Camino Frances
east of Nájera near Aleson
guardaviñas
photo taken February 18, 2007
To form the conical roof of this guardaviñas, a circular stone shelter used by La Rioja vintners, flat stones would have been laid in a vertical series of...
Camino Catalan. Ninth stage. L'Estany - Artés.
Entering Artés.
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Camino Frances
west from Ventosa
photo taken October 25, 2011
The late October sunlight was mellow and the autumnal sky pale blue as I walked west from Ventosa.
Camino Frances
leaving Ventosa
photo taken October 31, 2014
Rough and slightly steep the dirt path from Ventosa led towards the Alto de San Anton and eventually Nájera.
Camino Frances. September 9, 2023. Lorca
An ensalada mixta appreciation post. This one, at the wonderful Albergue de Lorca was delicious... though the tinned white asparagus is always left on my plate 🙂
April 2024 - Camino Portugués
A short while after leaving Pontevedra, we emerged from a forest path onto a narrow gravel road. Looking at the type of road, and how narrow it was, I thought that putting up a ‘No Passing’ sign for automobiles...
Camino Frances
Ventosa
Albergue San Saturnino
photo taken February 17, 2007
In Ventosa, a small village located slightly off the CF path between Navarrete and Nájera, this private albergue, named after the local church, was a very comfortable...
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