July 13, 2019 Gernika. It looks like these shoes actually touched down
Eh @kirkie? LOL

 

[markie6]

Day 1 ...from St Jean going up

♫ The road goes ever on and on..... ♫ (B Baggins ©)

 

[markie6]

Camino Frances. September 21, 2022. Between Rabé de las Calzadas y Hornillos del Camino.

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Camino Frances. September 21, 2022. Between Rabé de las Calzadas y Hornillos del Camino.

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^^ time traveller !!!! mines from sept 2019

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Near Fortim da Areosa

 

[Peregrina 2013]

May 2022 we visited the Arsenal de Ferrol which is a military base and arsenal of the Spanish Navy and during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) it served as a concentration camp for Republican prisoners. Now it holds the Shipbuilding Museum and the Naval Museum - not to miss if you find yourself in Ferrol!

MILITARY ARSENAL - TURISMO DE FERROL

This post is also available in: Spanish Galician

visitferrol.com

 

[CWBuff]

27 June 2022
Parque de Alameda

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
west of Ventosa

photo taken October 25, 2011



Late October west of Ventosa the sun was less brilliant and the clear sky was the pale blue of autumn/winter; a hat and gloves were needed while walking in the morning chill.

 

[FourSeasons]

del Norte: Day 2, July 6, 2019 leaving the beautiful little town of Pasaia behind as we head towards the 1000 steps, maybe more.

 

[Anik2001]

St-Jean-Pied-de-Port. The pilgrim’s office, where I volunteered for a week last June. Loved the experience and that nice little village.

 

[mspath]

Camino France
west of Granon/east of Belorado

photo taken October 29, 2011



These twin mounds were seen in the dry autumnal sun-baked landscape north of the camino while walking towards Belorado.

 

[Peregrina 2013]

April 2022 on Ruta do Mar. Part of the medieval wall that surrounded Cedeira.

 

[FourSeasons]

del Norte July 6, 2019. Up and over on the way to San Sebastián. Whew! I honestly don’t know how some can go from Irun to San Sebastián in one day. No way I say.

 

[Peregrina 2013]

del Norte July 6, 2019. Up and over on the way to San Sebastián. Whew! I honestly don’t know how some can go from Irun to San Sebastián in one day. No way I say.
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Your photos bring back fond memories and a desire to do it all over again! Thanks for sharing

 

[Peregrina 2013]

4th of May, 2022 on the Camino Inglés from Ferrol on our way to Neda.

 

[markie6]

Early morning coming down the hill towards Astorga Sep 18
Every stamp in my credencial is a memory much like my photos and the images are burned in and match up with Pilgrims I often wonder about

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Ronca de Montedor
Auxiliary tower of the lighthouse. It made noise to warn the boats sailing near the coast.

https://www.olharvianadocastelo.pt/2020/07/a-ronca.html

 

[SabsP]

Sign outside the trainstation in French Hendaye. I could have taken a local shuttle to Spanish Irun but decided to walk the three k.
May 2019.
Next day was the start of the Camino Vasco Interior.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Montes de Oca forest
San Juan de Ortega monastery

photo taken October 31, 2011



Within this splendid Gothic mausoleum San Juan de Ortega/ Saint John of the Nettles is buried. A follower of Santo Domingo de la Calzada, San Juan was, like him, a 12th c. builder of roads, bridges and hospices for pilgrims.

 

[Theatregal]

Camino Finisterre. March 21, 2017. Just arrived at the welcoming, serene Albergue O Rueiro in Vilaserio.

 

[C clearly]

Peeking up at the Ermida de Nosa Señora do Faro, peaking on Monte Faro, Camino de Invierno. May 28, 2022.

 

[JohnLloyd]

Four years ago today, I was at the starting gate on the eve of my first Camino.

What wonders were waiting for me down the road...

 

[Peregrina 2013]

Camino Inglés 4th of May, 2022. On our way to Neda we went by the Monasterio de San Martino de Xuvia in Narón. Unfortunately it was closed and all we could do was take photos of this beautiful and historical monastery.



Here is some information about it if you would be interested:

MONASTERIO SAN MARTIÑO DE XUBIA IN NARÓN A CORUÑA - Camino de Santiago en Galicia: web oficial

MONASTERIO SAN MARTIÑO DE XUBIA IN NARÓN A CORUÑA

www.caminodesantiago.gal

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Burgos
Plaza de Santa Maria
cathedral

photo taken November 1, 2011



After a long meandering walk from Ages it was a great relief to finally arrive at the majestic Burgos cathedral mid-afternoon on
All Saints' Day /Día de todos los Santos.

 

[Anik2001]

In the fog, on the way to Roncesvalles, July 5, 2022.

 

[Rowena]

Tapas in Pamplona the night before my 2022 Camino began, March 21, 2022.

 

[RENSHAW]

I have posted this before a while back. After a wine laden menu del dia I asked these young ladies if I could take their photo. I feel it was one of my best portraits. Of note are the different expressions on their faces that all tell a story of what they were thinking on me. I was certainly not rude or forward towards them.
It was the colours of their clothing and their flamboyant demeanor that attracted me to them.

 

[JohnLloyd]

Four years ago, still climbing on that first morning:

 

[VNwalking]

Morning, Castrojerez, 2019. I had started in San Anton and was enjoying the laid-back ambience - early enough to be cool, late enough to be missing the hoardes, who were by and large well ahead of me.