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Edit: Looks like I am wrong. A Google satellite view of the El Afar looks similar to Rowen's pic of Hontanas.
It is the Albergue Juan De Yepes. Very clean,bright and modern. I stayed in a very comfortable privado room. The meal in the evening was a good opportunity to meet other pilgrims from around the world. CF June 2016.My post is a photo of the first cafe you come to at the entry to Hontanas. A great place for mid- morning café con leche and a snack if you have stayed in Hornillos the night before. I didn’t notice whether it was an albergue too.
In 40 days, you could do:I will be arriving in Madrid on 02/28, and I will have 40 days. I am not sure where I am going, but open to any suggestions. Here is the map, which I bought from the Pilgrim's office back in November. Dear peregrinos out there, if you have 40 days, where would you like to go? I will go to the one that is most recommended. I know that 40 days are not enough for some of the longer routes. I don't have to complete it. Nevertheless, I would like to walk for all of you who would like to but are not ready to travel yet for one reason or another.
I am tempted to say if you are in Madrid, start there on the Camino de Madrid. But it is about 18 days (give or take) to Sahagún on the Francés, leaving only 22 days left. Even skipping 4 days on the Francés by taking the bus from Sahagún to Léon and then following the Salvador to Oviedo (5 days) and then the Primitivo (16 days+/-) would be tight, but feasible if you walk longer distances and forego rest days (which would be a pity, and not really a good idea).I will be arriving in Madrid on 02/28, and I will have 40 days. I am not sure where I am going, but open to any suggestions. Here is the map, which I bought from the Pilgrim's office back in November. Dear peregrinos out there, if you have 40 days, where would you like to go? I will go to the one that is most recommended. I know that 40 days are not enough for some of the longer routes. I don't have to complete it. Nevertheless, I would like to walk for all of you who would like to but are not ready to travel yet for one reason or another.
Thanks! This time, I would like to walk where I have not been. As of now, I am thinking about walking from Alicante to Zomora and see from there. Nothing has been decided, yet. I change my mind every day, and a few times a day!I am tempted to say if you are in Madrid, start there on the Camino de Madrid. But it is about 18 days (give or take) to Sahagún on the Francés, leaving only 22 days left. Even skipping 4 days on the Francés by taking the bus from Sahagún to Léon and then following the Salvador to Oviedo (5 days) and then the Primitivo (16 days+/-) would be tight, but feasible if you walk longer distances and forego rest days (which would be a pity, and not really a good idea).
Or, start in Burgos, walk to Léon, follow the Salvador (5) and Primitivo (16) to Santiago and then, either walk to Finisterra or get the train to Ferol and walk the Inglés if you have time.
It would be nice to see Santiago. Another simple option might be to start the Via de la Plata in Mérida or Salamanca. Anyway, good luck and buen camino.
There's the Lana, and the Vadinense. That should fill up your forty days nicely. Plus make me intensely jealous.Thanks! This time, I would like to walk where I have not been. As of now, I am thinking about walking from Alicante to Zomora and see from there. Nothing has been decided, yet. I change my mind every day, and a few times a day!
Chenahusky,CF June 2016. A nice walk from Los Arcos to Logrono. A warm afternoon, with a nice Menu del Dia. Black Risotto, followed by Spicy Chicken and vegetables, Apple pie and Coffee. All washed down with a lovely half bottle of Bauza Rioja, all for 11.5 Euros I miss Menu del Dias.
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Thank you. I really wanted to write an illustrated story about my quest for the Grail at the Chapel Perilous but I've already submitted the required photos.Rick,
Your images are perfect!
Theatregal,Because of this thread, I continue to learn interesting new things hidden within my photos!
The photo today was taken of the view across from the train station in Bayonne as I waited for my train to St. Jean Pied de Port on September 4, 2012. When looking for a daily photo to post, I've always skimmed past this one but today I stopped and wondered about the neighbourhood and the church on the left.
Patrimoine bayonnais : un regard historique sur la collégiale Saint-Esprit
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Feet too. Especially feet.Legs are very important to pilgrims. We need to pay attention to our legs
Haha. In real life on this end, too. I stayed right across the street in the Hotel Pays Basque. Do you think I paid any attention to this venerable Eglise? Mais non - I don't even remember it being there!I've always skimmed past this one
A field of sunflowers always makes my heart sing. Your photo Reija reminds me of our walk in France, June 2015, watching and waiting for the first bloom. When I saw my first one I became quite emotional and when I saw a whole field I knew I'd been walking a long time! Apologies if you've seen these photos before because I posted some last year.Camino Frances, August 2016. This view is absolutely bound to bring back memories to anyone who's walked in sun flower season. Right?
That's a great suggestion Phoenix as it would give a taste of a variety of Caminos. If I had 40 days Mera I'd walk the Camino Frances from SJPD to Santiago or even venture onto Finisterre, taking my time and perhaps spending nights at albergues or hostels that are in the lesser popular towns. It is the one Camino that tugs at my heart and if mspath has done that route 10 times then take her word for it. Buen CaminoIn 40 days, you could do:
Starting in Leon, the San Salvador (5 days), then the Primitivo (appx 14 days), then the Portugués from Porto (12-14 days), then the SdC to Muxia/Finisterre (5 days).
Thank you Sabine. I hadn't realised there was one through Belgium ... a country we love and have visited on several occasions.View attachment 116822
Not in Spain or France but it is on a Camino. More specifically the Via Limburgica ( in our gorgeous province Limburg ) in Belgium.
So when on a local trail you can also see the trusted blue/yellow signs.
Via Limburgica – Vlaams Compostelagenootschap
compostelagenootschap.be
Someone wrote a nice blog about this route.
How wonderful!!A field of sunflowers always makes my heart sing. Your photo Reija reminds me of our walk in France, June 2015, watching and waiting for the first bloom. When I saw my first one I became quite emotional and when I saw a whole field I knew I'd been walking a long time! Apologies if you've seen these photos before because I posted some last year.
Sorry Mera if I'd looked more closely I would have seen that you've already completed the Camino FrancesThanks! This time, I would like to walk where I have not been. As of now, I am thinking about walking from Alicante to Zomora and see from there. Nothing has been decided, yet. I change my mind every day, and a few times a day!
Or, just to confuse you even more, how about the Olvidado from Bilbao to Ponferrada, then the Invierno from Ponferrada to Santiago? I'd check out the weather first though.I will be arriving in Madrid on 02/28, and I will have 40 days. I am not sure where I am going, but open to any suggestions. Here is the map, which I bought from the Pilgrim's office back in November. Dear peregrinos out there, if you have 40 days, where would you like to go? I will go to the one that is most recommended. I know that 40 days are not enough for some of the longer routes. I don't have to complete it. Nevertheless, I would like to walk for all of you who would like to but are not ready to travel yet for one reason or another.
How about~This time, I would like to walk where I have not been. As of now, I am thinking about walking from Alicante to Zomora and see from there. Nothing has been decided, yet. I change my mind every day, and a few times a day
•The Camino Invierno - Ponferrada to Santiago. A real gem.There are numerous ways to cross the mountain range knows as Montes de Leon in the east/west direction. All of them (see image below) are Ways to Santiago taken by medieval pilgrims and by later pilgrims.
The Manzanal pass is 1230 m high, compared to the Foncebadon/Cruz de Ferro pass which is 1500 m high. Lower is often better. A major Roman road (Via Nova) went over the Manzanal pass. It has always been and still is today a major traffic artery.
The author of a popular guidebook, perhaps the Brierley of his time for German and Flemish speaking pilgrims, wrote in 1495: If you follow my advice you turn right and you will have no mountains to climb. You will leave all these mountains to your left. I advise you to mistrust Rabanal. And if you follow my recommended route you will soon arrive in Ponferrada.
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The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
ROBERT FROST
On first reading, this is the antithesis of the camino – we just follow the yellow arrows. But we make a choice to walk, and we make a commitment to a path and a course of action, and once we have made the choice whatever happens as a consequence remains as our reality. We are the sum of our choices. That doesn’t prevent us looking back on what we might have done without a certain amount of regret, mixed with defiant acceptance that we are what we are.
This is not actually on a camino: in the spirit of the 'path not taken', we left a friend at Ribadeo and doubled back over the bridge - that bridge - in the dark, in the morning, in the teeth of a howling gale to join the Ruta Historica (which branches off the Norte at A Caridad) via Vegadeo by following the east bank of the ria where I took this photo. I can see why the original pilgrims didn't need Aymeric Picaud's advice to avoid ferry crossings. Later that day, we were eying up some overhanging figs in an old lady's garden when she spotted us, invited us in and treated us to a lengthy disquisition on the cultivation of figs and a large plastic bag full of said figs. I strongly recommend the ruta historica variant.
I've still got Agés photos to share but I'm going to step back a few kilometers to San Juan de Ortega.
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Not exactly. Yours is much better. I had to crop out a construction crane on the right and top but a ladder can still be seen. 2015.He.. I have the exact same photo from 2018
Not exactly.
Yeah, actually I was thinking exactly the same. Without COVID, I would have started from Arles or Alicante but I don't want to be on the road too long. Your suggestion is good for me in many ways because I can do all that and more in 40 days, and also, I can visit my Camino friends along the way. I have always been very intrigued by the name "Olvidado". It makes me feel nostalgic about the place that I know nothing about. I get this urge to go there and let them (not only the people who live there but also flowers, animals and the Camino itself) know that they have not been forgotten. I heard that there are more pilgrims on that route now and it's in the process of not being "Olvidado". Perhaps I can contribute to it in a very atomic-level minute way.Or, just to confuse you even more, how about the Olvidado from Bilbao to Ponferrada, then the Invierno from Ponferrada to Santiago? I'd check out the weather first though.
Turga and Rick,Maybe not... but we both had very good (hot) weather and blue skies
Good luck. There are some excellent resources on the forum for the Olvidado, in fact the forum is one of the few places where you will find any resources at all. When we did it in 2019 we were told a total of 500 people had passed through in the entire year and the only other 3 pilgims we met were on other, intersecting, routes and none of them were aware of the Olvidado, but it is way-marked and some very enthusiastic people live along the route, and Peregrina 2000 is a strong advocate. Lets us all know how you get on.Yeah, actually I was thinking exactly the same. Without COVID, I would have started from Arles or Alicante but I don't want to be on the road too long. Your suggestion is good for me in many ways because I can do all that and more in 40 days, and also, I can visit my Camino friends along the way. I have always been very intrigued by the name "Olvidado". It makes me feel nostalgic about the place that I know nothing about. I get this urge to go there and let them (not only the people who live there but also flowers, animals and the Camino itself) know that they have not been forgotten. I heard that there are more pilgrims on that route now and it's in the process of not being "Olvidado". Perhaps I can contribute to it in a very atomic-level minute way.
I see you edited it! I am sorry, I just could not resist the emoji! That apart, a lovely photo.Good catch, Kirkie!! At first I wondered what was funny about it…How do I edit that?
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A photo of the Pyranees on the back window of a VW in Newcastle, Australia on the way to the local farmers markets this morning. Gave them a toot, wave, smile, thumbs up and a Buen Camino on the way past.
Yes, those doors are amazing!León
Cathedral Santa Maria de Regla
Cloister door
photo taken March 7, 2007
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This elegant panelled door is the entrance into the Claustro/Cloister of the León cathedral. Both the Camino Frances and Camino Salvador pass through León.
I'm glad I didn't look up much - it would have been intimidating. As it was, yes it was a climb, but not as scary or intense as it looks.Zegama in the morning. Seeing @VNwalking leave for the etapa of that day.