Where was I?

[Bert45]

I walked from Navarrete to Nájera on 27 June this year. I got to the Albergue Najerino about 3 o'clock and went to look around the Monastery of Santa María la Real. My last photo there was taken at 5:20. The next photo (attached) was taken at 8:20. There is a storks' nest on top of a modern tower fitted with loudspeakers. Do you recognise it? Can you tell me where it is? Thanks.

 

[trecile]

Can you check the metadata on the photo to see where you took it!

 

[Bert45]

Can you check the metadata on the photo to see where you took it!

That's beyond me, trecile! My camera is a Nikon Coolpix L340. I'm pretty sure it doesn't have GPS. All I get is the date and time and about 50 other details of the settings on the camera, but no GPS.

 

[ELHS220]

I walked from Navarrete to Nájera on 27 June this year. I got to the Albergue Najerino about 3 o'clock and went to look around the Monastery of Santa María la Real. My last photo there was taken at 5:20. The next photo (attached) was taken at 8:20. There is a storks' nest on top of a modern tower fitted with loudspeakers. Do you recognise it? Can you tell me where it is? Thanks.

If it was taken in Nájera, the albergue would be able to ID it if you e-mail them with the photo attached. I did a Google image search for “nido de cigüeña, Nájera (stork nest)”, but I don’t see anything that looks like it.

 

[trecile]

That's beyond me, trecile! My camera is a Nikon Coolpix L340. I'm pretty sure it doesn't have GPS. All I get is the date and time and about 50 other details of the settings on the camera, but no GPS.

Sorry, I was wrongly assuming that you used your phone to take the picture.

 

[Kiwi-family]

Did you stay in Najera that evening? Can you remember where you wandered?

 

[Roland49]

I walked from Navarrete to Nájera on 27 June this year. I got to the Albergue Najerino about 3 o'clock and went to look around the Monastery of Santa María la Real. My last photo there was taken at 5:20. The next photo (attached) was taken at 8:20. There is a storks' nest on top of a modern tower fitted with loudspeakers. Do you recognise it? Can you tell me where it is? Thanks.

When did you start on that day?

 

[davejsy]

No idea, but given it is some sort of tower with loud speakers it must be easy for someone more local to identify. I'm assuming you mean 8.20pm and you are still in Najera.

 

[Peterexpatkiwi]

@Bert45 , a quick Google maps search suggests that it's the Iglesia de Inmaculada.

Iglesia de la Inmaculada · Nájera, La Rioja

maps.app.goo.gl

 

[trecile]

@Bert45 , a quick Google maps search suggests that it's the Iglesia de Inmaculada.

Iglesia de la Inmaculada · Nájera, La Rioja

maps.app.goo.gl

Good sleuthing! It definitely looks the same as in the Google photos.

 

[Bert45]

If it was taken in Nájera, the albergue would be able to ID it if you e-mail them with the photo attached. I did a Google image search for “nido de cigüeña, Nájera (stork nest)”, but I don’t see anything that looks like it.

I had meant to add that I didn't leave Nájera until the next morning, but I forgot. You may see that my problem has been solved at post #9.

 

[Bert45]

When did you start on that day?

I started in Navarrete at about 8.00 and went via Ventosa. A short day, only 15.4 km. But that wouldn't help me locate the storks' nest.

 

[basquelady]

@Bert45 , a quick Google maps search suggests that it's the Iglesia de Inmaculada.

Iglesia de la Inmaculada · Nájera, La Rioja

maps.app.goo.gl

excellent work! I tried for an hour, without result!

 

[Bert45]

No idea, but given it is some sort of tower with loud speakers it must be easy for someone more local to identify. I'm assuming you mean 8.20pm and you are still in Najera.

Yes, it was 8:20 p.m. and I was still in Nájera. I am sorry that I expect everyone on this forum to be psychic – that's not meant sarcastically. I should have explained myself better.

 

[Bert45]

excellent work! I tried for an hour, without result!

I tried for longer than that before I gave up and asked the forum. I did not expect it to be a church. And, what's more, it was on the route I took after dinner at the albergue, looking for an ATM. But I didn't think of that until I read Peterexpatkiwi's answer.

 

[Bert45]

Did you stay in Najera that evening? Can you remember where you wandered?

Yes, I meant to say that I stayed in Nájera, but forgot. I had forgotten that I wandered down Calle San Fernando looking for an ATM after the albergue dinner. Thankfully, Peterexpatkiwi has provided the answer.

 

[Robo]

@Bert45 , a quick Google maps search suggests that it's the Iglesia de Inmaculada.

Iglesia de la Inmaculada · Nájera, La Rioja

maps.app.goo.gl

Well done, good find!
I spent an hour on google maps last night looking.
Seeing the loud speakers I was looking for sportsfields and the like.

 

[Robo]

excellent work! I tried for an hour, without result!

Who on earth would spend an hour online looking for birds on a tower? (me)
Talk about a Wild Stork Chase?

 

[Sirage]

Who on earth would spend an hour online looking for birds on a tower?

This a forum which is very tolerant of, or perhaps blind to, all our various idiosyncrasies and eccentric behaviours. Pilgrimage is a place for all, possibly where normality is elusive. Or simply, a broad church. After, it is not possible to dislike me on this forum.

 

[Bert45]

This a forum which is very tolerant of, or perhaps blind to, all our various idiosyncrasies and eccentric behaviours. Pilgrimage is a place for all, possibly where normality is elusive. Or simply, a broad church. After, it is not possible to dislike me on this forum.

I'm sure that Robo was being humorous. After all, he admitted spending an hour looking for the storks' nest himself at post #17. He was not really deprecating basquelady.

 

[Robo]

This a forum which is very tolerant of, or perhaps blind to, all our various idiosyncrasies and eccentric behaviours. Pilgrimage is a place for all, possibly where normality is elusive. Or simply, a broad church. After, it is not possible to dislike me on this forum.

I edited my post to make it 100% clear I was joking !
The post above it, was me saying I spent an hour looking myself!

 

[Bert45]

Can I ask a moderator to close this thread, please? I have the answer to my question.