On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 8.0

[VNwalking]

Just before the New Year seems a fine time to start a new thread. For those just joining us, the routine is to post a single photo per day from any camino.. If you can let us know where it is and which year, and if you are running out of images. repetition is quite OK.. Short stories are fun too, but not obligatory - part of what I so enjoy here is that other people's photos bring up memories, which keeps the thread endlessly interesting.

the heartfelt camino caritas was endless.

Such a blessing.
Gratitude for hospies everywhere.
Here is Luis, checking us in at the wonderful municipal in Beasain on the Vasco in 2018. Endless caritas there too:

Flamingos on the sand banks of the Rio Tejo

These are amazing. I wouldn't have gotten much farther for a while..

 

[dick bird]

Two for the price of one! Yeah, I know, we cheat sometimes on this thread. In my defence, they are actually the same shot, one digitally adjusted to compensate for under-exposure, though actually I prefer the unedited original. I got very excited as I was looking at this shot thinking I had discovered previously unrecorded horseshoe arches in Santiago Cathedral, but like so many wonderful things, it was just a trick of the light as I discovered when I zoomed in on them. Taken on 8 June 2012.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Two for the price of one! Yeah, I know, we cheat sometimes on this thread. In my defence, they are actually the same shot, one digitally adjusted to compensate for under-exposure, though actually I prefer the unedited original. I got very excited as I was looking at this shot thinking I had discovered previously unrecorded horseshoe arches in Santiago Cathedral, but like so many wonderful things, it was just a trick of the light as I discovered when I zoomed in on them. Taken on 8 June 2021.

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Great shots but ? June, 2021.

Thanks Dick, couldn't understand how you had managed to be there in 2021 We were very envious if you had!!!!

 

[Former member 49149]

Repetition is allowed. Great This shot taken near the bullring in Pamplona was irresistible, given the words ingrained in my memory from my father: pigs might fly He never did mention flying bulls though...
Taken October this year, on a short visit to Pamplona. Not actually a camino, but I walked the legs off myself for a few days in and around the city and environs.

 

[VNwalking]

flying bulls

Eeek.
Haha. I'd rather not imagine. So much for taking refuge in high places. (But what is that beastie? Four heads on one body each facing a different direction. Good luck to it to go anywhere.)

 

[SabsP]

Not on a Spanish Camino but a Camino nevertheless. In Antwerp. Via Brabantica.Detail of the plaque of the St Julianusgasthuis.
I knew the place only because of the gorgeous art gallery that is there but what a history behind it.
Founded in 1305 as a gasthuis ( guesthouse ) for " poor people in transit " .
Till today there is a Brotherhood of twelve people who hold the old tradition of serving twelve people a meal on Maundy Thursday ( even if this seems somewhat paternalistic in these modern times ).

Sint-Julianusgasthuis - Wikipedia

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From 2012 the Flemish Confraternity of St James together with the Antwerp board of tourism opened again an albergue for pilgrims. Four pilgrims maximum can stay the night.

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Pelgrimsherberg in het Sint-Julianusgasthuis – Vlaams Compostelagenootschap

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[VNwalking]

I got very excited as I was looking at this shot thinking I had discovered previously unrecorded horseshoe arches in Santiago Cathedral

Oh! I see what you mean. I had to go back to my own pics to double check. And somehow I never noticed the details of the now unglazed rose window, because without the color it fades into the background. Pity. I would love to see what the cathedral looked like before the Baroque accretions.

 

[dick bird]

Great shots but ? June, 2021.

Sorry, 2012. Now edited.

 

[Phoenix]

CF, Sept 2018

I chose this one looking forward to my planned multi-Camino trip next summer, beginning in Hontanas.

 

[Rowena]

The new thread inspires me to start again at the beginning, crossing the Pyrenees on the Camino Frances, September 16, 2015

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Alone together.
One of my first Camino photos. Taken mid-May 2015 between SJPdP and Arneguy.

 

[tpmchugh]

My first photo on my first Camino. St Patricks day 2013. Arrived in Pamplona very late on the 16th and planned to start walking next day. We heard that in Pamplona, St Patricks day was celebrated almost as well as in Ireland so my son and I being good Irishmen decided to put it off for another day and had a great time celebrating with the locals

 

[PhxRiles]

Nothing like a little encouragement at the end of a long day. I took this one entering Palais del Rei along the Camino Frances in May 2019. It felt like someone knew I was coming and they were cheering me on.

 

[Martin 888]

General rule of thumb……don’t try to eat anything that is bigger than your head, it will surely bite you back !
Galicia June 2019

 

[Anik2001]

That well known spot on Alto del Perdon was the highlight of that day, in July 2017. A nice break before a rocky descent.

 

[Hugh Larkin]

12 May 2014, Logroño, Marcelino Lobato, “El Peregrino Pasante”

 

[Chenahusky]

If you walk upstream from SJPP, you come to the Pont d'Eyheraberry and just opposite the lovely Maison Donamaria. That couple of hundred metres brings a wonderful calm and peacefulness, compared to the centre of town. It was a great start to My first Camino Frances, May 2016. I had already decided to use the Valcarlos route for it's historical connections. The first person I met, next morning, was at Valcarlos, an Italian, then two French lady cyclists, by the fuente, at the start of the Ibaneta. Then no one else until Roncesvalles. It was a magical start.

 

[Clover]

Our first day on the last section of the Camino, leaving Sarria (2017). Planning to walk the whole Camino in fall 2022.

 

[FourSeasons]

del Norte July 8, 2019: A nice quiet stroll on a beach in Getaria all to myself. Bliss.

 

[Theatregal]

The municipal albergue in Zubiri. In this age of smart phones I imagine that the Internet room with individual computer stations has been re-purposed since Sept. 7, 2012. There was quite a line-up later that afternoon! My first (and only) experience with a communal shower was here. A big room with shower-heads along the wall.

 

[mspath]

Saint Jean Pied de Port
rue de La Citadelle
first light

photo taken February 6, 2007



Just after dawn in a cold mist I set off alone walking west, thrilled to be moving towards new adventures on this 3rd Camino Frances but my first in winter. As always I would follow the Valcarlos alternate route.

 

[tomas2019]

Easter Sunday Mass 2019 in Navarrete !!!

 

[Corned Beef]

Another Pamplona one. Do's and Don't instructions for the San Fermín Running of the Bulls festival in July.

 

[dick bird]

Another Pamplona one. Do's and Don't instructions for the San Fermín Running of the Bulls festival in July.

I would have thought just don't would be the most sensible advice you could give in this situation.

 

[SabsP]

Towards Finisterre in 2016. Looking back to Santiago.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Between Sacavem and Santa Iria on the Caminho Portuguese. April, 2016.

 

[Corned Beef]

Following on from the Do's and Don't from Pamplona - the locals on the Route Napoleon politely ask to take your garbage (and dead animals) home with you and not litter the countryside.

 

[Former member 49149]

Don't ask me, I only know Lantz was either the start or the end point of this day! I would still love to tackle the whole Baztan, and more so after reading Nuala's account, but this was a day in itself. We did a return trip, so I guess the start and end point was Lantz.The end of the day held a reward for my walking companion, as she discovered a tiny cemetery with a tomb that marked the remains of members of her maternal forebears.

 

[Phoenix]

Porto cathedral
CP, Oct 2019

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

The campground in SJPdP:

 

[Anik2001]

July 2017, near Cacabelos. A house over the river... what happens when it rains too much?!

 

[Rowena]

September 16, 2015, Roncesvalles
The starting point of my planned 2022 Camino. I continue to hope that it will come to pass.

 

[VNwalking]

Lantz

Hmm. I saw some horses in somewhere after Lantz, too. I wonder if they are the same as yours.

 

[Theatregal]

September 6, 2012, just before Roncesvalles. A tiny photo tucked in at the base of tree.

 

[Chenahusky]

Half way up the Ibaneta pass. A minutes stop to catch my breath and enjoy the view. I was surprised not to find the Ibaneta harder, perhaps a 7Kg rucsack and 40+ years of mountaineering helped. CF May 2016.

 

[mspath]

towards Valcarlos
photo taken February 6, 2007



The earth was frozen and snow topped nearby mountains as I began to walk westward through the cold early morning mist towards Valcarlos, Spain, on the CF alternate route.
The town’s name means Charles’ valley; it is said to be the area where during the 8th c. Charlemagne and his army rested following a nearby defeat.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

This sign near the lighthouse at Finisterre reminds drivers that there are pedestrians on the road. I'm on the right, Peg is on the left.

 

[dick bird]

I guess we've all got our favourite camino waymark. This is mine, 29 Aug 2018, Day 3 of the Olvidado. Whoever put it there obviously had a pretty shrewd idea that Renault wasn't going anywhere.

 

[FourSeasons]

CF October 2, 2013 before Portomarin: Had any of you met this feathered friend along the way?

 

[SabsP]

One of those gorgeous doors in Portugal.
Simplicity.
CP 2015.

 

[Former member 49149]

Still in Portugal. Approaching Spain. 2013. Or am I misremembering? How I hate that excuse! However, in this context, someone will be sure to kindly correct me.

 

[mspath]

Still in Portugal. Approaching Spain. 2013. Or am I misremembering? How I hate that excuse! However, in this context, someone will be sure to kindly correct me.
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Kirkie,
You were in the Fortress at Valenca do Minho, Portugal, and would walk down the camino towards the trestle International Bridge to cross into Spain at Tui. The weather was perfect for your great shot. Thanks for your memory.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Rio Tejo between Alhandra and Vilafranca de Xira, perfect weather in April, 2016.

 

[Phoenix]

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One of those gorgeous doors in Portugal.
Simplicity.
CP 2015.

I took a photo of that door. Love the use of blues in Portugal.

 

[Phoenix]

Last look over my shoulder at SJPdP.
CF, Sept 2018

 

[Rowena]

Approaching Alto del Perdón, after Pamplona, Camino Frances
September 19, 2015

 

[VNwalking]

Had any of you met this feathered friend along the way?

Yup. And I was glad for the fence.
He or she was actually not so friendly.
Or at least they didn't like me getting near the fence to get a photo without the chain-link in the way. The second pic was taken mid-lunge. It had its intended effect - I jumped back, right quick, as I was taking the photo.

 

[Martin 888]

My wonderful host in a tiny village near to Belorado on the Frances (May 2019) showing me the secrets of cooking a perfect tortilla de patatas. So cool how she uses a large dinner plate to turn the tortilla to ensure a perfect cook !

 

[Chenahusky]

A mono shot of the summit of the Ibaneta Pass. It was a perfect walking day. Beautiful weather, gentle breeze, so not too hot and almost no people. I quite like people, but there are times I am grateful for their absence. CF May 2016.

 

[kohara]

A familiar one here, Iglesia de San Martin in Fromista, taken in Autumn 2014.
Have to love the azure blue skies on the Meseta.
Happy new year to all.

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[Theatregal]

Or at least they didn't like me getting near the fence to get a photo without the chain-link in the way. The second pic was taken mid-lunge. It had its intended effect - I jumped back, right quick, as I was taking the photo.

Love that second shot!

 

[Theatregal]

A sunset rainbow from the window beside my bed in the wonderful Albergue de Lorca on the Frances. September 10, 2012.

 

[mspath]

nearing Espinal
photo taken October 17, 2014



Walking downhill amidst dense vegetation near Espinal the Camino Frances path appeared easy whilst looking toward that glorious sunlight.

"Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it."
..Marcus Aurelius

 

[Anne&Pat]

Industrial area entering Azambuja, but many storks have happily made this their home. CP, April, 2016.

 

[Bronte DownUnder]

That well known spot on Alto del Perdon was the highlight of that day, in July 2017. A nice break before a rocky descent.
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One of my all-time favourite photos of newly-acquainted Pilgrims at Alto del Perdon overlooking the steep descent towards Uterga, 23 April 2013

 

[Bronte DownUnder]

I'm taking this opportunity to wish all of you a healthy and happy 2022. We're about 7 and half hours from seeing in the New Year here DownUnder. Just love seeing all the photos being posted. Forgive me for posting a 2nd image today but I wonder to whom these boots belonged. Taken 19 April 2013 just before crossing the Puente de la Magdalena into Pamplona

 

[SabsP]

Almost at the end of this year.
Almost in Finisterre, the end of the world...

 

[Bronte DownUnder]

September 16, 2015, Roncesvalles
The starting point of my planned 2022 Camino. I continue to hope that it will come to pass.

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Good luck Rowena - with all my heart I'd love to walk that path again.

 

[Former member 49149]

I'm taking this opportunity to wish all of you a healthy and happy 2022. We're about 7 and half hours from seeing in the New Year here DownUnder. Just love seeing all the photos being posted. Forgive me for posting a 2nd image today but I wonder to whom these boots belonged. Taken 19 April 2013 just before crossing the Puente de la Magdalena into Pamplona

Thanks for New Year wishes, and i offer what the reply is here: Many Happy Returns. I think your photo is a photo essay - the words will be different as each one looks, and wonders...

 

[Chenahusky]

Entering Larrasoana, after a good walk from Roncesvalles, with lunch at Zubiri. Stayed at the Albergue St Nicolas, very warm welcome and a fun evening, with a major Pyrenees thunderstorm crashing around outside.
Thank you to all the regular posters on this thread, your pictures give me lots of happy memories and hopefully inspiration for the future. We can hope.
Have a very Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

In a few minutes it will be 2022 in Tabwekea.

Sorry, this is a resubmittal but it's the best I can do to get fireworks with my Camino photos. Sagrada Familia in Barcelona

 

[VNwalking]

Ringing in a Happy New Year, Kiwis!
It will be so for me in 6 hours. May we all have a healthier 2022.
Bells in the cloister of the Cathedral in Santiago. 2018.

 

[Phoenix]

A new day begins on Rue de la Citadelle, SJPdP.
CF, 2 Sept 2018

 

[Former member 49149]

Relying on the encouragement to repeat, here is one from the Salvador. Here's to 2022!

 

[Rowena]

Obanos, CF, September 19, 2015

 

[mai]

Everyone could ring the bell at Ventas de Narón (in the middle of Portomarín and Palas de Rei, CF) on April 19, 2018.

Happy New Year 2022!

 

[FourSeasons]

I'm taking this opportunity to wish all of you a healthy and happy 2022. We're about 7 and half hours from seeing in the New Year here DownUnder. Just love seeing all the photos being posted. Forgive me for posting a 2nd image today but I wonder to whom these boots belonged. Taken 19 April 2013 just before crossing the Puente de la Magdalena into Pamplona

Happy New Year down under. We still have 14 hours to go before we see 2022.
I believe those boots now belong to the Camino. God Bless.

 

[FourSeasons]

CF April 30, 2016 early morning departure from Castrojeriz.

Happy New Year!! May His light shine ever so brightly on you in 2022 with Health, Happiness and prosperity and may we all have a Buen Camino!! WooHoo!!

 

[Anne&Pat]

Rio Tejo again as we were leaving Valada CP, April, 2016.


Wishing you all a Very Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New Year in 2022. If you want to walk a Camino may it happen, Buen Camino!

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Cardenuela

photo taken 0ctober 19, 2004



Alone on that endless path beneath the vast dome of an immense sky I sensed that this was, indeed, my way and all was and would be good on this my first camino.

...Today on the first day of 2022 I yearn to sense that this new year will also be good.

 

[Anik2001]

What a nice message, over a door in Hospital de Orbigo! One I want to wish you all on this last night/first day (depending on where you are) of this year. May 2022 bring you peace, health and happiness.

 

[dick bird]

A bit late to be properly seasonal, but I chanced across it and couldn't resist. Oddly enough, it was taken in September, 2019 in Léon, practically opposite the San Marcos monastery.

 

[Bronte DownUnder]

Almost at the end of this year.
Almost in Finisterre, the end of the world...


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A new day begins on Rue de la Citadelle, SJPdP.
CF, 2 Sept 2018

Looks beautiful empty of all people. I wonder how often the locals get to appreciate it

 

[Bronte DownUnder]

Overlooking the main town square of Viana, Spain from the exquisite stone paved area surrounding the church of Santa Maria. April 2013 Camino Frances

 

[SabsP]

Art on a plate.Somewhere in Burgos. Finished the Camino Vasco Interior / 2019.

 

[Bronte DownUnder]

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Art on a plate.Somewhere in Burgos. Finished the Camino Vasco Interior / 2019.

Sabine I'm wondering whether that might be the same restaurant that served this "arty" vertical skewered meat. It was called La Comidilla de San Lorenzo in "downtown" Burgos nearby the Norte y Londres Hotel where we stayed for a couple of nights early May 2013. It seems the restaurant still operates.

 

[SabsP]

Yes! I searched for the place. The same. Although I sat at the bar.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

The July 2015 version.

Edit: A 2017 version is here:

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/camino-photos/celebrating-the-last-100-km-to-santiago.6508/

 

[Phoenix]

New year, new hills to climb.
CF, Sept 2018

 

[Rowena]

And new doors to enter.
Puente la Reina, September 19, 2015

 

[Chenahusky]

The Pilgrim bridge at Villava, about 4km from Pamplona, CF May 2016. Unusually for me I have some people in shot.

 

[VNwalking]

On an early March morning, walking out of fog into the sunshine, headed towards Valcarlos from SJPP. March 2015.

 

[Theatregal]

The path ahead with wishes to all for a healthy hopeful New Year. Atapuerca, September 19, 2012.

 

[PaulG]

October 2019. Leaving Baamonde the Camino del Norte follows a very old pathway. I can never resist bridges and I scrambled through the brush to get this shot.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

This thread has had a good number of new posters recently and some have submitted thumbnails that have the square format with white text on the bottom giving information about the picture. There is nothing wrong about submitting these; they are valid thumbnails. I do want to mention though that in this format the submitted picture gets its thumbnail distorted some. If you would like to get your thumbnail to look like the ones without the text added the following post by @Koidream shows how to submit thumbnail pictures without the text. The picture attached there is a thumbnail that needs expansion.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/where-did-you-walk-locally-in-2021.69119/page-2#post-893166

 

[Caminogoat]

The 3rd photo "survivor" contains a lone little poppy flower. This little late bloomer was surviving the August heat, a huge walking traffic and bicycles. I saluted the little flower with all my respect and gave my water. I think of this flower often, especially during this pandemic. May you all be like this brave little flower and stay strong!

 

[inge.mansour]

July 12, 2021. Placing my stones at Cruz de Ferro! Most magical moment of my Camino! The day was cold and rainy but I had a window of 20 minutes with the most gorgeous sunrise to start my day with placing my stones at Cruz de Ferro!!

 

[Anne&Pat]

Leaving Santarem via Porto do Sol, the site of the original Roman forum and the Moorish Citadel, and out through Puerta de Sao Tiago to head down steeply on a woodland path to the rail line at Riberia de Santarem. Note the arrow on the light post. CP, April, 2016.

 

[mspath]

Saint Jean Pied de Port
55 rue de la Citadelle



photo taken October 13, 2015

Now that 2022 has begun it is time for beginning anew. Crossing this threshold at the famous red door of the municipal albergue always began my new camino adventures; it was the entrance to another way of life, the camino way.

For me in retrospect the CF could only begin at
Saint Jean Pied de Port, the picturesque Basque mountain town in the French Pyrenees.

 

[VNwalking]

May you all be like this brave little flower and stay strong!

Not to mention like the crayfish stranded out of water. I'd be disturbed and upset, too. I hope she found water.
And may we all be patient and resilient!.
Definitely, more like the flower.

The portal into the old part of SJPP from the North. @mspath's red door is on the right, just on the other side of the gate.

 

[FourSeasons]

CF August 4, 2019: I left Villares de Orbigo at 4:30am on very little sleep, this was taken a couple hours later looking back at the big cross. It was a long days walk to Rabanal.

 

[SabsP]

Somewhere after Ventosa. CF 2011.

 

[Phoenix]

On the descent to Roncesvalles.
CF, Sept 2016

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

A bit late to be properly seasonal, but I chanced across it and couldn't resist. Oddly enough, it was taken in September, 2019 in Léon, practically opposite the San Marcos monastery.

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Also Léon:

Also late. I could have wished you all a Merry (not Blue) Christmas. Anyway, best wishes for you in 2022.

 

[Rowena]

Cirauqui
CF. April 11, 2018

 

[Chenahusky]

Pamplona Cathedral, Corpus Christi procession, CF May 2016.

 

[Phoenix]

Cirauqui
CF. April 11, 2018

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I have the same photo. The only difference is my pack is in the frame.

 

[Rowena]

I have the same photo. The only difference is my pack is in the frame.

I wish I hadn’t missed the top of the arch, though. The street must have been very narrow. Or I was careless!

 

[Caminogoat]

Not to mention like the crayfish stranded out of water. I'd be disturbed and upset, too. I hope she found water.
And may we all be patient and resilient!.
Definitely, more like the flower.

The portal into the old part of SJPP from the North. @mspath's red door is on the right, just on the other side of the gate.
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The crayfish was not stranded. It was a willful outing with a purpose. There was a little stream right next to where the photo was taken. The crayfish was out walking around actively looking for some breakfast. I had never seen a crayfish doing that before. She was disturbed when I approached and got upset when I started taking photos. She was showing her lethal weapon to threaten me.

 

[Theatregal]

October 6, 2012. My photo today is in honour of the wonderful Albergue El Refugio in La Faba that was destroyed by fire on Christmas Eve. A sad loss for the community and for the camino.