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

[VNwalking]

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:

 

[SabsP]

2019. Vasco Interior. Between Salvatierra and Vitoria.
Could this be the same donkey from the post of @Takahiwai earlier this week?

 

[Camino Chrissy]

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.

 

[RobinK*]

Oktober 2012, Finisterre.
It is as if the cross exclaims, "Pilgrim, you are near your journey's end".

 

[Corned Beef]

Choices!! And I seem to have very long legs. Yesterday outside Arzua.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Levaniego + Vadiniense
On the outskirts of Boo de Piélagos.

 

[VNwalking]

I will be staying In Pancorbo in May when I walk the Vasco.

You will not regret that one bit! Buen camino, Chris.

 

[stewinyvr]

On the road to Orisson. September 2024

 

[dick bird]

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.

 

[francesbe]

Swimming hole about 500m from the albergue in O Logoso, on the way to Finisterre, summer of 2024

 

[SabsP]

Camino Francés 2011. Elder gentleman in the quiet streets of Sarria.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Santa Catalina de Somoza

photo taken November 16, 2011



Glimpsing the church tower was always a pleasure when arriving at Santa Catalina de Somoza.

 

[Corned Beef]

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.

 

[Kirkie]

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.

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!

 

[roving_rufus]

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

 

[Margaret Butterworth]

This is not my photo, but it is the most beautiful that I've come across.

 

[Rowena]

April 19, 2022 Camino Frances
Just after El Ganso, a message from Albergue El Serbal y La Luna . This albergue in Pieros, a few stages further on, has sadly been destroyed by fire since I stayed there in 2018.

 

[stewinyvr]

I was not expecting to see the hulk on my way through Pamplona, I guess someone made him angry

 

[naplesdon]

En el Camino cat

 

[ian&linda]

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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The village where my father was born!

 

[Genevievala]

Storm rolling in on our first night, Orrison (Borda) - running for our laundry shortly after this was taken

 

[Bill905]

Portomarin, April 2019 - An encounter with Tarta de Santiago. I asked the woman serving breakfast to us in the restaurant if she had any Tarta de Santiago. She said it had just arrived from the bakery! So I asked if I could please take a photo before she cut it! Success!

 

[Theatregal]

Camino Aragonés. August 30, 2023.
Leaving Canfranc Pueblo and passing the ruins of the 16th century Iglesia de la Trinidad.

 

[HBS60]

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???

 

[VNwalking]

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.

 

[Tony Bobcat]

Leaving Castrojeriz back in June 2023

 

[OzAnnie]

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 ???

 

[OzAnnie]

Leaving Castrojeriz back in June 2023

Perfect shot

 

[SabsP]

Quiet Molinaseca in 2011.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
towards Rabanal del Camino

photo taken November 13, 2010



This small personal, pathside cross was somewhere west of Santa Catalina de Somoza and east of Rabanal del Camino.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Levaniego + Vadiniense
Santa Maria de Arce.

 

[VNwalking]

Vera - are the steps part of the trail or are they extras if you want to climb just for the view ???

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.

Edited to add the forgotten attachment from up in the ruins:

 

[roving_rufus]

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.

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.

 

[roving_rufus]

Sign in bar on edge of Santiago on CF (I was heading backwards out of city early morning feeling a bit odd that I was leaving SdeC as it had been a 4 year walk from home project to get there)

 

[HBS60]

Igrexa de Santiago de Lestedo, Galicia
September 19, 2024 9:55 AM
I love how this pic came out!

 

[RobinK*]

Camino Frances, 25 Sep 2012.
El Acebo de San Miguel. Cats and dogs all day

 

[Bill905]

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.

 

[stewinyvr]

Camino Frances, 25 Sep 2012.
El Acebo de San Miguel. Cats and dogs all day

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I had to smile, as this was the place I sat to wring out my socks in October 2024. Great carrot cake at the bar up the road though, and a roaring fire

 

[Rowena]

April 20, 2022 Camino Frances, Molinaseca

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
El Ganso

photo taken March 11, 2007



Cobalt blue sky and an orange door formed a vibrant combo near El Ganso between Santa Catalina de Somoza and Rabanal del Camino.

 

[Kirkie]

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!

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Levaniego + Vadiniense
Puente Viejo de Oruña

 

[SabsP]

Albergue municipal de Cacabelos. The " private rooms with two beds each ".
2011.

More info and pictures here.

Albergue de peregrinos de Cacabelos | Albergue de Peregrinos en Cacabelos | Gronze.com

Información del albergue de peregrinos Albergue de peregrinos de Cacabelos, en Cacabelos: Precio, plazas, características, etc...

www.gronze.com

 

[VNwalking]

Poppies outside of Miranda de Ebro, on the way to Pancorbo, Via de Bayona 2019.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

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!

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!

 

[Rover20]

Santa Maria de Eunate, April, 2024. It's near the junction of Camino Francés and Camino Aragones. Unusual architecture and mysterious history...

 

[stewinyvr]

Heading into Torres Del Rio.

 

[RobinK*]

Heading into Torres Del Rio.

Oh, thank you @stewinyvr ! I have such good memories of Torres del Rio! We were there in September 2012 and stayed in the albergue La Pata de Oca. It was bloody hot when we arrived. So happy with the little swimming pool. And all night we enjoyed the local festivities.

 

[stewinyvr]

Oh, thank you @stewinyvr ! I have such good memories of Torres del Rio! We were there in September 2012 and stayed in the albergue La Pata de Oca. It was bloody hot when we arrived. So happy with the little swimming pool. And all night we enjoyed the local festivities.

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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

 

[Rowena]

April 21, 2022 Looking down at Ponferrada at the beginning of the Camino Invierno

 

[HBS60]

September 2, 2024. Leaving Carrión de Los Condes towards Calzadilla de La Cueza. I looked back just in time to capture this breathtaking sunrise.

 

[mspath]

Valcarlos alternate
east of Valcarlos

photo taken September 27, 2004



This was a welcome sign within a dense wood but the actual path was neither visible or easy to find on my first camino first day walking !

 

[SabsP]

Quiet O Cebreiro. May 2011.

 

[VNwalking]

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!

 

[Takahiwai]

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.

 

[RobinK*]

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.

It loaded

 

[Peregrinopaul]

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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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.

 

[Rowena]

April 21, 2022 Camino Invierno
The path begins to ascend steeply towards Villavieja. Quite a challenge, weighed down with provisions for dinner and breakfast at the albergue.

 

[RobinK*]

May 2024, Via de la Plata.
Look close. Lots of vultures brotherly among sheep!

 

[DwainS]

loved the section between Hontanas and Castrojeriz

 

[stewinyvr]

On the trail to Cirauqui

 

[HBS60]

Villamayor de Monjardín, August 19, 2024 12:07 AM. Can’t sleep because of the cathedral bells kept ringing next to my window, so I look out of the window and captured this view.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
leaving Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

photo taken October 11, 2011



My 7th CF adventure began with this misty sunrise walking towards Valcarlos. "And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts." Psalm 119:45.

 

[SabsP]

The cooling stream at the Xunta albergue in Ribadiso da Baixo. Camino Francés 2011.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Levaniego + Vadiniense. Renedo
Someone needed St. James' cane

 

[VNwalking]

The internet is now so weak in Yangon that I'm not even sure if the thumbnail will load.

It did, just fine. May you have enough time with power to charge things that need charging!

I haven't been back (yet) but the photos have me drooling.

One more, then I promise to spare everyone and move on.

 

[Rover20]

Café Iruña in the Plaza del Castillo, Pamplona (April, '24) – one of Hemingway’s favorites.

 

[RobinK*]

May 2024, somewhere on the Via de la Plata.

 

[stewinyvr]

There are many great murals on the Frances, but this one in one of the streets of Belorado was one of my favourite inspirational ones. - My Spanish is not good, but I think this is : If someday we are not together I want you to always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you appear, and smarter than you think" thanks Duolingo

 

[VNwalking]

Lots of vultures brotherly among sheep!

Ummmm.
Someone died? The waterhole? What an amazing photo.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Saint Jean Pied de Port
rue de La Citadelle

photo taken January 7, 2010



Walking alone in winter at 70 my emotions mixed anticipation/trepidation/expectation. To stride off toward Valcarlos 15 years ago in that icy pre dawn was extremely exhilarating!!

 

[Rowena]

April 22, 2022 Camino Invierno, second day.
The view of Las Medulas from the lookout. This unusual landscape was created by the Romans, who mined gold by blowing up the mountains.

 

[stewinyvr]

Pretty much as soon as you enter the region of Castilla y León you see the camino signs defaced with one or other of the two components crossed out...as I continued editing my camino pictures yesterday, I noticed this appropriate, and somewhat ironic (given it was also defacing the marker ) Father Ted sticker in the corner of one of the signs

 

[SabsP]

Local pilgrims and their horses. Somewhere 50 km before Santiago.
CF 2011.

 

[Bill905]

On the trail to Cirauqui

Great photo! I see Cirauqui virtually every day because this is the wallpaper I use on my computer ... from March 2019.

 

[Theatregal]

Camino Aragonés. September 6, 2023.
Nearing Yárnoz along undulating paths on the slopes of the Alaitz mountain range.

 

[stewinyvr]

Great photo! I see Cirauqui virtually every day because this is the wallpaper I use on my computer ... from March 2019.

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Great shot, and it is nice to be reminded of these beautiful places.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Roncesvalles

photo taken January 8, 2010



Glimpsing this ethereal winter landscape was an aesthetic reward after a 6 hour solo trek to Roncesvalles monastery through wind, ice, and snow on the verges of route N-135.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

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Café Iruña in the Plaza del Castillo, Pamplona (April, '24) – one of Hemingway’s favorites.

Inside the Iruña café they have a life-size sculpture of the writer Hemingway.
In memory of when he went to Navarre and wrote Fiesta.

 

[VNwalking]

ethereal winter landscape

Here's one from March 2015.
Going over the Montes de Oca was foggy and cold (and later on unbelievably muddy, thanks to logging trucks).

 

[Rowena]

April 23, 2022 Camino Invierno, third day
View of the Rio Sil, soon after entering Galicia. The Camino follows the Sil for the next three or four days, with some spectacular scenery along the way.

 

[SabsP]

Iglesia Triacastela. CF 2011.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Zubiri
calle Puente de la Rabia, 4

photo taken January 9, 2010



Via route N135 I descended alone through snow to Zubiri where only the Pension Usoa was open; this view was taken through a window from the warmth of their interior that cold January afternoon.

 

[stewinyvr]

Not all arrows are yellow - leaving Estella.. ironically one of the first times I missed the arrows..

 

[roving_rufus]

Not quite Pancorbo but still on Via Bayona...just a few miles up the road

 

[VNwalking]

Not quite Pancorbo but still on Via Bayona...just a few miles up the road

Rock graffiti has arrived on the VdB?? Sigh.

Between Pancorbo and Briviesca the feel is more like the meseta. More rolling, but long vistas and big sky.

 

[roving_rufus]

Rock graffiti has arrived on the VdB?? Sigh.

Between Pancorbo and Briviesca the feel is more like the meseta. More rolling, but long vistas and big sky.
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Don't think it was pilgrims....think it was maybe in memory of a local? There was a tree planted and a bench

 

[Rover20]

Expansive view of the Pyrenees at La Virgen d’ Orisson (April 13, 2024).

 

[Bill905]

A few days ago I posted a photo of the Black Madonna in the cathedral in Le Puy. I have pictures of three others in my blogs also. Taking photographs of unusual depictions such as these enhances my memories of visiting these places along the Camino.

The one on the far left is found in a small side altar in the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela; the one in the middle is found in the Eglise de Montlauzun, in Montlauzun, France along the Via Podiensis; the one on the right is found in the Eglise Sacre-Coeur in Lourdes. There are likely others ... I guess I will just have to go back and find them all!

 

[Josep Montserrat]

A few days ago I posted a photo of the Black Madonna in the cathedral in Le Puy. I have pictures of three others in my blogs also. Taking photographs of unusual depictions such as these enhances my memories of visiting these places along the Camino.

The one on the far left is found in a small side altar in the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela; the one in the middle is found in the Eglise de Montlauzun, in Montlauzun, France along the Via Podiensis; the one on the right is found in the Eglise Sacre-Coeur in Lourdes. There are likely others ... I guess I will just have to go back and find them all!

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Hi Bill905,

In my opinion the virgins on the right and the one on the left are reproductions of the virgin of Montserrat.
It is possible that on the small poster that the base says so.
I also remember seeing a virgin of Montserrat in the cathedral of Santiago

https://abadiamontserrat.cat/en/our-lady/

In this link you will find several photos of the original. This way you can form your opinion.


Perhaps they have been brought by Catalan pilgrims

Bon Camí.

 

[SabsP]

Quaint bar with a poster of one of my favourite movies: Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain.
Do not remember the village but is was between Sarria and Santiago.
2011.





With fabulous soundtrack from Yann Tiersen.

.

 

[Bill905]

Hi Bill905,

In my opinion the virgins on the right and the one on the left are reproductions of the virgin of Montserrat.
It is possible that on the small poster that the base says so.
I also remember seeing a virgin of Montserrat in the cathedral of Santiago

https://abadiamontserrat.cat/en/our-lady/

In this link you will find several photos of the original. This way you can form your opinion.

Perhaps they have been brought by Catalan pilgrims

Bon Camí.

What a great link you provided! Thank you Josep! I really enjoyed reading it. Perhaps one day I will visit in person!

For anyone interested, this Wikipedia link outlines the locations of many Black Madonnas, not only throughout Europe, but across the world. Their list validates that the statue in Santiago de Compostela is a reproduction of La Moreneta found in the abbey in Montserrat. The statues that I encountered in Lourdes and Montlauzun do not seem to appear on the Wikipedia list.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Madonna

What interesting things we learn on the forum ...

 

[SabsP]

What a great link you provided! Thank you Josep! I really enjoyed reading it. Perhaps one day I will visit in person!

For anyone interested, this Wikipedia link outlines the locations of many Black Madonnas, not only throughout Europe, but across the world. Their list validates that the statue in Santiago de Compostela is a reproduction of La Moreneta found in the abbey in Montserrat. The statues that I encountered in Lourdes and Montlauzun do not seem to appear on the Wikipedia list.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Madonna

What interesting things we learn on the forum ...

In the list also the very famous Black Madonna from Guadelupe in Spain.
I had the privilege of having a private Mass there. Just a priest and us two, but that is another story.

Our Lady of Guadalupe in Extremadura - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Here in Belgium we have one at the pilgrimagetown of Scherpenheuvel.

Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[stewinyvr]

There are without doubt some beautifully well kept albergues and other accommodation on the camino, and then there are some others which are a little more challenging on the eye..these three made me smile...apparently there are talks about reviving the Hotel Irache..