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  1. caminka

    Valcarlos/Burguete or Borda/ Roncesvales?

    this alternative descent is also clearly marked on the paper map given out at the sjpp pilgrim office. in fact, it is marked as the primary descent.
  2. caminka

    Valcarlos/Burguete or Borda/ Roncesvales?

    um, don't be discouraged by that view. it's a view of the albergue from the camino - for the purposes of spotting it right away and not needing to make a whole roundabout of the village because it's not indicated from the camino. the view from the albergue is much nicer, I promise! and the views...
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    Valcarlos/Burguete or Borda/ Roncesvales?

    that's the view you get from the route when you reach the level of the fronton.
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    Valcarlos/Burguete or Borda/ Roncesvales?

    I stayed in valcarlos mid-may this year. we were two pilgrims in the albergue and a third was carted in at about midnight by the police. it was a malaysian guy, I think, who was spotted still climbing to roncesvalles at 23h by some locals who alerted the cops who picked him up and brought him...
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    Monastery / albergue of San Pedro de Montes.

    found some info from 2020. apparently private albergue in penalba is no longer open. that's a shame, it was a beautiful one and the village is definitely worth an extra day, too. is there a municipal albergue? and this thread from 2021.
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    Monastery / albergue of San Pedro de Montes.

    yup, it is. there should be some threads on the forum as well. you can get there by following the route called la mirada circular which is waymarked with blue arrows (still?) and in theory goes in the other direction. I'm not entirely sure which of the routes on their map is the one. and I just...
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    Albergues in Bayonne

    it's a very nice albergue with two small dorms (both have a window), two showers, a full kitchen, and very nice hospitaleros, on a quiet street in the old centre. 5 mins from all services, about 15 mins slow walking from the train station. a bit tricky to find if you are there for the first time...
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    There's a lot more here than meets the eye.

    I took another look at your first photo and encircled what I think might be two footprints.
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    There's a lot more here than meets the eye.

    I think the camino used to go further down the slope when I was there like, 15 years ago. this year I remember thinking 'huh, this goes a bit more up then I remember' and then there was the split, clearly marked with an info board. lots of pilgrims did the detour even in windy and rainy...
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    There's a lot more here than meets the eye.

    the problem with pictographs is that you usually need to be versed in seeing them. they can be covered in lichen, for example, or worn out by rain and wind. you also need to try to see them from different angles because light falling onto a pictographs from a different position may reveal it. I...
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    There's a lot more here than meets the eye.

    no, this is a reconstruction of a shepherd's hut, I believe. possibly on/near the spot where Roland fought Ferragut. nothing to do with any monastery as far as I know. similar huts appear in similar conditions (dry summer lands) in France, for example.
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    There's a lot more here than meets the eye.

    don't feel down, medieval crazy here. :p I just love that beautiful and amazing art. right now I am doing some research for our national museum in connection with an exhibition coming up next year and I am reaquainting myself with web pages with scanned illuminations (and manuscripts), table...
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    There's a lot more here than meets the eye.

    when they are talking about the oldest mentiones of the monastery in the documents, the second document date links to a page with the digital becerro de san millan de la cogolla with scanned pages, transcriptions (if you switch to latin) and translations. from there, you can search the entire...
  14. caminka

    There's a lot more here than meets the eye.

    very nice article. with links to a search engine to becerro with transcriptions!!! 🤪
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    Statue in Burgos Cathedral

    my companion (a hospitalera from albergue Emaus) and I enquired about this statue of a guide in the cathedral that she knew - I was of course curious who might this be, with wings and a fish, as I don't remember seeing it before and I have been collecting pilgrim representations for years now -...
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    Albergues on the Camino Frances

    there have been changes since april. some albergues listed were closed, but many listed as closed were open or were opening in july. I always check gronze's comments section of each albergue I plan to stay in. if there are recent comments, it's open. I updated my camino list since I returned...
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    App to find water on the Frances

    few guidebooks (and possibly apps) list water sources. one comprehensive source is OSM (open street maps) which do have many taps indicated on their maps, but sometimes this info is outdated - for example, I haven't seen a water tap in Ganecoleta on the valley route to Roncesvalles. there is...
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    The Fichier Bridge Portomarin Spain

    the river was much wider before a dam was built upstream but it's also true that the water level probably varied greatly according to season.
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    Doing the Camino Frances.

    thank you for reporting, the fine details (many I didn't know) and the photos. I am really jealous I can't be there right now! cool advertising in hornillos. certainly much better then big boards every 500m on the way to hontanas (in 2012).
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    Story: The 3 Camino Amigos – Why it started to fall apart on the Camino Frances (and a Question)

    another benefit of walking solo (and more remote caminos...)!

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