On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 9.0

[Former member 49149]

Can't you just see how thrilled I am at the prospect of what is ahead?
The two photos are needed today, disculpas! CF, 2006

 

[Peregrina 2013]

In Porto 3 years ago, just before heading out on the Coastal Camino Portugués - we went across the river to Vila Nova de Gaia. While tasting the fine ports of the Taylor Fladgate Winery - established in 1692, and enjoying wonderful cheeses, we were regaled with the beauty of a strutting rooster and a majestic peacock. On the way back to cross the bridge to Oporto we came across this awesome street 3D art depiction of a rabbit

 

[mspath]

Cordes-sur-Ciel, France
photo taken January 2012



Cordes-sur-Ciel is a fortified town in the Tarn département. The French GR46 hiking route passes through Cordes as it meanders sw towards Toulouse.

After shooting this view I enjoyed a delicious/expensive lunch in an upmarket resto, the only place open that cold day. I wore my camino winter garb including a shell. As I stood to leave the owner's teenage daughter rushed to my side asking if I were a pilgrim. I nodded yes and we two sat down by their blazing fireplace to plot/plan together her future camino .

 

[FourSeasons]

CdN July 7, 2019: No room at the Inn in Zarautz so I took the high road to Getaria. Well, because at the time, I didn’t know there was a low road. It made for a very long day three but look at that view.

 

[Theatregal]

Invierno. June 14, 2019. Looking back at Barxa do Lor from the long climb out.

 

[VNwalking]

I'm out walking the camino in Holland and Belgium. So today a pic live from the Via Monastica. This is the Kanaal Dessel-Kwaadmechelen:

 

[JohnLloyd]

Hola! Now that I have returned from the Camiño Inglés, at last I have some new photos to share.

 

[Peregrina 2013]

Several photos from 2016 along the solitary Camino Sanabrés. One of my very favorite albergues was the Albergue Casa Leiras in Dornelas. Cristina and Andrés from Italy fell in love with the area when they were walking this same path and decided to purchase the property back in 2008 and open an albergue. My stay there was memorable because I had the whole place to myself;-) and the highlight definitely was when they invited me to dinner in the main house with them and their lovely twin toddler daughters, they made me feel at home!

 

[SabsP]

Palmsunday 2014.Eight years ago on this day.
Santiago de Compostela.

 

[VNwalking]

Today on the Via Monastica in Belgium:
The magnificent (mostly) Romanesque bell tower of St Germanus Church in Tienen. The very top part is a 17th C addition.

 

[mspath]

Auxerre, France
Cathédrale Saint Etienne

photo taken November 28, 2008



Walking here was cold in late November. I quickly visited the impressive 13-16th c. Cathédrale Saint Etienne; unfortunately the interior light was too dim to adequately see the famed stained glass.

Auxerre is a major stop on an historical walking route/ l'ancienne route d'Auxerre á Vézelay crossing Burgundian farmland/ vineyards southeast to the Abbey at Vézelay.

 

[FourSeasons]

CdN July 9, 2019; After a rest day in Getaria I headed to Deba by walking a partial way on the Ruta Del Flysch.

 

[Former member 49149]

CF, 2006. Location needs no introduction. Trusting this is really my own photo, as time clouds the mind... and this is the week for this particular photo, actually.

 

[JohnLloyd]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition to be that short.

(on the Way out of Ferrol)

 

[Anne&Pat]

The only stork's nest we saw on the Camino del Norte, June, 2018. Somewhere near Baamonde.

 

[FourSeasons]

CdN Still July 9, 2019: Slip sliding away on my way to DEBA. That was a fun hill to climb.

 

[mspath]

near Châtel Censoir, France
les Rochers du Saussois

photo taken December 2, 2008




It was lonely and cold as I passed these huge cliffs known as the Rochers du Saussois walking along l'ancienne route d'Auxerre á Vézelay/the old route from Auxerre to Vézelay via Mailly-le-Chateau. This historic route then followed the Nivernais canal to Châtel Censoir, a small village, which takes its name from Saint Censure or Censoire, 5th c. bishop of Auxerre.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Probably a repost! Somewhere after leaving the very comfortable Albergue Witericus and before Miraz. CdelN, June, 2018.

 

[FourSeasons]

Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, May 5, 2016
(A Holy Year, The Jubilee of Mercy)

Today, Good Friday. I thank Jesus for His sacrifice, His Love and Mercy on my soul.
God Bless us, everyone.

 

[Former member 49149]

Tell me, who hasn't got one of these photos? 2006, July.

 

[VNwalking]

Tell me, who hasn't got one of these photos? 2006, July.
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Me! I have never been to Finisterre, and (horrors!) have no interest in going.

Yesterday the twisted steeple of a chapel in Jodoigne, on market day. Both very impressive.

 

[Theatregal]

After two years of posting on this wonderful thread I can still find a photo, that with a little investigation, provides something interesting. I took this photo of a lintel, plaques and sculpture above a door in Villar de Mazarife on September 29, 2012. Today I discovered that this was the final studio and home of the Leonese artist / sculptor Luis López Casado, also known as Monseñor, who died in 2009. His home is now a museum.

Propuesta de distinción cultural por el ICECU.

 

[Former member 49149]

Me! I have never been to Finisterre, and (horrors!) have no interest in going.

Yesterday the twisted steeple of a chapel in Jodoigne, on market day. Both very impressive.
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Sorry for my silly assumption! We went by bus, and there I found the most refreshing fountain of water on a curve in the inevitable hill up to the point zero marker. In the town afterwards we 'found' an Italian who had gone ahead in Atapuerca!

 

[mspath]

Vézelay, France
Basilique
photo taken December 4, 2008



Vezelay Abbey and la colline eternelle have been a love of mine for fifty years or so; Romanesque, Gothic, and 19th c. intervention form timeless beauty. Eternal peace is combined with man-made perfection.
...Might this magnificent site endure for another thousand years.

In this photo I was entering the light of the ambulatory silently thankful to be there once again after walking from home.

 

[FourSeasons]

CdN July 10, 2019. Way up high and deep in the mountains. It took me 12 hours from Deba to Markina, 12 hours!! A day of wrong turns and tears. Although, very beautiful, a day I wouldn’t want to repeat.

 

[mspath]

Galicia
sunrise, 2010



Carpe diem!

May the glory of new morning light lift our spirits and give us hope of better times to come.

"Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it."

Marcus Aurelius,
The Emperor's Handbook, II,IV

 

[Anne&Pat]

Approaching the Monasterio de Santa Maria de Sobrado. CdelN, June, 2018.

 

[Theatregal]

Descent from the Alto de Mostelares. Camino Frances. September 23, 2012

 

[Bill905]

Hello to my Camino friends. Today is a great day! Today is Easter Sunday, and on Easter Sunday in 2019, while in the lovely town of O Cebreiro on the Camino Frances, I took one of the most memorable photos I have ever taken (see below). The experience and the symbolism were very moving. And that is not the only reason today is a great day! Later tonight I will board a plane for Porto, where the Camino Portuguese awaits! YES! I am returning, and … I am not returning alone! I am over the moon that my oldest granddaughter will accompany me! I am looking forward to sharing with her, and passing along the spirit of the Camino. Just a few days ago she wrote her last exam to finish her first year of university, and is very excited to be walking the Camino with her “Da”. I can’t think of a better way to contemplate one’s situation and future than with a Camino. And there is yet another reason why today is a great day … when I was walking the CF in 2019, I was with 2 other pilgrims that I met while walking. We have kept in touch since then. One of these good friends is the person who rushed over to me as I sat resting in O Cebreiro and urged me to “Come quickly to the church!” where I was able to take this fantastic Easter Morning picture. I have recently learned that he and his wife are currently walking the Camino del Norte and may arrive in Santiago around the same time as we will, on May 1st. Despite the fact that it is a little far off, and perhaps difficult to predict exactly when they, and we, will arrive in Santiago, pilgrims reading this forum know how these things work out. The timing is just right, and as is sometimes said, it’s just too much of a coincidence to be a coincidence! It is a happy day! Easter blessings to all!

 

[Ali@59]

CdN July 10, 2019. Way up high and deep in the mountains. It took me 12 hours from Deba to Markina, 12 hours!! A day of wrong turns and tears. Although, very beautiful, a day I wouldn’t want to repeat.
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A path with many large black smooth slippery rocks. I'm not sure what type of rock, if anyone knows?

 

[FourSeasons]

A path with many large black smooth slippery rocks. I'm not sure what type of rock, if anyone knows?

I don’t recall any slippery black rocks during this stage on Camino del Norte.

 

[FourSeasons]

CF August 9, 2019 Ponferrada
Today, Happy Easter, He has Risen.

 

[Ali@59]

I don’t recall any slippery black rocks during this stage on Camino del Norte.

Found the stone, it's Negro marquina marble, quarried in the Markina region of the Basque country, I'm surprised you never noticed it underfoot as even very slippery when dry weather

 

[Anne&Pat]

Found the stone, it's Negro marquina marble, quarried in the Markina region of the Basque country, I'm surprised you never noticed it underfoot as even very slippery when dry weather

Was this on the descent into Deba? We certainly remember what we would call cobblestones. It was very wet when we walked into Deba and quite treacherous underfoot on these stones. We walked it very slowly!

 

[mspath]

La Charité-sur-Loire, France
Église Notre-Dame
chevet

photo taken January 2013



The town, La Charité-sur-Loire, is named after a vast Cluniac monastery founded in 1059 and partly destroyed during medieval wars and a 16th c. fire. This church was part of that monastery and is located on a section of the Chemin de Saint-Jacques between Vézelay and Bourges. In architecture a chevet is the exterior area behind the main altar of a church.

 

[Ali@59]

Was this on the descent into Deba? We certainly remember what we would call cobblestones. It was very wet when we walked into Deba and quite treacherous underfoot on these stones. We walked it very slowly!

I seem to remember there was a good few miles up and down, I was constantly slipping on them

 

[Anne&Pat]

Another photo of the Monasterio de Santa Maria de Sobrado. A bit overgrown in places. CdelN, June, 2018.

 

[mspath]

Another photo of the Monasterio de Santa Maria de Sobrado. A bit overgrown in places. CdelN, June, 2018.
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Set within the leafy summer splendor this is a great photo. Thanks for sharing/posting

By chance did you stay for Vespers and overnight? March 2007 I walked there from the CF at Azura. It was a most memorable visit.

 

[FourSeasons]

I seem to remember there was a good few miles up and down, I was constantly slipping on them

Are these the stones you are referring to? This photo was taken July 9, 2019 leaving Getaria on the way to Deba. Yes, slippery when wet.

 

[FourSeasons]

CdN July 12, 2019. After a rest day in Markina heading to Gernika. Navigating this steep staircase that seemed never ending, it could be a real knee buster to those susceptible. Beautiful surroundings though, nicely shaded.

 

[SabsP]

A quiet and special Sunday in Rabé de las Calzadas. CF 2017.
The albergue Liberanos Dominé is wonderful and the people in this small village are precious to me.

 

[Ali@59]

Are these the stones you are referring to? This photo was taken July 9, 2019 leaving Getaria on the way to Deba. Yes, slippery when wet.
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They don't look like the ones I came across but I'm gonna look back my photos from 2017, hahahaha, I think I'm going daft " the great stone debate"

 

[Theatregal]

An evening walk around the village and through this little orchard in Rabanal del Camino. October 2, 2012

 

[Anne&Pat]

Set within the leafy summer splendor this is a great photo. Thanks for sharing/posting

By chance did you stay for Vespers and overnight? March 2007 I walked there from the CF at Azura. It was a most memorable visit.

Yes, we did and it was indeed a memorable experience. There was also a concert being held there the night we stayed with three choirs from different parts of Galicia, two adult ones and one children’s choir, it was wonderful. We also attended Vespers.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
near Espiñal

photo taken October 17, 2014



This shot was taken when following the gleam of golden sunlight on the CF descent towards Espiñal.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Walking through the eucalyptus forest bypassing O Pedrouzo on the way to Amenal. CdelN(CF), June, 2018.

 

[VNwalking]

Namur on the Via Monasica in Belgium. Here we reached the Meuse, and followed it for some days.

 

[VNwalking]

Between Namur and Dinant, the ruins of Citadel Poilvache hanging above the river, with sweeping views. We had spent the night off route at the home of some Amis de Compostelle, and passed it on our way back down to the river.

From below it looked like this :

 

[SabsP]

Wanted to upload a video of exactly eight years ago in Santiago. Semana Santa.But the file is too big.

But it never amazes me when I view it and see how solemn it all is.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Redecilla del Camino.

photos taken October 16, 2004
and February 21, 2007

Two examples of the multitude of "hidden" treasures found along the camino.



Within the Iglesia Nuestra Señora de La Calle the 12th c. baptismal font handsomely represents the towers/windows of Heavenly Jerusalem



Facing the church on the calle Mayor, aka Camino Frances, a simple window is decorated with a 21st c. folkart cutout depicting Saint James as Matamoros

Although the baptimal font and the cutout span almost 1000 years both exhibit the intense desire of their craftsmen to espress an ideal.

 

[FourSeasons]

CdN July 13, 2019. Between Gernika and Lezama. Ancient ruins of a different sort.

 

[FourSeasons]

Camino Frances
Redecilla del Camino.

photos taken October 16, 2004
and February 21, 2007

Two examples of the multitude of "hidden" treasures found along the camino.

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Within the Iglesia Nuestra Señora de La Calle the 12th c. baptismal font handsomely represents the towers/windows of Heavenly Jerusalem

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Facing the church on the calle Mayor, aka Camino Frances, a simple 21st c. window is decorated with a folkart cutout depicting Saint James as Matamoros

Although the baptimal font and the cutout span almost 1000 years both exhibit the intense desire of their craftsmen to espress an ideal.

That baptismal is incredibly beautiful. Wow!! Thank you for sharing.
I have the same photo of the cutout of St James. Beautiful in its own right.

 

[Theatregal]

After Hornillos del Camino. September 21, 2012

 

[Anne&Pat]

Locals and pilgrims out for a walk, as we head towards Santiago on our last day of the CdelN in June, 2018.

 

[JohnLloyd]

On the way out of Ferrol, I met a Dignified Man coming the other way.

(it's José Canalejas y Méndez, a former Prime Minister of Spain and Ferrol alumni)

 

[VNwalking]

Dinant, the last big Belgian town on the Via Monastica, with it's cathedral right below the citadel.
The cathedral and town are beautiful in spite of having been repeatedly bashed up by man and nature.

 

[Theatregal]

Dinant, the last big Belgian town on the Via Monastica, with it's cathedral right below the citadel.
The cathedral and town are beautiful in spite of having been repeatedly bashed up by man and nature.

Such a beautifully layered photograph VN!

 

[Theatregal]

Between La Mesa and Buspol on the Primitivo. August 1, 2013

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
east of Los Arcos

photo taken October 8, 2004



East of Los Arcos the distant mountains were splendid beneath a cobalt sky in the golden autumnal light.

 

[FourSeasons]

CdN July 14, 2019. Heading to Bilbao from Lezama.

 

[SabsP]

Exactly eleven years ago today.
Local bar/shop and bakery in Redecilla del Camino.
One of the seldom pictures I have from a Camino with other people in it.

 

[Rozenn]

This is a place to share memories and short reflections, one photo per day, one day at a time. Some of us will not make it to Spain this year, so this is our every day Camino fix. If you have been along for the ride since 1.0, you may find you need to repeat your posts,, but that is totally fine! We will see them with new eyes.

For new contributors, please note:
One photo per day (from a camino)
Please attach the thumbnail size so that even those of us with slow connections can see them.

My photo for the day is definitely a repeat, but it is one of my all-time favorite camino sights, from the Vasco just after Segura. Someone was so kind as to construct a chicken bridge for their hens, so they can get from their coop to happy hunting grounds in a grassy paddock across the stream. This hen was screeching, obviously not so comfortable with the crossing. As soon as she made it over, she stopped yelling.
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Thanks, you made my day ! i ll transfer it to my children who have a pair of cute and clever little hens !One of the great joys of the Camino i to observe humans , nature and the animals and all this little charming scenes!

 

[JohnLloyd]

The Mysterious Empty Overalls of Ferrol.

(I know the story now - terribly unfortunate).

 

[kohara]

The amazing Hostal De San Marcos in Leon. Now a parador which i was lucky enough to stay in after i stopped walking at this point back in 2014 (if you share a room it can work out ok financially).
They have done some restoration works in recent years to the entrance/foyer which i am not sure i am a fan of, but nonetheless it is still a Renaissance tour de force.

 

[Anne&Pat]

At the end of Mass on the evening we arrived in Santiago at the end of our CdelN, June, 2018. We were very lucky to see the Botafumeiro swing.

 

[FourSeasons]

CdN July 14, 2019. Approaching Bilbao with The Bisilica of Begona, Church Bilbao in my sites.

 

[Theatregal]

Leaving the descending vineyard path leading to Belesar and continuing through a little residential area before crossing the bridge into the village proper. Invierno. June 17, 2019

 

[mspath]

Camino Invierno
Las Médulas

photo taken November 26, 2014



Near Ponferrada, off the CF but on the Camino Invierno, Las Médulas, a magnificent gold mine dating from Roman times, is marked by distinctive red-orange cones, channels, and caves. From a viewing platform I could look directly onto one huge cone of this UNESCO World Heritage site.

 

[Anne&Pat]

We were also fortunate to witness the Botafumeiro being swung again at the end of the midday Mass the next day! June, 2018.

 

[JohnLloyd]

The cute Capela de Caranza, on the outskirts of Ferrol on the first stretches of the English Way.

 

[Tulle]

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On the way out of Ferrol, I met a Dignified Man coming the other way.

(it's José Canalejas y Méndez, a former Prime Minister of Spain and Ferrol alumni)

I too met this dignified man some years ago. I tried to make friends with him but didn’t quite succeed.

 

[FourSeasons]

CdN July 14, 2019. I got a bad vibe at the albergue I had booked in Bilbao so I kept walking to Portugalete. Whew!!! Another long day. 30.5k

 

[SabsP]

Industrial look! Electricity .
Almost at the trainstation of Burgos. Final stop for the Camino Vasco Interior 2019.
We took a taxi from the trainstation into town so we would arrive before closingtime in a Vodafone shop.

 

[Former member 49149]

!t is not too long since I posted this photo before. I wish I could remember the name of the albergue. It had a big room with bunk beds, and the owner, having walked a camino, designed the bunks with enough height so nobody needed to crouch. Thankfully I had a bottom bunk! Belorado, 2006.

 

[VNwalking]

Via Monastica 2022. Once inside the Dinant cathedral you are treated to an astonishing wall of glass - modern, in this case, but very beautiful.

 

[Theatregal]

For Earth Day - this beautiful day between Foncebadón and Molinaseca - just before Acebo. October 3, 2012.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
east of Itero de Vega

photo taken November 4, 2011



Aĺl was colored ochre walking along the cold stoney spine of the Meseta; wind, rain and thick heavy mud were prevalent.

 

[VNwalking]

For Earth day, some beauties from the forest below the Tunel San Adrian on the Vasco, 2019.
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[FourSeasons]

CdN July 15, 2019. An early morning start out of Portugalete.

 

[SabsP]

Ponferrada 2011.

 

[Former member 49149]

Ponferrada 2011.

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Gosh. Ponferrada. Three images dominate for me: one, a thunderstorm over the clothesline, and the totem pole in the Albergue grounds, and of course the castle. This one did not reach me...

 

[mspath]

Villafranca del Bierzo
La Iglesia de Santiago

photo taken March 09, 2009



Late winter moonlight on the Camino Frances

 

[Theatregal]

Villafranca del Bierzo
La Iglesia de Santiago

photo taken March 03, 2009

Late winter moonlight on the Camino Frances

Gosh, this is a beautiful photo @mspath !

 

[Anne&Pat]

Leaving Santiago for our walk to Finisterre and Muxia, June, 2018.

 

[SabsP]

Words of wisdom in Leon.CF 2011.

 

[mspath]

near Campanas, Spain
photo taken January 22, 2008



Following neither the CF nor the CA while bypassing the Alto de Perdon these two fellow pilgrims worried that we three might be lost; in fact I was trying to find us a resto. Eventually I did in nearby Campanas.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Ponte Maceira about 5 kms before Negreira. Restored medieval bridge that crosses the rio Tambre. A few people were enjoying a dip in the river but not us! June, 2018.

 

[VNwalking]

Spring on the Via Monastica, last week. (Well, a bit off piste. We did a zig then a zag to get to accommodation off-route.)

 

[Theatregal]

Pulpo in the Mercado de Abastos, Santiago, August 6, 2014 along with a vintage photo (labeled Mercado de Abastos) that I found in the Libreria de Vetusta in Santiago in 2017.

 

[JohnLloyd]

It takes a while to leave Ferrol behind, but once you do....

 

[SabsP]

Finisterre 2016.

 

[Theatregal]

Finisterre 2016.

Beautiful photo Sabine - love the softness of the light!

 

[Former member 49149]

San Salvador, 2017

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Villalcazar de Sirga
Iglesia de Santa María la Blanca

photo taken November 6, 2011



Sacred, eternal beauty endures
within the dimly lit masive and austere
12th-14th c. fortress-church, Santa María la Blanca, originally built by/for the Knights Templar and later a royal Marian sanctuary .

 

[Anne&Pat]

Between Zas and Rapote, in the early morning, after leaving Negreira. Beautiful Galician landscape. June, 2018.

 

[JohnLloyd]

Instead of One Photo, am I allowed One Video?

If so, here's the English Way from Ferrol to Santiago (+ bonus extras) in 23 minutes.

 

[Former member 49149]

Instead of One Photo, am I allowed One Video?

If so, here's the English Way from Ferrol to Santiago (+ bonus extras) in 23 minutes.

why not? I only have 25 seconds so will watch later!

 

[Former member 49149]

Leon, in the Cathedral Plaza. August 2017, the day before beginning San Salvador.

 

[SabsP]

Open window . Albergue Liberanos Domine in Rabé de las Calzadas. CF.

 

[VNwalking]

Instead of One Photo, am I allowed One Video?

Why not?

Open window

Quick! Grab the bunk next to it! (I've been in that one...)

Today, a Spanish-looking 13th C Madonna. But it's in Holland. In the magnificent Sint Jans Cathedral, Den Bosch - the start of our walk down the pelgrimspad to Vessem and the Via Monastica.