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

[Anik2001]

Ermita San Miguel, between Villatuerta and Estella
Camino Francés, July 2022

 

[Anne&Pat]

I don't even remember the stairs in Sarria - just being eager to pass through or get out the town and all its hubbub.
But I do remember these!
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At the top of those stairs! 18th June 2022.
Glad to have arrived. We didn’t climb them on our first Camino in 2014, because we weren’t staying in Portomarin. We did stay there in 2022 and will be again this year!

 

[FourSeasons]

Camino Frances
Portomarin August 11, 2019
My next Camino I’ll go as far as Portomarin. Why not Sarria you ask?? Because this awaits me……. I discovered this in 2013 and couldn’t wait to have it again. A definite driving force.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances.
towards Sarria

November 30, 2014



The landscape had changed; all mountains were past and low stone walls crossed wooded hills/dales. Much was green even late in November.

 

[SabsP]

Rabanal del Camino. 2011.

 

[Rowena]

October 27, 2023 Camino Frances
Setting off from Portomarin, back down those steps.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
east of Sarria
albergue Paloma y Leña

photo taken February 25, 2008



This handsome and well fitted common space in 2008 was part of a then new private albergue set in verdant terrain east of Sarria on route LU P 5602.

 

[VNwalking]

On the way to Roncesvalles on the Valcarlos Route, March 2015:

 

[FourSeasons]

Camino Frances
After Samos
August 10, 2019
Cottage with a creek flowing through.

 

[markie6]

Rabanal del Camino. 2011.

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Are you sure it's not Molinaseca ... ?

 

[SabsP]

Are you sure it's not Molinaseca ... ?

Hmm? Then I shall have to recheck the sequences of my pictures.

 

[FourSeasons]

Hmm? Then I shall have to recheck the sequences of my pictures.

Markie6 is correct. August 6, 2019 heading out of Molinaseca.

 

[Anik2001]

Morning shadows in the fields after Larrasoaña.
Camino Francés, July 2022

 

[Rowena]

October 28, 2023 Camino Frances
Within the church of San Xulian, shortly after Palas de Rei.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Rabanal del Camino. 2011.

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And ours from 11 June 2022. He is still standing at the exit of Molinaseca!

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Sarria

photo taken December 1, 2012



All packed and ready to go !

If donkey travel intrigues you
read Robert Louis Stevenson's classic 1879 Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Modestine, his donkey, had a heavy load to carry including RLS's fur-lined self-designed sleeping bag.

Today the GR70 in SE France follows their route.

 

[Theatregal]

For Denise, at the base of the maple tree planted in her memory in the memorial garden opposite the Ermita del Ecce Homo, Valdeviejas. September 29, 2023

 

[Anne&Pat]

Ermita del Ecce Homo. 9 June 2022.

 

[SabsP]

Colegiata Santa Maria a Real do Sar. Santiago de Compostela.

Colegiata Santa María a Real do Sar | Web Oficial de Turismo de Santiago de Compostela y sus Alrededores

S. XII. Románica. Construida en el siglo XII a las orillas del río Sar es, junto con la Catedral, la iglesia que conserva mayor parte de su primitiva fábrica románica. En el exterior llaman la atención los robustos arbotantes construidos entre los siglos XVII y XVIII para proteger los muros...

www.santiagoturismo.com

 

[FourSeasons]

Camino Frances - Between Najera and Santo Domingo - about an hour after the wooden stake marker showing 574 to Santiago. @mspath could it be he?
Beast of Burden, September 11, 2013.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances - Between Najera and Santo Domingo - about an hour after the wooden stake marker showing 574 to Santiago. @mspath could it be he?
Beast of Burden, September 11, 2013.
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Perhaps this is the same donkey; however this fellow is really over burdened!

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
leaving Sarria

photo taken March 15, 2009



Early morning after crossing the rio Pequeño on the medieval Puente da Aspera and traversing a railway track I eventually entered this misty, enchanted wood.

 

[SabsP]

This one is Rabanal del Camino . 2011.

 

[markie6]

Camino Frances
leaving Sarria

photo taken March 15, 2009

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Early morning after crossing the rio Pequeño on the medieval Puente da Aspera and traversing a railway track I eventually entered this misty, enchanted wood.

close by IIRC

 

[Rowena]

October 29, 2023 Camino Frances
Between Melide and Arzua

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
towards Ferreiros

photo taken November 21, 2010



After splashing under gray clouds on this flooded path eventually I would stop at the Xunta albergue in Ferreiros; open all year it was a perfect small place amidst a beautiful landscape.

 

[FourSeasons]

Camino Frances
Lucio (?) On the way to Samos
August 9, 2019

 

[VNwalking]

Chosen at random - closed my eyes and clicked. The amazing ceiling and retablio of the Parroquia de Santo Tomás in Haro on the Vasco.

 

[Anik2001]

This one was taken on a misty morning, between Ferreiros and Portomarín, a little after the 100km mojón.
Camino Francés, July 2017

 

[SabsP]

Bar Villa Rica in Logroño. Famous for their zapatillas. 2011.

Villa Rica - Calle Laurel de Logroño

Un clásico de La Laurel, con sus tradicionales zapatillas de jamón y matrimonios, de elaboración al momento y ofertas durante […]

www.callelaurel.org

 

[Kirkie]

Salvador, 2017. On the way to Bendueños.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
towards Portomarin

photo taken November 28, 2011



In cold late November sunshine my shadow was a constant matinal companion, always slightly to the right when the morning sun was behind me.

 

[FourSeasons]

Camino Frances - July 20, 2019
In the Court Yard - Albergue de Peregrinos Parroguia de Santa Maria, Carrion De Los Condes.

 

[markie6]

Camino Frances
towards Portomarin

photo taken November 28, 2011

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In cold late November sunshine my shadow was a constant matinal companion, always slightly to the right when the morning sun was behind me.

Heading out of Santiago towards Fisterra, first camino wishing I hadn't taken a rest day as it was hard to get going again

 

[Theatregal]

The steps up the wine bodega hill and the view of Moratinos from the top. September 26, 2023.

 

[SabsP]

Arrival Santiago de Compostela in 2011. When you were still alllowed to enter the cathedral with your backpack.
That is me in the purple fleece. And this is how hair looks after washing it with Sunlightsoap for 35 days...

 

[Corned Beef]

A cat in Lisbon. Made out of disused plastic crates. About 40ft high.

 

[Corned Beef]

A turtle in Porto later made out of old tyres and painted.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Moutras

photo taken March 16, 2009



Wrapped in mid-morning fog this two story wooden hórreo /corn crib appeared almost magical.

 

[FourSeasons]

Camino Frances: August 12, 2019
Leaving Portomarin on a misty, magical morning.

 

[SabsP]

Camino Portugues in 2015. Between Porto and Vila do Conde.

 

[Anik2001]

The iconic house in the vineyards before Villafranca, camino Francés, July 2022

 

[Rowena]

October 31, 2023 Last day on the Camino Frances
Between O Pedrouzo and San Marcos, all that moss and ivy.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Leaving Oviedo, from outside the Cathedral, on the first day of the Camino Primitivo. 14th July 2022.

 

[DoughnutANZ]

Crystal palace statues, Madrid, 2019.

 

[FourSeasons]

del Norte July 5, 2019
The first day out of Irun, I found this flavor to be exceptionally delicious in Pasaia.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Suar, towards Portomarin

photo taken December 3, 2013



Within this cold white-out it was impossible to see clearly but at least the mud was frozen!

 

[Theatregal]

Arrival Santiago de Compostela in 2011. When you were still alllowed to enter the cathedral with your backpack.
That is me in the purple fleece. And this is how hair looks after washing it with Sunlightsoap for 35 days...

And when you could still walk up those those wonderful steps to enter!!

 

[Theatregal]

Camino Frances, October 2, 2023

The descent to Molinaseca. It was a very warm day and soon after taking this photo, just before starting the final descent, a woman had set up a table and was handing out thick ice cold slices of watermelon and sugar melon from a cooler - two slices for 1 euro. So welcome and refreshing!!

 

[Corned Beef]

Porto Cathedral seen from the riverside this morning.

 

[Anik2001]

Walking under the full moon, leaving Grañon,
Camino Francés, July 2022

 

[SabsP]

Ponte de Lima. Camino Portugues 2015.

 

[FourSeasons]

del Norte - July 8, 2019
Fresh fish delivery in Getaria.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Between Premono and Penaflor, Camino Primitivo, 15th July 2022.

 

[Rowena]

October 31, 2023, Santiago de Compostela

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Portomarin

photo taken November 28, 2011



Following the CF through fields, oak wood and tiny hamlets I glimpsed Portomarin through a delicate scrim of early morning fog.

 

[FourSeasons]

Camino Frances - August 8, 2019
A splash of color on a mystical drizzly day heading up to O Cebreiro.

 

[SabsP]

Between Pancorbo and Briviesca. Vasco Interior 2019.
Luckily not much traffic on that highway.

 

[lalaone]

Camino Frances - August 8, 2019
A splash of color on a mystical drizzly day heading up to O Cebreiro.

Oooh foxglove, digitalis, one of my favorites too!!
Near Cruz de Ferro, July 2007

 

[Rowena]

November 1, 2023
I found it! The winding streets of Santiago confound me, no matter that I have arrived there five times now.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Approaching Salas, Camino Primitivo, 16th July 2022.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
east of Gonzar

photo taken November 28, 2011



This horreo/ granary is located near Gonzar



where the CF crosses the wood at the junction of routes LU 633 and LU P 4905 west of Portomarin.

 

[FourSeasons]

Camino Frances - August 5, 2019
After Manjarin - Hello Pretty Lady

 

[SabsP]

Close to the Monasterio Do Couto in Naron ( Camino Ingles 2014 ) you will find this explanation board of another local pilgrimageroute : to San Andres de Teixido.

San Andrés de Teixido | GALICIA MÁXICA

Información sobre el Santuario de San Andrés de Teixido, en Cedeira, A Coruña, recuerda que si no vas de vivo irás una vez muerto reencarnado en un animal

www.galiciamaxica.eu

Descubre San Andrés de Teixido - Camino a San Andrés de Teixido

caminoasanandres.com

 

[FourSeasons]

Camino Frances - August 7, 2019
After Cacabelos I stopped to smell the flowers. Even those brighter than the sun.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Entering Tineo, Camino Primitivo, 17th July 2022.
Actual time 13.27hrs.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Gonzar
albergue Casa Garcia

November 22, 2010



One November night this private albergue served me, the only pilgrim, a delicious hot meal in a cold dining room. Since the only heating was sub floor in their dorm's spotless loo, later I snuggled into my sleeping bag on that heated floor!

 

[Anik2001]

In Trabadelo, this creepy little house had a weird baby doll looking out the upper window… a little scary!!!
Camino Francés, July 2022

 

[Theatregal]

Road work in Castrojeriz. September 20, 2023.

 

[SabsP]

Alto de San Roque. CF 2011.

 

[Anik2001]

Rabe de las Calzadas, Camino Francés, July 2022
The moon, the lone tree and the windmills are for me the heart of the Meseta.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Leaving Tineo, Camino Primitivo, 18th July 2022, 08.00hrs. Evidence of very distant bushfires.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
O Hospital
Xunta albergue

photo taken December 3, 2012



As the only pilgrim it was easy to use space above/below a bottom bunk to organize my winter kit. Early morning eager for breakfast I would quickly don walking clothes and pack my bag.

 

[SabsP]

View from Ponte Maceira of the Rio Tambre.
Epilogue to Finisterre. 2016.

 

[kaesler]

Church in Palas de Rei just after dark, 2022-Oct-20

 

[Anik2001]

First day of my second camino, at the top of the Pyrenees, before going back down in the clouds.
Camino Francés, July 2022

 

[Anne&Pat]

Ruinas del Hospital de Paradeilla, Hospitales route, Camino Primitivo, 19th July, 2022.

 

[VNwalking]

A remarkable fuente made of enormous ammonites in front of the small Romanesque church in Cubillo del César on the San Olav.

 

[Rowena]

March 25, 2022 Camino Frances
Towards Alto de Perdon

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Ventas de Naron
chapel

photo taken November 29, 2011



West of Gonzar were many hamlets with wayside crosses, crucifixes, and chapels.

 

[FourSeasons]

Camino Frances - September 3, 2013
Wakey wakey in Roncesvillas ready for day two.

 

[kaesler]

Leaving Foncebedon pre-dawn

 

[davejsy]

So this is me in Jersey on the evening of my departure for the Camino - effectively my day 1. The photo is taken next to the resting spot of my dog Flora who I'd lost 4 months previously and she was the reason my Camino happened when it did. My journey took me from one sacred burial site to another over 1500km away, via ferries, trains, feet, sweat, tears, happiness and gratitude.

 

[SabsP]

Elaborating on the pic from yesterday.
Ponte Maceira. 2016.

 

[Rowena]

April 10, 2018 Camino Frances
On the first day of my 2018 Camino, at the top of Alto de Perdon. The weather was horrible. I had been late leaving Pamplona, and was the only pilgrim there. Going down the other side was tricky.

 

[FourSeasons]

Camino Frances - September 19, 2013
Just Beyond Fromista.

 

[Anne&Pat]

20th, July, 2022. Camino Primitivo. Between Berducedo and Grandas de Salime. This day and the day before on the Hospitales route were two of our very favourite Camino walking days! Amazing views, wonderful scenery, we were blessed with perfect weather and of course good company from time to time.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Lameiros
Crucifix, detail

photo taken November 29, 2011



These bones and skull provide an evocative memento mori.
... .Tempus fugit.

 

[Theatregal]

After breakfast, leaving Calzadilla de la Cueza. Camino Frances. September 26, 2023

 

[VNwalking]

Before breakfast, leaving Vilar de Mazarife.
2 April, 2015

 

[markie6]

Interior shot of the Bishops Palace in Astorga. Well worth a visit

 

[kaesler]

Wine country on the track to Villafranca del Bierzo

 

[davejsy]

Wine country on the track to Villafranca del Bierzo
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Snap!

 

[SabsP]

Towards Pancorbo. Camino Vasco Interior 2019.

 

[FourSeasons]

Camino Frances - August 19, 2019
Peering out the window from my Pilgrims room at San Martin.

 

[davejsy]

Day two - arriving at St JPdP with some actual pilgrims!

*edit I've just realised I've inadvertantly, regrettably and totally innocently strayed outside the rules of the thread as technically this is my second photo today the excitement of seeing somewhere I recognised cleary overcame me.

 

[SabsP]

Day two - arriving at St JPdP with some actual pilgrims!
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*edit I've just realised I've inadvertantly, regrettably and totally innocently strayed outside the rules of the thread as technically this is my second photo today

The daily one picture is not set in stone but it is nice to pace ourselves . These threads have been active since Covid first hit us so many years ago.

 

[Anne&Pat]

About 3 1/2 hrs after leaving Grandas de Salime, we finally got above the mist and cloud and had some sunshine
10.04hrs, 21st July 2022, Camino Primitivo.

 

[mspath]

Vilar de Donas
Iglesia de San Salvador

photo taken November 13, 2004



East of Palas de Rei near Portos on the CF the 12th c. Iglesia de San Salvador de Vilar de Donas was for centuries the official burial place of the Chevaliers de Santiago.
... Hopefully this still is a special site of eternal peace.

 

[VNwalking]

the excitement of seeing somewhere I recognised cleary overcame me.

You can have my daily slot today, Dave.