On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 11.0

[Kirkie]

Solemnity during Semana Santa 2016.
That year I walked a mini Camino from Santiago to Finisterre.

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I think here I can use awesome. It is not a word I usually find a use for in everyday life. Yet it is not quite the correct word. Maybe more pertinent: why? Why the mask?

 

[SabsP]

I think here I can use awesome. It is not a word I usually find a use for in everyday life. Yet it is not quite the correct word. Maybe more pertinent: why? Why the mask?

See here for more information.

Capirote - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[mspath]

Camino Finisterre
Corcubión

December 8, 2011



After descending to Cée and crossing to Corcubión, then turning west, following a creek and some very muddy lanes I finally arrived at the pleasant hilltop albergue San Roque de Corcubión. In a repurposed school this was a very friendly place run by local volunteers.

 

[FourSeasons]

del Norte - July 10, 2019
Still walking to Markina. whew!!

 

[Kirkie]

See here for more information.

Capirote - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Thank you, my new learning. Basically to point away from the individual to a Personage we do not discuss on the forum!

 

[SabsP]

Vilar de Mazarife. Albergue Tio Pepe. Seven years ago.
Only one other pilgrim and I that night.

 

[Rowena]

May 2, 2022 Lalin to Bandeira
Shortly before Silleda on the Camino Invierno, which had joined with the VdlP earlier in the day.

 

[mspath]

Camino Finisterre
Praia de Estorde

photo taken April 2, 2006



Estorde is the first beach on the camino path linking Corcubión/San Roque to Finisterre; along the sea the path parallels the AC-445 route. Cape Finisterre is on the far left in the view. Crossing the beach barefoot while holding my boots like a child I delighted in the tickle of sand between my toes.

 

[FourSeasons]

del Norte - July 10 & 11, 2019
Ah - finally. The view from my bed in Markina where I enjoyed a much needed/earned rest.

 

[Rowena]

May 3, 2022 Camino Invierno, Bandeira to Outeiro
Photo taken about an hour into the walk on this second to last day on the Camino Invierno.

 

[SabsP]

Seven years ago. Between Villares de Orbigo and Astorga.
Last day of my short Camino due to knee bursitis.

 

[MilenaS]

Sunset above Porto before the start of my last Camino.

PS! A tip, just after you get over the Luis I bridge (if you cross it on the bottom "floor") you can use an elevator inside the parking garage to the top of the hill to Jardim do Morro park, where a lot of people gather to watch the sunset. Got the tip about the garage from a local

 

[Kirkie]

View from albergue in Pajares on the Salvador, 2017.

 

[mspath]

Camino Finisterre

photo taken December 9, 2011



Entering Finisterre on the camino path along the beach I happily relaxed by these boats to enjoy some local mariscos.

 

[FourSeasons]

del Norte - July 12, 2019
Through the woods on the way to Gernika.

 

[mspath]

Today, Jeuves Santo, I have been rememberiing the 12th c. Iglesia del Santo Sepulcro in Estella. Years past each time I was in Estella the complex was closed to visitors and I never was able to see the interior.

However 48 photographic files on the monument are held by Wikipedia Commons ; thus now I have been able to see this splendid interior photo.

The photo is described by Wikipedia as

"El tímpano de la portada se divide en tres niveles. En el inferior se representa "La Última Cena", en la superior "La crucifixión", mientras que el central presenta tres escenas: a la izquierda "Las tres Marías junto al sepulcro", en la central "El rescate de los inocentes" y a la derecha el "Noli me tangere" "

Such an image seems most appropriate for viewing today on Jueves Santo/Holy Thursday.

 

[SabsP]

Today, seven years ago. View from my room. Hostal at Praza de Mazarelos in Santiago.

 

[David Tallan]

MilenaS' photo inspired this one, also from Porto, leaving along the Senda Litoral.

 

[Theatregal]

Beautiful sky - entering Ledigos. Camino Frances. September 26, 2023

 

[mspath]

Camino Finisterre
towards Cape Finisterre

photo taken December 9, 2011



On my 7th camino when walking the final kilometers along the sea towards Cape Finisterre each step taken, each hill climbed was special for being close to the last.

 

[FourSeasons]

del Norte - July 12, 2019
Gernika

 

[SabsP]

Today, seven years ago.
Santiago de Compostela.

 

[FourSeasons]

de Norte - July 13, 2019
When leaving Gernika, I found a fossil. A former mode of communication.
How do you use this thing?

 

[mspath]

Camino Finisterre
Cape Finisterre

December 9, 2011



At the westernmost lighthouse in Europe I received my last stamp.

 

[Rowena]

May 3, 2022 Camino Invierno
Fonte and Ermita de Santiago, a few steps before the albergue at Outeiro

 

[SabsP]

Seven years ago. Santiago. Cafe at Rua do Vilar for a cortado.
As usual I bought some things at the cathedral shop.

 

[mspath]

Camino Finisterre
Cape Finisterre

photo taken December 9, 2011



Finally reaching the old iron cross at land's end my 7th CF ended after 1000 kilometers and nine weeks walking always wearing a full pack; silently I gave my heartfelt thanks for all that had been and for all those that had helped to make it so.

 

[mspath]

Leaving for Paris
photo taken October 14, 2013, am



My 9th CF began at our local gare/rr station; at 74 I was very thankful to be going once again, and, as always, curious as how it all might unfold.

 

[FourSeasons]

del Norte - July 14, 2019
Can anyone show me the way to Bilbao?

 

[Rowena]

May 4, 2022
Entering Santiago from the VdlP/Invierno. Some say it is the nicest entry into the city, and I would agree that it is beautiful, but definitely not the easiest entry. After descending to the Rio Sar there is a long steep climb back up to the cathedral which wore me out!

 

[mspath]

Night train/ Paris to Bayonne
photo taken October 14, 2013, pm



To begin past CFs I often rode the train de nuit/ night train in a couchette/berth from Paris/ gare Austerlitz to Bayonne. It felt magical to fall asleep in Paris at 11 pm, hear/feel the carriages move through the night and awaken in Bayonne at 7 am.

 

[MilenaS]

Night train/ Paris to Bayonne
photo taken October 14, 2013, pm

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To begin past CFs I often rode the train de nuit/ night train in a couchette/berth from Paris/ gare Austerlitz to Bayonne. It felt magical to fall asleep in Paris at 11 pm, hear/feel the carriages move through the night and awaken in Bayonne at 7 am.

Is this the one with the beds stacked 3 on one side. I remember going in to the carrige and thinking "PLEEEEASE" not be mine about the one at the top...

 

[mspath]

Is this the one with the beds stacked 3 on one side. I remember going in to the carrige and thinking "PLEEEEASE" not be mine about the one at the top...

This was 2 on a side in a car reserved for women. Since I was older and bought it 3 months ahead the senior ticket was 50€! Best of all no one else was in there than me !!

 

[SabsP]

Villabona-Zizurkil. Camino Vasco Interior 2019.

 

[Rowena]

May 4, 2022, 1:00 pm
Arrival was bittersweet, as usual, after 800 km from Roncesvalles to Santiago via the Camino Invierno.

 

[mspath]

Bidarray, France
seen from TER local train

photo taken October 15, 2014


I enjoyed seeing the rolling landscape while riding the local TER train from Bayonne to the Basque town of Saint Jean Pied de Port, named such because it is at the pied /foot of a port /pass crossing the Pyrenées.

 

[FourSeasons]

del Norte - July 13, 2019
On the way to Lezema — hmmm a puzzler.

 

[Rowena]

May 5, 2022
I had sought solitude on this Camino, and according to this habit that I had developed, I went to the early morning mass in the cathedral, instead of the pilgrim mass at noon.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Saint Jean Pied de Port
Porte de France

photo taken October 15, 2013



After arriving in SJPdP by train my first glimpse into the historic town center was always through the arch of the Porte de France; here each new adventure began.

 

[nycwalking]

I was cleaning out old papers for garbage.

I happened upon this bag from my second Camino in 2002 when I visited chocolate museum in Astorga.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Saint Jean Pied de Port
39 rue de La Citadelle
Pilgrim Office sign

photo taken October 3, 2005



Whatever the season les Amis du Chemin de Saint Jacques multi-lingual volunteers staffing the Pilgrim Office were always welcoming and helpful.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Saint Jean Pied de Port
55 rue de La Citadelle
municipal albergue

photos taken January 16, 2008



Reading this sign began my 4th CF and 2nd in winter. Pondering the route and days to come I was very content to be back once more in this special place where serendipity prevailed.

 

[SabsP]

Today, eleven years ago.
Bar Teo in Graňon.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Saint Jean Pied de Port
Porte de Saint Jacques

photo taken October 14, 2015



This view was taken as a new day was dawning in the eastern sky beyond the medieval Porte; soon a new camino would begin as I turned away from the Porte to walk west.

 

[Theatregal]

An outdoor garden bookshop after Cirauqui. Alas, it was closed. September 9, 2023.

 

[mspath]

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

photo taken October 11, 2011



The new adventure of my 7th CF began with a misty sunrise as I walked towards Valcarlos.

 

[SabsP]

Ten years ago today. Ferrol to Neda.
Camino Ingles.
A sunny day!

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
towards Valcarlos

photo taken February 6, 2007



Signage on the Valcarlos route often included miniscule yellow arrows rather randomly attached to trees, logs, etc.

 

[Theatregal]

View of Mianos from the path to Artieda. Camino Aragonés. September 2, 2023

 

[FourSeasons]

Camino Frances - August 8, 2019
Inside the church 0 Cebreiro, a table
In Memoriam.


Rest in Peace fellow peregrina @annakappa (yesterdays forum news)

 

[Kirkie]

Camino Frances - August 8, 2019
Inside the church 0 Cebreiro, a table
In Memoriam.

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Rest in Peace fellow peregrina @annakappa (yesterdays forum news)

I take this opportunity to express my sympathy to the family.
Thank you, @FourSeasons, your post is so respectful.
Thanks to Sabine for alerting us to the fact of Anna's death. Never the right moment!
We value life so much!
I have given Sabine permission to alert you all when I pop my clogs!
I will not have much time to scroll back because I was missing in action for a week, though I love to recognise each post in this thread.

 

[SabsP]

Six years ago today. Madrid. Estacion de Chamartin.
On my way to Ferrol. The second Ingles for me.

 

[mspath]

Valcarlos alternate route

photo taken October 11, 2011



This pathside cross was east of Arnéguy on the Valcarlos alternate route

 

[SabsP]

Six years ago today. The pasarela next to the trainrails , just after Monasterio do Couto in Naron. Etapa between Ferrol and Pontedeume. Shaving off five k. making that etapa doable for me to walk in one day.
Four years earlier I stopped in Neda and this time I decided I did not want to stay there.



And today, thirteen years ago, I flew to Spain to start my first Camino.

 

[Theatregal]

Leaving Frómista. September 23, 2023 Camino Fances

 

[FourSeasons]

Camino Frances - July 20, 2019
Leaving Fromista @5:30a in a different light than Theatregal.

 

[Rowena]

On this day two years ago, in the Templar Church at Villalcazar de Sirga, Saint James leads the way.



I will be on the Camino Sanabres very soon, starting in Zamora next week. New photos!

 

[mspath]

Valcarlos alternate route
Arnéguy

photo taken October 15, 2014



At the Arnéguy Venta shopping complex on the Spanish/French border this older stelle framed a newer sign pointing to the alternate camino for Valcarlos, Ibaneta, and Roncesvalles

 

[SabsP]

Today, six years ago. Betanzos. A dry afternoon.
Camino Ingles.

 

[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!

 

[SabsP]

Today thirteen years ago. Camino Frances 2011.
Almost finished my first etapa of my first Camino from Roncesvalles to Zubiri.


Also on this day in 2013, 2014 and 2018 I walked parts of different Spanish Caminos.
I love April for walking.

 

[VNwalking]

Best day of the year.

 

[mspath]

Test

 

[Kirkie]

Test

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I have just such a little medal!

 

[VNwalking]

The wonderful 9th C window of San Tirso in Oviedo, at the beginning of the Primitivo.

 

[mspath]

Test

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For clarification please see this post.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
near Roncesvalles/Valcarlos

19th c. print copied from the
Roncesvalles monastery web




This print depicts Charlemagne mounted finding Rodan/Roland dead August 778 near Roncesvalles on what will be later known as the Valcarlos route. Eventually the village Valcarlos/Luzaide would also be named in honor of Carlos ie. Charlemagne.

 

[Theatregal]

Camino Aragonés. Monasterio de San Juan de la Peña. September 1, 2023

 

[SabsP]

Bar Eterna in Belorado 2013.
Only pilgrim. The nice gentlemen tried to explain me the rules of the cardgame...

 

[mspath]

Valcarlos alternate route
Parish church
Calle Elizaldea, 7
church altar

photo taken October 16, 2012



On my 8th camino I was finally able to visit the church and see this altarpiece which dates from 1908 .

 

[SabsP]

Today. Eleven years ago in Rabé de las Calzadas.

 

[mspath]

Valcarlos alternate route
Valcarlos/Luzaide
view south to France

photo taken October 16, 2012



This landscape was shot from Valcarlos/Luzaide, Spain, towards the facing slope in Ondarolle, France. Hidden within the foreground trees is the rio Luzaide/ la rive Arnéguy, which since the 17th c. Treaty of the Pyrenées serves here as the border between Spain and France.

 

[mspath]

Valcarlos alternate
Ibaneta pass

photo taken February 7, 2007



On the Valcarlos alternate during late autumn/winter in rain/sleet/snow I always walked the route N135 verges facing traffic since the camino path through the wood became too slick to follow.

 

[Theatregal]

View from the cathedral rooftop tour. Santiago de Compostela. October 5, 2023

 

[Anne&Pat]

We have started our Via Podiensis! Today was day 4 and we walked through snow!! This cold spell has to continue for the next few days. Thursday will be the coldest.
Between Le Villaret d’Apchier and St Alban sur Limagnole, 16th April 2024.

 

[SabsP]

Wow!! Good to see you @Anne&Pat !! All the best and keep warm please!

 

[SabsP]

Today, thirteen years ago. Estella. Very quiet.

 

[VNwalking]

Today on the Primitivo, as it crests one of the last significant hills before dropping down to Melide. It wasn't as cold as @Anne&Pat experienced, but was definitely chilly!

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Ibaneta chapel

photos taken October 17, 2012



Colorful glass panes provided an aesthetic pick-me-up when exhausted after climbing from Valcarlos I peered into this tiny window on the locked wayside chapel door.

 

[mspath]

Santiago de Compostela
Cathedral Archivo-Biblioteca



This illustration depicting Charlemagne and Roland fighting Moors is from Historia Caroli Magni et Rotholandi/History of Charlemagne and Roland, Book IV of the Codex Calixtinus

Twelve examples of the Codex, a 12th c. medieval manuscript, exist but it is
assumed that the Codex in the Santiago de Compostela cathedral library is the original.

 

[Theatregal]

Cathedral rooftop tour, Santiago de Compostela. October 5, 2023.
I've been on this tour three times now and this vantage point always makes me feel like I'm "backstage".

 

[SabsP]

Today, thirteen years ago.
Calle Laurel in Logroño.

 

[Anne&Pat]

18th April, 2024. Day 6, Quatre Chemins to Aubrac, Via Podiensis. Very cold days walking. We woke up to quite a lot of snow on the ground this morning. It was only 3o on the Pharmacy temperature sign at 13.00hrs In Nasbinals!
Snow and sleet, sometimes heavy with a strong wind most of the day.
This photo was taken at 16.20hrs just before reaching Aubrac.

 

[VNwalking]

This photo was taken at 16.20hrs just before reaching Aubrac.

Brrrrr.

Today in Santiago.
Not icy at all.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Roncesvalles monastery

photo taken October 17, 2012



Seen from the albergue courtyard at twilight the lights glowing within the monastery complex were both mysterious and welcoming.

 

[Anne&Pat]

19th, April, 2024. Aubrac to St Come d’Olt. Day 7, Via Podiensis. Much better day weather wise but a long difficult day with lots of descending and still a bit of ascending, hard on the arthritic knees!!

 

[VNwalking]

After Mass in Santiago de Compostela this evening.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Roncesvalles

photo taken January 8, 2010



An ethereal winter landscape was
my aesthetic reward after another solo trek through wind, ice, and snow up the Valcarlos alternate and route N135.

 

[SabsP]

Today. Thirteen years ago. Azofra. CF.
The albergue municipal with the two beds system.

 

[Anne&Pat]

20th April,2024. St Come d’Olt to Estaing, Day 8, Via Podiensis. Beautiful sunny day, weather getting a little warmer!

 

[mspath]

the source of this map is the
Napoleon series

The present Napoleon route OVER the Pyrenees mountains to Roncesvalles dates from the French battles of 1813; when it was actually named the Napoleon route I do not know.

Although Napoleon Bonaparte never was on this route French troops fought at the
Battle of Roncesvalles 25 July, 1813, against the British led by General Wellington in one of the many campaigns of the 1808/1814 Peninsular war also known as La Francesada.

For detailed information re the Battle of Roncesvalles see Martin Gibson's encyclopedic blog War and Security

 

[SabsP]

Today, thirteen years ago. CF. Redecilla del Camino.
One of those village bars that also functions as a general shop.

 

[VNwalking]

The lovely faces of frequent friends (blue pimpernels) on the Camino Primitivo, 2024.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Burguete

photo taken October l6, 2015



At the curve in this mid morning view of the CF/route N 135 a hidden turn to the right continued onto a more pastoral CF path.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Estaing to Espeyrac, 21st, April, 2024, Day 9, Via Podiensis. First half of today’s walk to Campuac on the GR 6 option was constantly up and up with only the occasional descent, the second part was quite peaceful and gentler. We saw no other pilgrims today until we were nearly at Espeyrac, the rest must have gone by Golinhac.
Looking back and down on Estaing.

 

[SabsP]

Today, thirteen years ago. Tosantos. Albergue parroquial.
Very simple but such caritas.

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[mspath]

Camino Frances
leaving Burguete

photo taken October 13, 2011



On the way to Espinal one cool October morning the CF passed through gentle, mist covered farmland .

 

[VNwalking]

Roncesvalles on an evening in early March, 2015.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Espeyrac to Conques. A shorter day for our Day 10 of walking the Via Podiensis, 22nd, April, 2024, but it still had a challenging ascent early and descent into Conques.
Conques is a beautiful village and luckily at this time of year doesn’t have too many tourists, probably more pilgrims than tourists around and not too busy.
We stayed at the Abbaye, which is comfortable and had a very good dinner last evening. We also went to the Abbaye Church for Compline, Pilgrims blessing, description of the Tympanum and a concert all after 20.30hrs. Not in bed until after 22.30hrs!
Luckily we’re having a rest day today 23rd April in Conques, so we can get to bed earlier tonight in preparation of tomorrow’s walk.
Sorry, two photos of the Abbaye de Sainte-Foy.

 

[SabsP]

Today, thirteen years ago.
San Juan de Ortega.