Sheep take over Madrid's streets as they head for winter pastures

[mark connolly]

Sheep take over Madrid's streets as they head for winter pastures

Sheep replaced cars on the streets of Madrid on Sunday, as shepherds following ancient herding routes led their flocks through the centre of the Spanish capital to southerly pastures for winter grazing.

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[trecile]

Wow, I love that. It would be amazing to see.

 

[Kanga]

Wonderful. One of the things I loved about walking the Madrid was the signs indicating I was walking on one of the old drove roads. Has me itching to walk the Lana!

 

[Corned Beef]

From the direction they are being shepherded, it looks like they'll be going past the Mercado de San Miguel - a location loved by foodies.

 

[Colleen Kathma]

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Sheep take over Madrid's streets as they head for winter pastures

Sheep replaced cars on the streets of Madrid on Sunday, as shepherds following ancient herding routes led their flocks through the centre of the Spanish capital to southerly pastures for winter grazing.

www.reuters.com

It was amazing to see! I came on to Madrid after completing my Camino Francis! Awesome city but I'm missing walking the beautiful Way.

 

[alansykes]

Ah, the transhumance. One of my favourite words, one of my favourite things.

 

[K_Lynn]

Sheep take over Madrid's streets as they head for winter pastures

Sheep replaced cars on the streets of Madrid on Sunday, as shepherds following ancient herding routes led their flocks through the centre of the Spanish capital to southerly pastures for winter grazing.

www.reuters.com

I was in Madrid last year when the sheep marched through. And I missed it! We had had a very stressful morning buying several sets of train tickets and things had gone wrong and as we walked back to the hotel I could hear clanging and thought it was a protest of some sort and booked it through the alley to get away from whatever it was. GAH!!! I am still disappointed and sad.

 

[Vacajoe]

Funny, this is a regular occurrence on the Aragon Way in Canfranc Pueblo, but it receives zero publicity! . I guess they need a better PR person!

 

[Lleslie]

Cows gathered for the Transhumance parade in Nasbinals on our camino on the Via Podiensis from Le Puy in 2018.

 

[Peregrinopaul]

Ah, the transhumance. One of my favourite words, one of my favourite things.

I don’t think I’ve come across the word since Form 3 geography!

 

[Flog]

Funny, this is a regular occurrence on the Aragon Way in Canfranc Pueblo, but it receives zero publicity! . I guess they need a better PR person!

I missed it by a week this year, sadly. Last October I sat mesmerized as I watched 1,700 of them cross the pilgrim's bridge!

 

[Steven Dwyer]

It was great fun. I had a place very close to the Cathedral de la Almudena near where they first enter the city streets. It was a great spot because we were entertained with singing and dancing by a group in traditional costumes waiting to join the sheep on their crosstown walk. i Also had given thought as to which side of the street I needed to be afterwards as you can imagine the sheep left lots of small offerings in the street.