On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 10.0

[mspath]

Camino Frances
towards Najera

photo taken October 31, 2014



Striding in solitude across Rioja vineyards was invigorating and colorful; russet leaves on recently harvested vines matched the deep orange tones of the soil in the cold (0 Celsius) morning air!

 

[Rowena]

October 31, 2019 The dark skies and constant drizzle, along with the thick coating of moss on the stones and the abundant ivy covering the tree trunks, contributed to the spooky atmosphere as I walked from Padrón to Milladoiro on the Portugués on All Hallows Eve.

 

[AlanSykes]

October 31, 2021, Ruta de la Lana.

The tomb of the "Doncel" in Sigüenza cathedral.

 

[Peregrinopaul]

October 31, 2021, Ruta de la Lana.

The tomb of the "Doncel" in Sigüenza cathedral.

Stunning. I had not heard of this, and your picture had me delving into Google within 60secs.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Azofro
Rollo

photo taken November 1, 2014



West of Azofra at this historic Rollo
which marks a 12th c. jurisdictional/territorial boundary I pondered how many feet had passed here throughout time.

 

[Anne&Pat]

14th, June, 2022. Two photos today, taken seven hours apart. We walked from Vega de Valcarce to Linares, through O Cebreiro.
We saw this carriage as we passed through Las Herrerias and wondered who it belonged to.
Then we saw it again as we were having a late lunch outside Casa Jaime in Linares.
We saw them again the next morning at Alto do Poio, where we stopped for breakfast. They had spent the night there and the gentlemen with the carriage were also having breakfast. We think they were also heading to Santiago.

 

[SabsP]

Sizes. Some visual examples. I guess the barman got a bit tired explaining all the types of tasas or vasos.
Somewhere on the outskirts of Leon.

 

[Rowena]

November 1, 2019 Rainy afternoon in Santiago

 

[FourSeasons]

CF April 22, 2016: A little Spring rain walking through Viana.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Santo Domingo de la Calzada

November 2, 2014



This photo taken from the Plaza España captures the fleeting splendor of pre dawn lighting the magnificent cathedral.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I finally met some other walkers.
Three years ago today on the Camino Catalan.

 

[Rowena]

November 2, 2019 On the way to Negreira

 

[Ali@59]

I met these two lovely peregrinos in Roales just outside Zamora!!

 

[VNwalking]

Coming into Santo Domingo de Silos on the Lana, March 2016.

The tomb of the "Doncel" in Sigüenza cathedral.

your picture had me delving into Google within 60secs.

Ditto.
The cathedral website said no-one knows who created this amazing sculpture. He was gifted, whoever it was.

 

[Anne&Pat]

15th, June, 2022. 6.30am. Alto de San Roque with moon.

 

[SabsP]

First day out of Irun towards Astigarraga on the Vasco Interior in 2019.
Constant rain that day.
My fellow pilgrim in the red poncho.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Granon
San Juan Bautista

photo taken November 3, 2014



At Granon we pilgrims shared ideas and thanks for the joy of being on the camino. Later as the local priest and a pilgrim sang in praise of the Virgin Mary their duet concluded a memorable evening of fellowship and caritas .

 

[lalaone]

Sometimes animals focus on pilgrims so intensely, all while going about their daily business. It's often these other walkers who can break a heart wide open. These sheep / goats (?) had that effect on me in the Pyrenees, after St Jean Pied de Port.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Another three years ago today photo. On the Camino Catalan. That day walking between Sarsamarcuello and Ena. This was taken from the camino near the Mirador de los Buitres (Vulture Overlook, on the plateau at the top left). I finally felt like I was in the Pyrenees.

 

[Rowena]

November 3, 2019 After Negreira



Still raining, the fifth day in a row by now, and cold. I was drenched by the time I arrived at Albergue Casa Pepa, where a fire burned in the bar and the heat was on upstairs to dry our clothes.
Only a handful of pilgrims remained on the route to Muxia and Finisterre, and I considered giving up and taking a bus somewhere dry for the last few days.

 

[FourSeasons]

CF September 29, 2013 between Villafranca del Bierzo and OCebreiro:
A man with a sickle.

 

[SabsP]

No newspapers at the hostal but luckily the old gossipmagazines proved to be of use too!
Pic taken at the pension in Astigarraga. Follow up on my picture from yesterday.
2019 Vasco.

 

[Anne&Pat]

15th, June, 2022. We attended the Pilgrims’ Mass at the Iglesia de Santiago in Triacastela at 18.00hrs. Pat was invited to read the Pilgrims blessing in English after Mass.

Sorry! Three photos today but of the same subject .

 

[nycwalking]

November 3, 2019 After Negreira

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Still raining, the fifth day in a row by now, and cold. I was drenched by the time I arrived at Albergue Casa Pepa, where a fire burned in the bar and the heat was on upstairs to dry our clothes.
Only a handful of pilgrims remained on the route to Muxia and Finisterre, and I considered giving up and taking a bus somewhere dry for the last few days.

November 2010 Casa P. was closed.

The day was unseasonably hot.

We pilgrims sweated on to next stop.

Miss the Camino.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Redecilla del Camino
Iglesia Nuestra Señora de La Calle

November 4, 2014



On route towards Belorada I stopped in Redecilla del Camino to see this handsome 12th c. baptismal font which depicts the towers/windows of Heavenly Jerusalem

 

[VNwalking]

Follow up on my picture from yesterday.

Those wet days on the camino - they can make you wonder what you were thinking.
This is the same neck of the woods as @SabineP 's. Before Astigarraga on the Vasco, 2019.

 

[Theatregal]

Early morning leaving Campiello on the Primitivo. July 30, 2013

 

[Corned Beef]

Muxia. Sept 2022

 

[Rowena]

November 4, 2019 Onwards to Dumbria, Camino Finisterre

During the night the bad weather intensified, with heavy rain and strong wind. I left Casa Pepa after breakfast, as the storm continued. I had reached my limit of tolerance for rain blowing straight into my face, and told myself that although I hated to give up, I would get to Dumbria and find a bus to take me away from the coast. But just before Olveiroa the sun came out and warmed and dried me. What a difference that made!

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I visited the old monastery of San Juan de la Peña on November 4, 2019. How old? It has architectural features from the early 10th century through to the 18th century. Seen here is the original 920 mozarabic church under the almost 200 year older romanesque high church. To the right is the 12th and 13th century cloister with its famed columns and capitals. The cloister used to be enclosed by a wall. You can see marks on the church where it reached to and also modern additions added to remaining parts of the original wall to give an idea of what it was like 800 years ago. To the high right of the picture is the top of a renaissance to baroque chapel. On top of this all is a rock ledge, part of the peña (Aragonese for rocky outcrop).

 

[FourSeasons]

CF October 4, 2013: After the rock bridge pictured below and before Arzua. These mini pop-up filling stations along the way are such a blessing. Some come with a stamp too. Thank you Camino Angels.

 

[SabsP]

Sunday lunch in Pancorbo. Camino Vasco interior 2019
Always follow the locals when looking for a restaurant.

 

[mspath]

CF October 4, 2013: After the rock bridge pictured below and before Arzua. These mini pop-up filling stations along the way are such a blessing. Some come with a stamp too. Thank you Camino Angels.
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FourSeasons,
Their hot coffee was also a blessing in winter!

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Ermita de San Felices

November 5, 2014



On a bleak November day near Villafranca Montes de Oca I photographed this solitary apse which is a vestige of the once vast pre-Romanesque monastery, the Ermita San Felices.

 

[Rowena]

November 5, 2019 First view of Muxia

 

[Theatregal]

Looking back at Pontedeume. Camino Ingles, July 28, 2014

 

[Anne&Pat]

16th, June, 2022. Cloisters and garden
of the Monasterio de Samos. Wonderful monastery and we had a very interesting tour. Our guide was a local lady who also owns one of the restaurants in town with her brother. She was very knowledgeable. We were able to have an early meal at her restaurant later in the day before the Pilgrim Mass in the evening at the Monastery.

 

[FourSeasons]

CD October 3, 2013: After Portomarin; a giant sunflower

 

[AlanSykes]

Nearing the Puerta del Reventón between Rascafría and Segovia on the Camino Mendocino, 6 November 2021.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
San Juan de Ortega

November 6, 2014



When at the splendid monastery of San Juan de Ortega/St John of the Nettles I recalled enjoying in 2004 the famous garlic soup made by the then local priest, Don José Maria Alonso
who actively revitalized the camino.

Deceased in 2008 he is buried within the monastery cloister. ....May he be at peace.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Nearing the Puerta del Reventón between Rascafría and Segovia on the Camino Mendocino, 6 November 2021.

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Thanks for posting this. Never heard of the Camino Mendocino before. Beautiful blue sky but it looks as if you were brave walking it in November! Have just looked up this Camino, very interesting.

 

[SabsP]

Cloister Burgos cathedral.

 

[Rowena]

April 16, 2022 Leaving León, past Plaza de San Marcos

 

[VNwalking]

Ripening walunts on the Invierno, 2019. Yum-to-be! But not yet. It was July, the cherries' time to shine.

Nearing the Puerta del Reventón between Rascafría and Segovia on the Camino Mendocino, 6 November 2021.

I assume you're looking East?
What a day, and what a photo.

 

[Anne&Pat]

17th, June, 2022. Leaving Samos at 6am for our cross country walk towards Sarria! At some points we weren’t sure whether we were on the right path or not but luckily we got there! We didn’t walk along the main road to Sarria, we took the “Opcion” through Pascais, Gorolfe, Veiga, Sivil and joined the Frances at Pedro’s and Aguiada. But some of the paths were not well used, so were a bit difficult to navigate at times.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Burgos

November 7, 2014



I returned to the cathedral museum to re-see and share with a new camino friend my favorite 15th c. representation of Saint James.
Small, about 30cm tall, clad in vermeil/ gold plate on silver, with intricate curly beard and hair, wearing his wide brimmed hat and iconic shells he grips his pilgrim staff and from one shoulder hangs a tiny traveling bag known as a scrip also decorated with shells.. Perfect.

 

[Kanga]

Camino Frances
Burgos

November 7, 2014

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I returned to the cathedral museum to re-see and share with a new camino friend my favorite 15th c. representation of Saint James.
Small, about 30cm tall, clad in vermeil/ gold plate on silver, with intricate curly beard and hair, wearing his wide brimmed hat and iconic shells he grips his pilgrim staff and from one shoulder hangs a tiny traveling bag known as a scrip also decorated with shells.. Perfect.

Lovely.

 

[Rowena]

April 17, 2022 Approaching Hospital de Orbigo, CF

 

[Anne&Pat]

18th, June, 2022. About an hour after leaving Barbadelo on our way to Portomarin.

 

[AlanSykes]

Segovia aqueduct, Camino de Madrid, 7 November 2021

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Tardajos
La Fabrica

photo taken November 8, 2014



Rain soaked and cold I stopped at La Fabrica, a flour mill repurposed to be an albergue/hostal. Each heated (!!) albergue dorm room could hold 4 pilgrims with fresh linens on the bunks and a sleek toilet/shower adjacent. The bar/dining room was popular with locals as well as visiting hunters; meals were copious, tasty and good value.

 

[SabsP]

Misty Santiago. Walking towards Finisterre.

 

[Rowena]

March 26, 2022 The Puente la Reina from a different viewpoint

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Hontanas
El Puntido albergue

photo taken November 9, 2014



Mud had prevailed on the solitary/slippery/cold trudge to Hontanas. Only the private El Puntido albergue was open where I was alone in this well heated dorm. After a hot shower I took a siesta and slept until breakfast!

 

[Anne&Pat]

19th June 2022. Capela da Magdalena, Ventas de Naron on a rainy day. Former hospital of the Knights Templar. The Romanesque building was built 720m forward of the present building, in the last third of the 13thC. At the end of the 19thC, after the confiscation period, the building collapsed and part of the stones were used by the neighbours to erect the Chapel at its present location. Some Templar crosses can be seen on the stones of the south facade and the belfry.

 

[dick bird]

While we were planning the Lana, we read an alarming post reporting that some of the waymarks near Alatoz had been painted over by vandals. As we approached Alatoz, we saw this. Later, we were sitting in the town square in Alatoz enjoying a post walk beer when we were accosted by the president of the local association, most apologetic because the albergue was being renovated and was therefore closed, but not to worry, he said, they'd also arranged for the casa rural to let us stay for 10 euros each. He also apologised most profusely because some of the waymarks didn't have yellow arrows on them. Apparently, they'd gone out to paint the trademark blue rectangles first and were waiting for the paint to dry before they did the arrows. Then it had rained.

 

[Nick B]

Ponte de Lima at night, September 2019

 

[VNwalking]

To a beetle on the ground these must look like the most enormous trees.
Camino Ingles 2018.

 

[SabsP]

Mossy mojon. Bit further away then the picture from yesterday. Kilometers from Santiago to Finisterre...

 

[VNwalking]

A panoramic photo of a gorgeous day on the Invierno, walking above the Rio Sil all day. This stood out - a particularly nice horseshoe bend.

 

[Rowena]

April 27, 2022
View from the Puente Romano in Monforte de Lemos, Camino Invierno

 

[lalaone]

Camino Frances
Hontanas
El Puntido albergue

photo taken November 9, 2014

I stayed here too and really enjoyed it. The warmth and coziness must have been so welcome in November! The promise of coolness and coziness kept me walking in July, when I was tired and almost ready to give up. I am so pleased to know they provide in all seasons. El Puntido is a truly wonderful place.

 

[Anne&Pat]

20th, June, 2022. Leaving Palas de Rei, on the way to Melide on another rainy day.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
towards Castrojeriz

photo taken November 10, 2014



Walking into this cold, fog hidden void it was impossible to see clearly, but at least the mud was frozen!

 

[FourSeasons]

CF early morning Sept 2013
When I took this picture the first time it was too dark so I put on the flash then I noticed this incredible red sky. one of my favorite photos to say the least.

 

[FourSeasons]

CF August 13, 2019 an early morning departure from Palas De Rei.

 

[Rowena]

April 25, 2018, CF
Leaving Carrion de Los Condes in the dark



Unable to find any markers through the town, I followed two men from Croatia into a cafe for breakfast, then they led me to this point. They said that they were walking 40 km a day, so I thanked them for their kindness and they ran off into the darkness.

 

[SabsP]

On the way to Olveiroa I believe?
My mini Camino from Santiago to Finisterre.

 

[AlanSykes]

Between Boñar and Vegacervera. Camino Olvidado, 10 November, 2018.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
towards Itero de la Vega

November 11, 2014



Aĺl was colored ochre along the stony spine of the Meseta east of Itero de la Vega this cold November day.

 

[Anne&Pat]

21st, June, 2022. Iglesia de Santiago, Boente.

 

[FourSeasons]

CF August 9, 2019 leaving O Cebreiro heading down from Alto do San Roque.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

A street in Pamplona on a rainy evening three years ago.

 

[AlanSykes]

San Salvador de Valdediós, Asturias, consecrated in 893. Camino del Norte, 11 November 2015.

 

[VNwalking]

San Salvador de Valdediós, Asturias, consecrated in 893. Camino del Norte, 11 November 2015.

Did you get inside?

 

[Theatregal]

Leaving Porto along the Douro River. I really enjoyed this route out of the city. July 30, 2015

 

[Rowena]

April 24, 2022
Leaving Sobradelo, Camino Invierno

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Fromista
Canala de Castilla Esclusa cuádruple

November 12, 2014



Constructed 1753 -1849 to transport wheat by barge, the Canala de Castilla was popular
1850 -1870 and declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1991. Canalside pathways now are used for recreation; sections of the canal flow past sections of the CF. This view shows the huge Fromista locks.

 

[dick bird]

Camino Frances
Fromista
Canala de Castilla Esclusa cuádruple

November 12, 2014

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Constructed 1753 -1849 to transport wheat by barge, the Canala de Castilla was popular
1850 -1870 and declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1991. Canalside pathways now are used for recreation; sections of the canal flow past sections of the CF. This view shows the huge Fromista locks.

The camino de Madrid also follows it for a while. One branch starts in Medina del Rioseco. It was a great idea but not a commercial success, mainly because they dilly-dallied about having to overcome local politics until by the time it was built, some thoughtless entrepreneurs had built a railway. Having stayed in the on/off monastery, we walked along the banks in the late summer, early dawn, September 2018.

 

[mspath]

The camino de Madrid also follows it for a while. One branch starts in Medina del Rioseco. It was a great idea but not a commercial success, mainly because they dilly-dallied about having to overcome local politics until by the time it was built, some thoughtless entrepreneurs had built a railway. Having stayed in the on/off monastery, we walked along the banks in the late summer, early dawn, September 2018.View attachment 136768

dick bird,
Thanks for the info and atmospheric photo. Did you stay in the Albergue del Monasterio de Santa Clara?

​

 

[Anne&Pat]

22nd, June, 2022. After bypassing O Pedrouzo on the way to Amenal, through beautiful, thick eucalyptus forest on a hot sunny day.

 

[dick bird]

dick bird,
Thanks for the info and atmospheric photo. Did you stay in the Albergue del Monasterio de Santa Clara?

​

Yes. It was staffed by very reclusive monks from an Eastern European country. Comfortable and well-equipped but just a little weird. Medina’s a nice town though.

 

[SabsP]

Contemplation. Cemetery in a village after Negreira. On the way to Finisterre.

 

[mspath]

Contemplation. Cemetery in a village after Negreira. On the way to Finisterre.

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Sabine,
Your handsome photo is the cemetery of the Igrexa de San Cristovo de Corzón. See the location here

Igrexa de San Cristovo de Corzón · 15258 Mazaricos, A Coruña, Spain

★★★★☆ · Church

maps.app.goo.gl

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Mi hermano. Pamplona.

 

[Rowena]

March 27, 2022
Shop window in Estella, CF

 

[AlanSykes]

The Desfiladero de los Calderones, near La Pola de Gordón, Camino Olvidado, 12 November, 2018

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Carrion de los Caminos
Refugio Santa Clara

photo taken November 13, 2014



The pilgrim Refugio Santa Clara is part of the historic Real Monasterio Santa Clara; St Francis of Assisi during his early 13th c. pilgrimage to Santiago is said to have stopped in this monastery.

 

[Anne&Pat]

23rd, June, 2022. After Monte de Gozo, approaching Santiago with a stream of pilgrims.
As well as arriving safely to Santiago, the other wonderful thing about this day was meeting up with some of our pilgrim family at Monte de Gozo!
A young family from USA, husband, wife and their five month old daughter and three year old son, who we first met at Auberge Borda on our first night! We had managed to bump into them a number of times along the way. So there was a long reunion this time, it was great to see them on our last day walking the Frances. They had walked the whole way with the children, pushing their double stroller!
Unfortunately don’t have their permission to post photos.

 

[Rowena]

May 13, 2018 Santiago de Compostela
View from my window at San Martin Pinario

 

[SabsP]

Taberna Bispo. Santiago de Compostela. March 2016.

 

[AlanSykes]

Fervenza da Cidadella, on the Portuguese-Spanish border near Segirei. Camino Zamorano-Portugués, 13 November, 2019.

 

[C clearly]

Breakfast awaits me in the deserted dining room at Complejo Rural Agoga in Las Médulas, on the Camino Invierno. May 21, 2022.

 

[dick bird]

May 13, 2018 Santiago de Compostela
View from my window at San Martin Pinario

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San Martin Pinario used to be one of the best kept open secrets on the camino. Now it is booked solid months in advance. View from our room the last time we stayed there in October 2018.

 

[Anne&Pat]

23rd, June, 2022. Our arrival in the Praza Obradoiro in Santiago de Compostela on a rainy but happy day.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
towards Calzadilla de la Cueza

November 14, 2014



Sky, fields and path compose this view towards Calzadilla de la Cueza; here the CF followed an old Roman route, the Via Trajana, which had once linked Bordeaux and Astorga.

 

[Rowena]

April 19, 2018, CF
Alto de Matagrande, looking towards Burgos

 

[FourSeasons]

CF August 9, 2019. On the way after
O Cebreiro near or at Hospital.
A bird in a barn window.

 

[SabsP]

Finisterre.
End of March 2016.
Very quiet.

 

[Anne&Pat]

24th, June, 2022. The view from our pilgrim room accommodation in Hospideria San Martin Pinario. The first of four stays we would have there this summer. We love staying there, so close to the Cathedral, wonderful atmosphere, good food and comfortable.