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A daily dose of Vitamin C - one day at a time, one photo at a time (12)

VNwalking

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Happy New Year to us all!
For those of us remembering the Camino, and for those of us planning a camino, here's a place to enjoy everyone's photos. This is the 12th 1-a-Day thread since we started sharing our photos during Covid.

One photo, each day, with or without commentary, as you like - to make it easy for those with slow connections please post thumbnails.

Thank you all for your ongoing contributions - they have been such a joy!

Pancorbo on the Via de Bayona, May 2019:
 
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Love this photo! I will be staying In Pancorbo in May when I walk the Vasco.
 
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Pancorbo on the Vasco Interior aka Camino de Baiona - it seems to change its name every time it crosses a border. Heads up: you will need a GPS coming out of Pancorbo as it is the one spot that is not elaborately way marked. We ended up trudging through ploughed fields and undergrowth to get back on track. Nice little town though.
 
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For all the dreamers. Pilgrim Office opens for 2025. Pilgrims # 7 so was offered the voucher for the Parador. As I am off to A Corina I had to pass.


Sorry about the multiple pics.
 

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Corned Beef said:
For all the dreamers. Pilgrim Office opens for 2025. Pilgrims # 7 so was offered the voucher for the Parador. As I am off to A Corina I had to pass.


Sorry about the multiple pics.
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Given the new thread, a pass is offered by one unqualified to do so, but you are such a faithful contributor.. shame you had to pass on the Parador. Let it go - I have no doubt you already did!
 
On Voie du Littoral- the most western route in France in June 2023 just crossing into Landes. It may look like a quiet sandy track in the unending forests of Landes but just behind is a military base so it had a constant soundtrack of jets and helicopters
 
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The village where my father was born!
 
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September 6, 2024. Somewhere between Mansilla de las Mulas and León, as I was walking that morning next to a building, I was struck by how my shadow looked so “Pilgrim-like”, very unlike my usual introverted nerdy appearance, and more like Indiana Jones looking for the Lost Ark. Is that really me???
 
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VNwalking said:
More from Pancorbo, a fantastic pueblo!
This is from the ruins of the fortification that's right above it. Not as scary as it appears, but still...not for one with a fear of heights.
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Vera - are the steps part of the trail or are they extras if you want to climb just for the view ???
 
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OzAnnie said:
Vera - are the steps part of the trail or are they extras if you want to climb just for the view ???
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No. Definitely extra! There is a lovely short loop from the pueblo and back again that goes near there. The going up into the ruins is even extra from that: You can pass them by, and the views from the base are still eye-popping.

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VNwalking said:
No. Definitely extra! There is a lovely short loop from the pueblo and back again that goes near there. The going up into the ruins is even extra from that: You can pass them by, and the views from the base are still eye-popping.
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I was annoyed that the weather was so bad that I didn't fancy those steps in wet conditions- especially as such a short easy stage from Mirando de Ebro.
 
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The Black Madonna of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame-du-Puy, Le Puy-en-Velay, May 2022
From Wikipedia: In 1254 when passing through on his return from the Holy Land, Saint Louis IX of France gave the cathedral an ebony image of the Blessed Virgin clothed in gold brocade (Notre-Dame du Puy). It was destroyed during the Revolution, but replaced at the Restoration with a copy that continues to be venerated.

 
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Sneaking in, without a photo. Well, my avatar is a CF scene taken near Tomas's place not long after the cruz de ferro. It is a blessed relief to check in to this thread, and others that offer glimpses of what awaits pilgrims along the many caminos leading to the Cathedral in Santiago. Thanks to everyone, your contributions light up the day for those who may never walk another pilgrimage to Santiago!
 
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What a lovely post, @Kirkie; I agree with your sentiments! I enjoy each and every photo I see, even though I don't pop in often, and once I "get behind" in looking, it seems there are so many pictures, that I eventually can never catch up!
 
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Looks like fun, it was a little cooler when I was there, although it was September as well..I stayed at Hostal Rural San Andres, but it was too cold to tempt me in the pool. I did have a funny incident here. I booked my room on everyone's favourite booking site, and was happy to get the last dorm space, only to realize about 30 secs after confirming that I had booked for a female dorm ( I am male )..because of this I ended up upgrading to a private room with a bath - which I did use...during the pilgrim meal in the evening I was talking to a mother and daughter from New Zealand who had been originally booked in separate dorms, due to my cancellation they were able to be reunited
 
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Still stuck in Pancorbo on the Via de Bayona. It's in a natural gap in the mountains that has been a conduit of paths, roads, and rail since time immemorial. If you ever take the train from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Burgos or vice versa, you'll go through here. Much more fun to walk as the train passes through in an eyeblink.

Part of the pueblo from the castillo ruins. @Peregrinopaul , check out the very very cook rocks!
 
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My one and only surviving Pancorbo photo - a view from my balcony which would have been much nicer if I hadn't decided to include a Lufthansa lorry, just to identify the picture as a truck-stop. The internet is now so weak in Yangon that I'm not even sure if the thumbnail will load.
 

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I did take the train, in 2012 from Bilbao to Madrid, and indeed Pancorbo blurred by. But I assure you, I noticed!

I haven't been back (yet) but the photos have me drooling.
I did cross the Sierra Urbasa last June from Alsasua to Estella, but the limestone formations are almost flat. I'd hoped to get pictures of that incredible mountain Beriain, but it was totally invisible in the clouds.
 
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Takahiwai said:
The internet is now so weak in Yangon that I'm not even sure if the thumbnail will load.
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It did, just fine. May you have enough time with power to charge things that need charging!

Peregrinopaul said:
I haven't been back (yet) but the photos have me drooling.
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One more, then I promise to spare everyone and move on.
 
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Café Iruña in the Plaza del Castillo, Pamplona (April, '24) – one of Hemingway’s favorites.
 
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