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That's a very popular spot for a picture; @Robo has one. As I remember the location is immediately after taking a left turn. 2015.Shortly after leaving Ciruena on the way to Santo Domingo de la Calzada, 21st May 2022.
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A very welcome sight! On my first Camino I had spent almost all the walk through the forest sweating and vomiting and I was a physical wreck when the monastery came in sight. A huge relief to see the end in view! The priest gave me a huge glass of neat gin to settle my innards which worked miraculously. But none of his infamous garlic soup. Since then I have had a soft spot for the place!When walking on the CF as it emerged from the dense forest could at last be glimpsed the distant San Juan de Ortega monastery.
Don't we all?I think I must like taking photos of long and winding roads. I seem to have a lot!
... and they lead to your door - YOUR being good old SantiagoIt is hard not to like all of these photos!
It is my companion and protector. She guards my back.Is that a Kiwi mountain lion about to eat you?
@Robo you have a real knack for extraordinarily beautiful photos, thanks for sharing them with usI think I must like taking photos of long and winding roads. I seem to have a lot!
El Cubo to Villanueva de Campean on the VdlP.
A classic 'Photo Op' on this route I think........
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I presume Oca features in the location? I have a couple of unflattering photos, perhaps lost in a recent cyber attack, will double check.CF - Sept 2013. I’ve seen this bit of trail posted a few times. Here’s my view. I recall feeling spunky on this section as I picked up my pace to a slight jog going down as if to gain momentum for the incline. Did it work? Probably not.
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Looks like rush hourEn Route from Caseres to Casar de Caseres. VdlP April 2023
This is the diversion over the hill coming out of Caseres.
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Definitely reminds me of Oca now you've mentioned it. Was there a little bridge in the dip?I presume Oca features in the location? I have a couple of unflattering photos, perhaps lost in a recent cyber attack, will double check.
This is such a delightful thread!
Looks like rush hour
Are you saying my photo is unflattering? It may not be the prettiest photo but it’s mine and brings me a wonderful memory. I don’t recall the exact location only it was before I came to this place, before Burgos.I presume Oca features in the location? I have a couple of unflattering photos, perhaps lost in a recent cyber attack, will double check.
This is such a delightful thread!
I don’t recall if there was a bridge or not, it was over 10 years ago and many kilometers back.Definitely reminds me of Oca now you've mentioned it. Was there a little bridge in the dip?
Oh my goodness, no! I was remembering two very unflattering photos of me, looking at what lay ahead, with disbelief.Are you saying my photo is unflattering? It may not be the prettiest photo but it’s mine and brings me a wonderful memory. I don’t recall the exact location only it was before I came to this place, before Burgos.
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Oh okayOh my goodness, no! I was remembering two very unflattering photos of me, looking at what lay ahead, with disbelief.
You provoked me, so I just tried to scour my memory, and recalled I had found some photos on a thumb drive, and here is one of the two I had been thinking of. You have to imagine it, as the uppy downy bit is out of the scene, but if you have been there, you can fill in the blanks! I will look for the other one. now, time to make bread so that second photo can wait for another day.Oh okaymakes sense now. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Now go find those photos.
Priceless! Oh the thoughts are endless. Soldier on pilgrim, soldier on.You provoked me, so I just tried to scour my memory, and recalled I had found some photos on a thumb drive, and here is one of the two I had been thinking of. You have to imagine it, as the uppy downy bit is out of the scene, but if you have been there, you can fill in the blanks! I will look for the other one. now, time to make bread so that second photo can wait for another day.
Can you imagine what I am saying as I look ahead?
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All too well.Can you imagine what I am saying as I look ahead?
Well look at you go!!4 minutes till bread is ready, and here is photo 2!
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2006, almost 59, left Roncesvalles 23rd June, arrived Santiago 29 days later.
Learned so much! would not have missed it for the world!
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Heading down after walking the Hospitales on the Primitivo.
Time Traveller spotted !!
Thank you for posting this beautiful poem.These glorious photos remind me of the last three stanzas of the J.R.R. Tolkien poem, "The Roads Go Ever On":
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with weary feet,
Until it joins some larger way,
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
The Road goes ever on and on
Out from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone.
Let others follow, if they can!
Let them a journey new begin.
But I at last with weary feet
Will turn towards the lighted inn,
My evening-rest and sleep to meet.
Still 'round the corner there may wait
A new road or secret gate;
And though I oft have passed them by,
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun.
Me too, but I guessed someone else would appear to highlight it!Time Traveller spotted !!
Huh?Time Traveller spotted !!
Sept '24.... at least we know for sure the weather looks good, be able to pack lessHuh?
This is where (as we wind on down the road) bloke meets "the Lady we all know, who shines white light ....."Camino Frances
leaving Sarria
photo taken March 15, 2009
Early morning the CF eventually entered this misty, enchanted wood.
Taken from the 'staircase'?Certainly does, much more than this short bit of the Camino. Still, I have to count this one of mine because I often have problems with bridges and walking across this one I felt it to be a lot longer than it really is.
Looking back from Portomarin.
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Yes. The stairs don't appear because I believe I zoomed in to telephoto.Taken from the 'staircase'?
Can you expand? Was the song some way related to the place? Love Led Z.This is where (as we wind on down the road) bloke meets "the Lady we all know, who shines white light ....."
Led Zeppelin 1969
This spooky tree has eyes and a gaping mouth. It must be sharing tales of old.Yes. The stairs don't appear because I believe I zoomed in to telephoto.
And as long as I'm posting, I'll add in a spooky tree picture though not as spooky as @mspath's trees. The Camino here may not qualify as appearing long or winding or inviting but I'm sending it in anyway. Location lost to me.
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Or it's astonished at the size of my pack.This spooky tree has eyes and a gaping mouth. It must be sharing tales of old.
Stairway to Heaven is both the most popular pop song of all time (by most measures) and the least understood, but with my own "life experiences" I am rather sure of the meaning IMHO - or at least "it all adds up".Can you expand? Was the song some way related to the place? Love Led Z.
A bit of cultural and geographical background:"There's a feeling I get when I look to the West
The road shown in my picture isn't as long or twisty as @Theatregal's but it's a bit similar. On the way to Finisterre on a foggy July morning.On the descent from the Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Faro. Camino Invierno. June 19, 2019
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