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Trail markers from 2001

kimgaspesie

Quebec, Canada
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Frances 2001 and 2022.
Portuguese June 25, 2024
Would anyone happen to have photos of any trail markers on the Frances around 2001?
 
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Would anyone happen to have photos of any trail markers on the Frances around 2001?

It was before I had a decent digital camera and no "cloud" in which to store photos, but I managed to find this one. If you enlarge the thumbnail and look carefully you will see a yellow arrow painted on the drainpipe on the right side of the photo. It was in 2001, in September.

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There were some simple mojones, and in some towns metal scallop shells embedded in the footpath, but I don't have any photos. The yellow arrows were prolific even then. They were by far the most common trail marker.
 
It was before I had a decent digital camera and no "cloud" in which to store photos, but I managed to find this one. If you enlarge the thumbnail and look carefully you will see a yellow arrow painted on the drainpipe on the right side of the photo. It was in 2001, in September.

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There were some simple mojones, and in some towns metal scallop shells embedded in the footpath, but I don't have any photos. The yellow arrows were prolific even then. They were by far the most common trail marker.
Thank you for that. I walked in February 2001 and for the life of me can only remember the arrows and not what the stone markers looked like. Pre-digital camera days definitely made for fewer photos!
 
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I walked my first Camino in 2000 and have some pictures with both painted arrows and the mojones. I have an actual picture album (which I haven’t looked at for ten years or so, probably, so thank you!) but nothing scanned, so here is a bad picture of one of my pictures.

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A few years later, back on the Francés, there were awful signs of that goofy guy stick figure, I think it was the official symbol of the Xacobeo, maybe for 2004? There are still a few of them around on different caminos, but thankfully they are pretty much gone. A quick google search isn’t bringing it up and I’m sure I never took a picture! But they probably wouldn’t have been around in 2001.

Edit — Aha, I found him — there were markers all over the place with this guy and an arrow.
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I walked my first Camino in 2000 and have some pictures with both painted arrows and the mojones. I have an actual picture album (which I haven’t looked at for ten years or so, probably, so thank you!) but nothing scanned, so here is a bad picture of one of my pictures.

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A few years later, back on the Francés, there were awful signs of that goofy guy stick figure, I think it was the official symbol of the Xacobeo, maybe for 2004? There are still a few of them around on different caminos, but thankfully they are pretty much gone. A quick google search isn’t bringing it up and I’m sure I never took a picture! But they probably wouldn’t have been around in 2001.

Edit — Aha, I found him — there were markers all over the place with this guy and an arrow.
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I remember him. He/she looks like a take on Miro.
 
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Yes, he was there even on my first camino, 2001. Was it only in Galicia? I can't remember.
In 1993, he was all over the Francès. Some places began sidelining him even as early as 1994, but it was a slow process, so that even today, you can still come across him here and there.
 
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I found a few examples of some trail markers from my time on the Frances in October-November 2001. I hope these bring back some nice memories for you, like they did for me! I recall the Frances was so well marked that I found my way without any guidebook, maps or apps 😊
 

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I found a few examples of some trail markers from my time on the Frances in October-November 2001. I hope these bring back some nice memories for you, like they did for me! I recall the Frances was so well marked that I found my way without any guidebook, maps or apps 😊
Haha 2001 'Apps' 😂
 
I found a few examples of some trail markers from my time on the Frances in October-November 2001. I hope these bring back some nice memories for you, like they did for me! I recall the Frances was so well marked that I found my way without any guidebook, maps or apps 😊
Thank you! I wasn't sure if the concrete markers had colour-you've answered my question. Yes, it was well-marked, yet I still managed to get lost on two occasions! 😄
 
Get a spanish phone number with Airalo. eSim, so no physical SIM card. Easy to use app to add more funds if needed.
I walked my first Camino in 2000 and have some pictures with both painted arrows and the mojones. I have an actual picture album (which I haven’t looked at for ten years or so, probably, so thank you!) but nothing scanned, so here is a bad picture of one of my pictures.

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A few years later, back on the Francés, there were awful signs of that goofy guy stick figure, I think it was the official symbol of the Xacobeo, maybe for 2004? There are still a few of them around on different caminos, but thankfully they are pretty much gone. A quick google search isn’t bringing it up and I’m sure I never took a picture! But they probably wouldn’t have been around in 2001.

Edit — Aha, I found him — there were markers all over the place with this guy and an arrow.

Look what I saw on my 2022 Geira. Since the Geira wasn’t marked in 1993, I’m not sure where this came from.

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A-ha! Here he is. Upper right-hand corner of the sign.
 

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