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2400 km + 950 nmi
160 days
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I loved resting on a big rock at Ibaneta on a sunny day in mid April 2017. Taking that little break is where I first met @jpflavin1, who lives in my neck of the woods back home.It looks nicer but not really an improvement to navigation. A better sign is needed between it and the road below to split up the traffic of those wanting to go Roncesvalles via Ibañeta and those wanting to use the shorter and steeper wooded way. Too many go that way when they actually wanted to go the easier Ibañeta way.
I'am so sorry. To change the signs at the Lepoeder pass and to indicate the descent through the forest and that through the Ibañeta pass only the Spanish autority can do it because we are in Spanish territory. There’s nothing our association can do other than point out what we’ve done time and time again.It looks nicer but not really an improvement to navigation. A better sign is needed between it and the road below to split up the traffic of those wanting to go Roncesvalles via Ibañeta and those wanting to use the shorter and steeper wooded way. Too many go that way when they actually wanted to go the easier Ibañeta way.
Thinking out loud here. What if the French army went up the route again?I'am so sorry. To change the signs at the Lepoeder pass and to indicate the descent through the forest and that through the Ibañeta pass only the Spanish autority can do it because we are in Spanish territory. There’s nothing our association can do other than point out what we’ve done time and time again.
The cairn is not at the border. The border has a modest sign saying "Navarra" I think. It is at a cattle bar, a grid across the trail/road that cattle are afraid to cross. Someone recently submitted a picture to a thread showing all this.What I would like to see is a marker where you actually cross from France to Spain....would this be that place? I have done this route twice and never seen a marker going from France to Spain....maybe I am working so hard to go over the mountain that I have missed it....
It's a very nice pile of rocks. Of course, we all know how problematic piles of rocks by the camino can be! ;-)A waymarker near the pass on the Route Napoleon has been improved by the local camino association of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port who also run the pilgrims office in the town. The following pictures show the final result of their recent improvement works, the improvement works while ongoing and a Google Earth screenshot showing the earlier look of the nice wooden sign pointing to Roncesvalles and assorted stones before the intervention. Roncesvalles is the location's name in Spanish; it is called Roncevaux in French and Oreaga in Basque.
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BTW, is that man standing on top of the wooden sign?...sure looks like it!
What I would like to see is a marker where you actually cross from France to Spain....would this be that place? I have done this route twice and never seen a marker going from France to Spain....maybe I am working so hard to go over the mountain that I have missed it....
What I would like to see is a marker where you actually cross from France to Spain....would this be that place? I have done this route twice and never seen a marker going from France to Spain....maybe I am working so hard to go over the mountain that I have missed it....
This marker marks the border it is right next to La Fontaine de RolandWhat I would like to see is a marker where you actually cross from France to Spain....would this be that place? I have done this route twice and never seen a marker going from France to Spain....maybe I am working so hard to go over the mountain that I have missed it....
This marker marks the border it is right next to La Fontaine de Roland
This was to be the site of one of my first lessons on the Camino.A waymarker near the pass on the Route Napoleon has been improved by the local camino association of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
..... a Google Earth screenshot
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