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

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Camino Frances
Atapuerca
sculpture

photo taken November 7, 2013



This contemporary sculpture symbolically represents a Neanderthal who nearly one million years ago inhabited the Sierra de Atapuerca.

 

[Theatregal]

Camino Aragonés. August 30, 2023

Someone ahead of me either didn't notice, or didn't honour the request
Ice cold potable water (assured by a local woman passing by) from this lovely fuente next to the Iglesia de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora in Canfrac Pueblo.

 

[Rowena]

Mañeru, September 2015
Camino Frances

 

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Camino Frances
the Atapuerca hills

photo taken November 6, 2013



These stone mazelike circles are near Atapuerca but before Cardenuela on the long CF stretch between San Juan de Ortega and Burgos.

 

[Rowena]

Estella, September 2015
Camino Frances
View from the hostal window. It must not have been “a pie de Camino”, as I did not see this plaza on subsequent Caminos.

 

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Camino Frances
near Cardenuela Riopico

photo taken October 19, 2004



As far as the distant horizon the rolling vegetation was broken only by the giant curve of the trail. This was not an imagined vision, but a memorable vista, on my first camino.

 

[Kirkie]

Mañeru, September 2015
Camino Frances

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Such reassuring and solid dwellings! A fine albergue there run by a local pair who are pilgrims, at least a few years ago, on a short escape from Pamplona. An evening meal was part of the offering. I cannot recall if breakfast was included.

 

[Rowena]

Eduardo’s mobile canteen, between Villamayor de Monjardin and Los Arcos.
September 2015, Camino Frances.

 

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Camino Frances
Burgos
Paseo del Espolón

photo taken November 8, 2013



The elegance of the pedestrian Paseo del Espolón was impressive as I wearily entered Burgos after walking 26km from Agés wearing, as always, my full pack. Ouf!

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Camino Catalan. Twelveth stage. Montserrat - Igualada.
Good sun to start the stage.

 

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Camino Frances
Burgos
Plaza de Santa Maria
Cathedral

photo taken November 1, 2011



After a long meandering walk it was a relief to finally arrive at the majestic Burgos cathedral mid-afternoon on
All Saints' Day /Día de todos los Santos.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Camino Catalan. Twelveth stage. Montserrat - Igualada.
Here you can continue three pilgrimage paths

 

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Camino Frances
Burgos
Cathedral de Santa Maria

photo taken February 24, 2007



The 13th c. Gothic tympanum of the south portal is splendid.

 

[Rowena]

Approaching Logroño, September 2015
Camino Frances

 

[Theatregal]

Camino Frances. September 9, 2012
Looking back to Pamplona and the ruins of Guenduláin on the left.

 

[SabsP]

Today.
Arrived in Santiago. Camino Sanabres from Ourense.

 

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Camino Frances
Burgos
Cathedral de Santa Maria
west facade

photo taken November 8, 2013



Anyone wishing to worship/meditate may freely enter Burgos cathedral through the sw door beneath the pointed arch furthest to the right in this view. Within the vast complex free access is limited; a fee is charged to visit the cathedral/museum.

 

[Rowena]

Grape Harvest
After Navarrete, September 2015
Camino Frances



They handed us a bunch of grapes as we passed by!

 

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Camino Frances
Burgos
Cathedral de Santa Maria

photos taken February 24, 2007



A camera lens can isolate the Matamoros or Moor Slayer although the vast scene covers one wall of the Capilla de San Juan Bautista y Santiago visited as part of the cathedral museum.

 

[kptorrahk]

Camino del Norte, Playa del Silencio
September 9th 2021
Walk down from the Albergue del Anden de Novellana, after already walking 40km that day

 

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Camino Frances
Burgos
Cathedral de Santa Maria

photo taken October 20, 2004



Within the cathedral museum is this mid 15th c. reliquary. Roughly 30cm. high, clad in vermeil/ gold plate on silver, Saint James wears a pilgrim hat complete with shell atop his precise curls. Sainthood is depicted by the flat halo behind his head. He grips his pilgrim staff and from one shoulder hangs a tiny traveling bag known as a scrip.
...I still fondly recall seeing this exquisite sculpture for the first time in 2004.

 

[Rowena]

Santo Domingo de la Calzada, September 2015
Camino Frances

 

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Camino Frances
Burgos
Cathedral de Santa Maria
interior detail

photo taken November 8, 2012



This small memento mori features a child/putto holding a skull. The themes of this infantile combo are not playfulness and childhood but life's fleetingness and the universality of death.

 

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Camino Frances
Burgos
Cathedral de Santa Maria

photo taken February 24, 2007



The 13th c. cloister garden provids a welcome aesthetic contrast to the lavish Gothic riches/richness displayed elsewhere within/without the cathedral.

 

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Camino Frances
Burgos
Plaza de la Libertad
Casa del Cordón

photo taken February 4, 2008



Heavy ropes/cords carved in stone which surround the main door give this 15th c. palace, presently used as a bank/exhibition space, its name. The charming French speaking hospitalera viewed here guided our rest day visit.

 

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Camino Frances
Burgos,
map-marker

photo taken November 8, 2013



Seen beneath your feet this map/marker is set lnto the pavement of the Alto Burgos area, uphill from the cathedral near the castle.

 

[SabsP]

Yesterday.
Muxia. Santuario Virgen de la Barca.

 

[Rowena]

Entering Villambistia, September 2015
Camino Frances

 

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Camino Frances
Burgos
calle Valentin Palestina

photo taken November 8, 2013



Looking towards Iglesia San Esteban in the Alto Burgos area near the Castello.

 

[Kirkie]

Garden, Zabaldika,CF

 

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Camino Frances
Burgos
calle Saldaña,

photo taken November 8, 2013



Looking across the rooftops from CAB, Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos in the Alto Burgos area.

 

[SabsP]

Tuesday afternoon the 3rd of September. Two weeks ago.

Concello de Ourense on the plaza mayor.

 

[Rowena]

Sunrise, viewed from the top of Alto de Matagrande, September, 2015.
Camino Frances.

 

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Camino Frances
near Tardajos

photo taken November 2, 2011



West of Burgos the CF crossed farmland and wood with only a few yellow arrows pointing the way. One such haphazard arrow was this at the junction of the rio/canal Arlanzón near Tardajos.

 

[Theatregal]

Camino Frances. September 19, 2012. Passing the ruins of the Iglesia del Virgen del Rosario in Villalval.

 

[Rowena]

Burgos, September 2015
Camino Frances

 

[SabsP]

Ourense by night.
3/9/2024. Two weeks ago.

 

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Camino Frances
Tardajos
La Fabrica albergue

photo taken November 8, 2014



At La Fabrica, a flour mill repurposed as an albergue/hostal, each heated dorm room could hold 4 pilgrims with fresh linens on the bunks and a sleek toilet/shower adjacent.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Camino Catalan. Twelveth stage. Montserrat - Igualada.
The Wall of Sant Jeroni. A paradise for climbers

 

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Camino Frances
Rabé de las Calzadas
Ermita de Nuestra Señora

photo taken November 9, 2012



The exterior wall of the Ermita provided some shelter from the fierce November wind.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Camino Catalan. Twelveth stage. Montserrat - Igualada.
Santa Cecília. Tenth century Romanesque.
This was the first monastery on the mountain of Montserrat.

 

[SabsP]

Puente Romano. Ourense.

 

[Corned Beef]

One of the residents of the garden at Casa Gloria in Vilanova. On the Norte, September 2022

 

[Rowena]

Rabé de las Calzadas, September 2015
Camino Frances

 

[Theatregal]

Camino Frances. September 21, 2012

No room in the inns of Hornillos del Camino. The sports hall next to the Municiple Albergue was opened. There were a few cots and stacks of floor mattresses available. This is how the room looked when I arrived but soon, most of the floor area would be covered with mattresses and sleeping mats. There were 2 showers in the hall but we were also able to use the albergue showers. There was one restaurant open and we could reserve a time for seating. It was a good atmosphere - all grateful for a place to sleep and to have a meal. I noted in my journal "a restful sleep".

When I arrived in Hornillos this past September 18, 2023, I was amazed at how many more places there were to stay and eat. There wasn't a need to open the sports hall. Arriving early, I was able to stay at the wonderful municiple albergue and had time to explore the village in a way that I didn't in 2012.

 

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Camino Frances
west of Rabé de las Calzadas
rainbow

photo taken November 9, 2012



"..The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star-dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched."

Henry David Thoreau,
Walden, 1854

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Camino Catalan. Twelveth stage. Montserrat - Igualada.
After Santa Cecilia, I left the official way that goes along the road, and I took the GR 172.
Although the path is very beautiful and well marked,

I do not recommend it if you carry a heavy backpack. You have to go up and down continuously and there are some rocky points,

Now, those who are in shape will enjoy it.

 

[SabsP]

4th of September 2024.
Iglesia de San Pedro de Cudeiro.
Etapa Ourense to Cea.

 

[domigee]

Camino de invierno, september 2024