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Names of people will probably be mentioned, will these people be informed if they are in the documentary?Hi all - I'm a filmmaker from the UK. Ever since I walked the Camino Frances in 2022 I've been hoping to make a documentary about it and I'm doing some preliminary research at the moment.
Rather than following one person's journey, I want the film to be a collage of the huge range of interesting people and places along the way that make the camino so special.
I would love to know if there are any people you met along the Camino Frances (albergue owners, shopkeepers, volunteers, doctors, local mayors, farmers, eternal pilgrims, shepherds... whoever!) who were particularly memorable, and why!
Thanks so much.
Names of people will probably be mentioned, will these people be informed if they are in the documentary?
A few people i found memorable and i guess they have some stories to tell:
- not a exact person, but whoever runs Anfas Hostel in Estella might have a story
- Marcelinho who sits in the Park when you leave Logrono
- Jose Luis from the paroquial albergue in Tosantos
- the guy with the rasta hat that works in the hotel and albergue in Boadilla d. Camino
- Sinis (Siniz?) who runs Elvis Bar in Reliegos
- Tomas the last Templar from Manjarin
sure i forgotten some and have not met more
Names of people will probably be mentioned, will these people be informed if they are in the documentary?
Chrissy, is that David who is just 10 km past Astorga, runs a donativo with a drum set in the common room downstairs?This forum's member, @gmag is not a "character" in the sense of the word, but he owns an albergue in Fromista with his wife. I have had several communications with him over the years and he is a kind and gentle soul, although he was recently thinking of selling his property. He is also an artist.
As mentioned in post #2, definitely Sinis, who runs the Elvis bar in Reliegos. A unique experience I will never forget.
While heading towards Astorga in 2015 and again in 2017, a Spaniard sat on the hill (Alto Santo Toribio) at the cross while enthusiastically playing the guitar and singing. I was surprised to see him both times.
How about David, who has lived on the Camino and also walked the Camino barefoot. His "hippie" looking place is an Oasis with wonderful fruit and nuts available to pilgrims and operates as a donativo. With his long dark hair and startling blue eyes, he is a kind soul not easily forgotten. I had my one and only watermelon slice on any Camino I have been on; it was so refreshing on a rather warm day.
Elena, owner of La Perla Negra in Azqueta. She is a lovely and interesting person who provides a wonderful experience to her guests.Hi all - I'm a filmmaker from the UK. Ever since I walked the Camino Frances in 2022 I've been hoping to make a documentary about it and I'm doing some preliminary research at the moment.
Rather than following one person's journey, I want the film to be a collage of the huge range of interesting people and places along the way that make the camino so special.
I would love to know if there are any people you met along the Camino Frances (albergue owners, shopkeepers, volunteers, doctors, local mayors, farmers, eternal pilgrims, shepherds... whoever!) who were particularly memorable, and why!
Thanks so much.
Someone else can confirm for you, but most likely no. I never saw drums or went inside a building.Chrissy, is that David who is just 10 km past Astorga, runs a donativo with a drum set in the common room downstairs?
I know exactly who you mean, met him walking around the grounds of Iglesia de San Nicolás de Bari in Molinaseca. Amazing guy and great story. He is friends with the couple that run Casa San Nicolas (also good Camino Characters) not far from there. I am walking the Frances again and I just reached to him to see if we can share a meal. I think he started caminoquestions.com as well.I have to reply to this thread. My first CF I met an absolutely incredible person in Molinaseca. I will not give name as I do not have permission. He lived/lives? there, originally from the USA, worked as a volunteer in the small church. Met him doing talks and support for pilgrims. Maybe he's a known person in here, what do I know. Was in September 23. PM me if questions.
As I read your post, it at first made me feel vaguely uncomfortable. I've thought more about it. This request is opening up a questionable area of privacy by asking forum members to provide names and location information of people along the camino for your benefit without any knowledge or confirmation of who you are and your credentials as a filmmaker. Perhaps you should provide information about who you are and to be very transparent about your intentions for this documentary.I would love to know if there are any people you met along the Camino Frances (albergue owners, shopkeepers, volunteers, doctors, local mayors, farmers, eternal pilgrims, shepherds... whoever!) who were particularly memorable, and why!
I believe his nephew has taken over day to day, it’s still there when I went through on April 29th, and I did see David as well which surprised me for some reason. Still a special place.Camino Frances
east of the Cruz de Santo Toribio
Casa de los Dioses
At the Casa de los Dioses, a remote haven of camino caritas.
David Vidal created/maintained this simple oasis on the inland CF path west of Santibanez de Valdeiglesias/east of the Cruz de Santo Toribio amidst a vast plain with sweeping vistas. He offered friendly conversation plus a seat and coffee, tea, juices, fruits and cookies to those who passed.
What was most plentiful at the Casa de los Dioses was David's special spirit and unconditional, selfless love.
I am afraid that I don’t remember names , but in Logronia I met a man dressed like a Hobbit ( broad brimmed black hat fro Patagonia( South America, the bottom) who was walking barefoot. He spoke a language no one understood but had some Spanish. He indicated that he had never worn shoe and the soles of his feet were a half inch thick. The other memorable pilgrim was a German Lutheran Nun who walked in a long black cape and no other gear . The cape had inside pockets for her few possessions. She had no money and I bought her meals until Santiago. We stayed in the monestary across the way. She slept in her robe on the bed. She sang hymns while she walked.Hi all - I'm a filmmaker from the UK. Ever since I walked the Camino Frances in 2022 I've been hoping to make a documentary about it and I'm doing some preliminary research at the moment.
Rather than following one person's journey, I want the film to be a collage of the huge range of interesting people and places along the way that make the camino so special.
I would love to know if there are any people you met along the Camino Frances (albergue owners, shopkeepers, volunteers, doctors, local mayors, farmers, eternal pilgrims, shepherds... whoever!) who were particularly memorable, and why!
Thanks so much.
Eduardo!!! Yes absolutely - I second that absolutely he’s a very interesting caring character. First met him in 2014the guy with the rasta hat that works in the hotel and albergue in Boadilla d. Camino
Eduardo
Omg coffee pot from the us ?? In Sep/oct 2018 he took the contraption because he didn't think he'd get good coffee in Spain?? He's done it more than once ??? I was surprised he wasn't dragging a trolly with red wine and a leg of good old American jambon... because you can never be too sure !Find some pilgrim who walks carrying an espresso machine and coffee bean grinder. They surface now and then.
The story I heard was about an Italian guy. I guess there are many demanding conoisseurs!Omg coffee pot from the us ?? In Sep/oct 2018 he took the contraption because he didn't think he'd get good coffee in Spain?? He's done it more than once ??? I was surprised he wasn't dragging a trolly with red wine and a leg of good old American jambon... because you can never be too sure !
Hi - thanks for your message.As I read your post, it at first made me feel vaguely uncomfortable. I've thought more about it. This request is opening up a questionable area of privacy by asking forum members to provide names and location information of people along the camino for your benefit without any knowledge or confirmation of who you are and your credentials as a filmmaker. Perhaps you should provide information about who you are and to be very transparent about your intentions for this documentary.
Hi - thanks for your message.
I've thought about the point you raised regarding privacy, and of course, I certainly wouldn't want anyone to share any third party contact information / home addresses etc. via a public forum. I do think the level of personal information people are sharing is in line with what might be found on a travel blog / review website / other threads on this forum, and which would commonly be shared when, for example, asking for tips on which albergues to stay in, which shops to visit etc. In any case, as I mentioned in an earlier reply, the only way any of the people mentioned in this thread would feature in the documentary is if they gave explicit consent to take part.
As for me, this is my website: https://tomgarmeson.com/ . I have worked in factual television and news media here in the UK for several years, but this project is being carried out independently by myself and a fellow filmmaker I met on the camino in 2022. We're self-funding the project and if all goes well, we hope to submit the finished film to festivals down the line. As I mentioned above I'm still very much in the research stage at the moment trying to gather ideas, but I want the documentary to show the rich diversity of people and places along the camino to try and give a sense of why walking it is so special.
Thanks again and I really appreciate all of the suggestions people have shared so far.
This. Absolutely. The man is a legend, and rightly so.The name of this kindly gentleman/shopkeeper is Senor Amancio Yagüez.
Apparently I wasn’t the only person who encountered the good Father.Father(?) Joyful who I met in Atapuerca in 2017 walking barefoot in a Monks robe. Not ordained in any way, the Master (not what you think) told him to walk to Santiago and await the next message. I asked what he was going to do if he didn’t receive a message, he said he’d hang out in Spain until they threw him out or, go home and play Bass for Florida Georgia Line. Saw him again in Burgos and always wondered what happened. He was from Santa Cruz, CA which may explain a lot.
Helena, owner of La Perla Negra is indeed a unique individual. She’s a single Mom, and struggled through COVID with little income. Beyond that, she recognized I was having a very hard time and managed to slip a Camino-shell bracelet and lovely, encouraging note, unseen for 3 days, into my backpack. Her thoughtful, kind act brought me to tears. I wrote to thank her when I found it, and will always treasure it and her handwritten note to me.Elena, owner of La Perla Negra in Azqueta. She is a lovely and interesting person who provides a wonderful experience to her guests.
It’s Eduardo who owns and runs the Albergue and hotel in Boadilla del Camino. He is indeed a character. Tim Moore wrote about him in his book, Spanish Steps: Travels with My DonkeyA few people i found memorable and i guess they have some stories to tell:
- not a exact person, but whoever runs Anfas Hostel in Estella might have a story
- Marcelinho who sits in the Park when you leave Logrono
- Jose Luis from the paroquial albergue in Tosantos
- the guy with the rasta hat that works in the hotel and albergue in Boadilla d. Camino
- Sinis (Siniz?) who runs Elvis Bar in Reliegos
- Tomas the last Templar from Manjarin
sure i forgotten some and have not met more
Absolutely. Everyone I’ve met on Caminos has a story.How about Ivar who started this forum?
Also, for me, much of the magic has been the other pilgrims I have met along the way....someone whose wife had just taken her life, someone whose marriage had just fallen apart after fifty years, an American lass who had just been accepted to doctoral programmes in a dozen top notch English universities, someone who had been paralysed and told they would never walk again but they prayed and there they were walking four months later, a couple from Israel with a baby and toddler, a honeymooning couple, two ladies from Ukraine who had lost everything, a kid trying to kick is cocaine habit, a father and his thirteen year old son who he wanted to connect with before it was too late after realising he had placed too much emphasis on serving others, lots of people at transition points wondering what next?.....
I looked at the final one on the display pane. You are not intrusive on that one, so I look forward to viewing the others. Retirement? What a joke! I will find time, though. Your art is obvious.Hi - thanks for your message.
I've thought about the point you raised regarding privacy, and of course, I certainly wouldn't want anyone to share any third party contact information / home addresses etc. via a public forum. I do think the level of personal information people are sharing is in line with what might be found on a travel blog / review website / other threads on this forum, and which would commonly be shared when, for example, asking for tips on which albergues to stay in, which shops to visit etc. In any case, as I mentioned in an earlier reply, the only way any of the people mentioned in this thread would feature in the documentary is if they gave explicit consent to take part.
As for me, this is my website: https://tomgarmeson.com/ . I have worked in factual television and news media here in the UK for several years, but this project is being carried out independently by myself and a fellow filmmaker I met on the camino in 2022. We're self-funding the project and if all goes well, we hope to submit the finished film to festivals down the line. As I mentioned above I'm still very much in the research stage at the moment trying to gather ideas, but I want the documentary to show the rich diversity of people and places along the camino to try and give a sense of why walking it is so special.
Thanks again and I really appreciate all of the suggestions people have shared so far.
I also met Father Joyful in 2017. This is what I wrote at the time:Father(?) Joyful who I met in Atapuerca in 2017 walking barefoot in a Monks robe. Not ordained in any way, the Master (not what you think) told him to walk to Santiago and await the next message. I asked what he was going to do if he didn’t receive a message, he said he’d hang out in Spain until they threw him out or, go home and play Bass for Florida Georgia Line. Saw him again in Burgos and always wondered what happened. He was from Santa Cruz, CA which may explain a lot.
One of the most Memorable Characters I met Camino Frances in May 2024 was a ( unfortunately unnamed) bloke, long white bread, wearing loose garments and a woven pointed beanie!!! He was living in cottage about 3 km from Castrojeriz. He was extremely friendly, spiritual, and full of wisdoms for pilgrims. Great thought provoking quotes that were delivered with complete clarity. He was engaging and sane.Hi all - I'm a filmmaker from the UK. Ever since I walked the Camino Frances in 2022 I've been hoping to make a documentary about it and I'm doing some preliminary research at the moment.
Rather than following one person's journey, I want the film to be a collage of the huge range of interesting people and places along the way that make the camino so special.
I would love to know if there are any people you met along the Camino Frances (albergue owners, shopkeepers, volunteers, doctors, local mayors, farmers, eternal pilgrims, shepherds... whoever!) who were particularly memorable, and why!
Thanks so much.
Just before the fuente de vino in Irache is a blacksmith who makes and sells good iron artwork. He offers a nice sello for your credencial and possible a very small iron seashell. Good conversation if you can speak Spanish. He did a great job making for me a pair of bookends I designed.any people you met along the Camino Frances … who were particularly memorable, and why
Yes Eduardo is great ! He and his family run the albergue and the hotelEduardo!!! Yes absolutely - I second that absolutely he’s a very interesting caring character. First met him in 2014
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Encyclopédia…sorryYes Eduardo is great ! He and his family run the albergue and the hotel
I was there 2 times ( 2018 and 2022) always a pleasure to watch Eduarfo
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One table to another for morning breakfasts and other meals always with a big smile
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Does anyone know if he is still on the Camino?I also met Father Joyful in 2017. This is what I wrote at the time:
We've come across a few characters on the trail, but none quite like Father Joyful, who we met today. He's an "independent monk" who is "between religions", and says his heroes are all saints and guitar players. He's walking the Camino barefoot, doing about 6-12km per day, and by donation. We gave him some coins in exchange for a photo and a few words of wisdom.
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Hi all - I'm a filmmaker from the UK. Ever since I walked the Camino Frances in 2022 I've been hoping to make a documentary about it and I'm doing some preliminary research at the moment.
Rather than following one person's journey, I want the film to be a collage of the huge range of interesting people and places along the way that make the camino so special.
I would love to know if there are any people you met along the Camino Frances (albergue owners, shopkeepers, volunteers, doctors, local mayors, farmers, eternal pilgrims, shepherds... whoever!) who were particularly memorable, and why!
Thanks so much.
Is Marcelino still around as you are leaving Logroño? I believe Felisa and Maria (mother and then daughter) are no longer still with us at the entrance to that city with their figs.
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