intrepidtraveler
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Caminos Madrid, Frances and Finisterre (2015)
Camino Norte-2017; Camino Ingles from A Coruna - 2017
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I only saw a few flattened ones on the roadside. Have a look at the link below.
http://www.practicalspain.com/spanish-reptiles.htm
I saw a some griffon vultures circling one day and I wondered if it was me they were eyeing up.I don't worry too much about poisonous snakes in Spain. I worry more about wild boars and Griffon vultures.
Yes, I know the feeling.I saw a some griffon vultures circling one day and I wondered if it was me they were eyeing up.
Aged peregrino stuffed with jamón y queso marinated in rioja - yummm.I saw a some griffon vultures circling one day and I wondered if it was me they were eyeing up.
I have no worries there. 9 out of 10 griffon vultures are watching their cholesterol, and have been warned by their doctors to stay away from fatty meats.Aged peregrino stuffed with jamón y queso marinated in rioja - yummm.
Whenever I think of wild boars, I am reminded of that scene which Colleen McCullough described in such detail in her book The Thorn Birds. I still shudder when I think of it.Met a wild boar on my way to Porrino on the CP....
I saw a some griffon vultures circling one day and I wondered if it was me they were eyeing up.
Mark, I am sure you are absolutely correct. But let's still have our bit of hopefully, harmless, scary stories.Wild boars. Bears. Wolves. Poisonous snakes. Northern Spain has all those, but honestly you are more in danger of slipping on loose rocks and getting injured, or getting struck by a vehicle or even getting struck by lightning than you are of being attacked by wildlife.
I wouldn't even give it a thought.
No, just looking a bit bedraggled that particular day.Were you sunbathing??
And wolves!I don't worry too much about poisonous snakes in Spain. I worry more about wild boars and Griffon vultures.
Well heck, you should have said so.Mark, I am sure you are absolutely correct. But let's still have our bit of hopefully, harmless, scary stories.
You're very welcome. It's been fun.Thanks to everyone for taking the time to reply.
Hello from Zamora where I have started as hospitalera. Kinkyone stopped over night.
It is bloody hot here and no relief insight. I have no idea why anyone would want to walk or cycle the VDLP now. ♨♨♨♨
You're very welcome. It's been fun.
Have a buen, and worry-free Camino.
Yes, I know the feeling.
Another good reason to keep walking.
Spend too much time standing still admiring the view, you might end up as somebody's lunch
Circling vultures and snakes poised to attack .... Not sure I want to joke about these things anymore.I saw a large one curled in the attack position - just at waist height in the side of the trail (on the Portugues) I was standing looking around wondering if there was a standpipe somewhere leaking... Then realised it was the snake hissing! I took to my heels... I'm so dozy I deserve to get bitten!
I don't worry too much about poisonous snakes in Spain. I worry more about wild boars and Griffon vultures.
I saw 3 snakes on the Camino Frances this April and May. One was on the canal towpath near Fromista. One was in the grass near the Cruz de Ferro near the picnic tables. The 3rd one was on the path just beyond Cruz de Ferro not that far from where I saw the second one. I have no idea what kind of snakes they were but felt happy to be wearing boots rather than sandals!Greetings -
In all of my reading camino questions on the forum, I don't ever recall anyone talking about the need to look out for poisonous snakes. Do they not exist in Spain or are people just not talking about them? If they are around, what should I be on the look out for? Do they make any noise to warn you like our western rattlesnakes are supposed to?
Ahh, spring!I saw 3 snakes on the Camino Frances this April and May. One was on the canal towpath near Fromista. One was in the grass near the Cruz de Ferro near the picnic tables. The 3rd one was on the path just beyond Cruz de Ferro not that far from where I saw the second one. I have no idea what kind of snakes they were but felt happy to be wearing boots rather than sandals!
I'm from a bunch of islands at the opposite end of the earth to Spain where anything remotely dangerous with 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8 legs(excepting the Katipo spider) had ancestors that came or hitched a ride on a seagoing vessel of some kind and currently resides in a prohibitively expensive commercial habitat. So I too was very interested in things that might bite and what to do if they did.Wild boars. Bears. Wolves. Poisonous snakes. Northern Spain has all those, but honestly you are more in danger of slipping on loose rocks and getting injured, or getting struck by a vehicle or even getting struck by lightning than you are of being attacked by wildlife.
I wouldn't even give it a thought.
Why would one shriek over the sight of a dead snake?On the Camino Portuguese last year between Barcelos and Casa Fernanda, I stepped off the path to have a little pee and after I got back on the path and was getting my pack back on, two people passed me. We had been passing each other all morning and further along they had stopped for a snack. So I joked that they had almost caught me. I kept walking and up ahead of me I heard a shriek. When I got up to a father and daughter there was a dead snake on the path. I think it had been run over by a farm tractor. I don't think it was poisonous but it sure stopped me from stepping off the path.
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