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What does this sign represent?

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The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
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Thank you, but I only have a small amount of knowledge, as I wrote in another thread, knowing where to find the answers is the key!
This is so important. You don't need to have all the answers (especially if you don't know what the questions will be!), but knowing where to find the answers is key. And this forum is a great resource for that.
 
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Is this the standard waymarking sign for the Camino de Madrid along its entire length?
The Camino is mostly marked with yellow arrows that are renewed by the Asociación de Amigos del Camino de Santiago de Madrid. The marks with the shell were put by the Comunidad de Madrid, so at least those on "mojones" must have the flag.
 
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On much of the early stages of the Camino de Madrid, you will see, instead, the red on white markers that remind you that this is historically the cattle (vaca) route for moving cattle from the area around Madrid to northern Spain. They look like, or are a variant of this sign:

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Yes, Camino de Madrid uses old " cañadas" on some stretches. The " cañadas" were used mostly by sheep herds from south to north of Spain and vice versa. Now they are used by local cows, walkers and cyclists.
 
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
I just walked the Camino Madrid at the end of August and noticed the cañadas on the trail walking out of Madrid towards Tres Cantos. I didn't take a photo but there was even an interpretive sign indicating the descending order of right if way on the trail.....COWS had priority! After Tres Cantos, the more familiar majones with the Madrid flag.
 

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I just walked the Camino Madrid at the end of August and noticed the cañadas on the trail walking out of Madrid towards Tres Cantos. I didn't take a photo but there was even an interpretive sign indicating the descending order of right if way on the trail.....COWS had priority! After Tres Cantos, the more familiar majones with the Madrid flag.
That might be the right side of this sign:20230607_091754.webp
 
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