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...I saw lots of birds ....
You beat me to it! Those are the ones I don’t like.Griffin vultures in the Pyrenees ....
Nope, not funny. I think he just didn’t want to scare you!.... “senor we just call them big birds” it was very funny ....
Is there anyone else out there who doesn’t get this?A møøse once bit my sister outside Castrojeriz.
(Sorry. I'll see myself out...)
Is there anyone else out there who doesn’t get this?
Being the journey treks through large areas of wilderness
In 3 caminos I saw a dead fox. Everything else was a pet, farm animal or bird.I plan to go on my 1st Camino (the French Way) in the last week of May to June of 2020. Watched many YouTube videos and reading the Forum. Being the journey treks through large areas of wilderness, are there any danger with wild life?
I find it pays to have a few teleports in your pocket, if you can find some triggerred by a bike bell... all the better.Watch out for rapidly approaching cyclists, they approach from the rear and distract you with Buen Camino just before they clip you heels. I’ll take my chances with the farm dogs
I like that term!my sleep apnea call
I think it was a Canadian jokeIs there anyone else out there who doesn’t get this?
I plan to go on my 1st Camino (the French Way) in the last week of May to June of 2020. Watched many YouTube videos and reading the Forum. Being the journey treks through large areas of wilderness, are there any danger with wild life?
No - it was a mostly British one. From 1975.I think it was a Canadian joke
Now now, don't tease the Newbies!Walkers crossing Ashdown Forest, in Sussex, are advised to keep a sharp lookout for heffalumps and woozles.
It's a quote from the opening credits to Monty Python and the Holy Grail.Is there anyone else out there who doesn’t get this?
It seems that bedbugs will now probably be the only wildlife you have to worry about.
When I camped it in the 80s I was woken by the snuffling of wild boar and another time in the woodland a herd of cattle with a very large bull which sat on my tent. Also one area was infested with ticks, which I spent several days removing with the aid of a mirror.
It's a quote from the Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
If it’s the Camino from Saint Jean Pieds de Port to Santiago, the answer is no. (Especially if you stick to the trail.) There use to be a wild dog problem but that was resolved 3 years ago.I plan to go on my 1st Camino (the French Way) in the last week of May to June of 2020. Watched many YouTube videos and reading the Forum. Being the journey treks through large areas of wilderness, are there any danger with wild life?
I'm already experiencing the joy of meeting people all over the world through this forum. Thank you all for the responses. Love the wise cracks and photos! Can't wait to be actually on the Camino and run into you "crazy" bunch!
P.S., I asked the question because I was bitten on the arm by a dog and had to be taken by ambulance to ER. This was back in 2014. Dogs can sense my fear even though I try to be act tough.
In this part of the world, it is a common practice to use a staff or stick to whip young dogs as part of their conditioning to work on a farm.
I totally agree.I believe that you are making gross generalizations here. I believe the assumption that Spanish farmers are more stupid or crueler to animals than people/farmers are anywhere else in the world is wrong or at least unsupported, except maybe from what “was explained” to you by somebody.
I am sure that there are some populations of ticks on the Frances, but that would be in the woods, high grass, brush etc and I am sure if you go off the Frances Camino path (which overall is improved/semi-improved roadway of some sort) you could possibly get a tick on you. I never encountered ticks on the Frances and never met anyone that did.On ticks —- can anyone identify tick prone areas? As someone who has paid for a small house in Lyme treatment, I do not want a reprise...
I am sure that there are some populations of ticks on the Frances, but that would be in the woods, high grass, brush etc and I am sure if you go off the Frances Camino path (which overall is improved/semi-improved roadway of some sort) you could possibly get a tick on you. I never encountered ticks on the Frances and never met anyone that did.
Dealing with dogs on the Camino is an issue that has been discussed quite a bit on this forum, and I myself have had a couple of encounters with dogs, but was never bitten.I'm already experiencing the joy of meeting people all over the world through this forum. Thank you all for the responses. Love the wise cracks and photos! Can't wait to be actually on the Camino and run into you "crazy" bunch!
P.S., I asked the question because I was bitten on the arm by a dog and had to be taken by ambulance to ER. This was back in 2014. Dogs can sense my fear even though I try to be act tough.
In this part of the world, it is a common practice to use a staff or stick to whip young dogs as part of their conditioning to work on a farm. Consequently, they have an innate fear of anything that looks like a stick that was used to beat them. I do not condone this, but, it was explained to me that that is or was the custom.
Hope this helps.
I read here on the forum that ticks can be an issue on the Salvador - there were quite a few places where the trail is overgrown, and I was walking through some pretty tall grass and vegetation.I've never seen ticks on any route in Spain.
Ive walked the French Way and not encountered any wild life that needs to be worried about.I plan to go on my 1st Camino (the French Way) in the last week of May to June of 2020. Watched many YouTube videos and reading the Forum. Being the journey treks through large areas of wilderness, are there any danger with wild life?
LOL...nobody calls a dog "cabron." If there wasn't a goat in the vicinity that doesn't leave many suspects.Not sure who he was yelling at. He said either "Cabron! No hacen nada!" or "Cabron! No hace nada!" Couldn't really tell...
Actually, crossing and walking alongside high speed motorways is the real “wild life”.I plan to go on my 1st Camino (the French Way) in the last week of May to June of 2020. Watched many YouTube videos and reading the Forum. Being the journey treks through large areas of wilderness, are there any danger with wild life?
He called you a "cabron"?My wife and I were "charged" by a small dog while walking through a village on the Norte. I pointed my hiking pole at it, just to keep it away from my ankles, and the owner intervened.
Not sure who he was yelling at. He said either "Cabron! No hacen nada!" or "Cabron! No hace nada!" Couldn't really tell...
What they all saidI plan to go on my 1st Camino (the French Way) in the last week of May to June of 2020. Watched many YouTube videos and reading the Forum. Being the journey treks through large areas of wilderness, are there any danger with wild life?
I believe that you are making gross generalizations here. I believe the assumption that Spanish farmers are more stupid or crueler to animals than people/farmers are anywhere else in the world is wrong or at least unsupported, except maybe from what “was explained” to you by somebody.
I plan to go on my 1st Camino (the French Way) in the last week of May to June of 2020. Watched many YouTube videos and reading the Forum. Being the journey treks through large areas of wilderness, are there any danger with wild life?
Can't believe no one has mentioned the caterpillar forest outside Zubiri (or Larrasoana?), nor the copious amounts of fieldmice particularly in Fromista.
We also saw a deer and a dead snake, but the annoying wildlife were the pockets of flies that hung around for kilometres on end...
I think that the caterpillars are seasonal. I haven't seen any on any of my Caminos.NOOOOO! I only have one phobia-- caterpillars. Not a joke!! Hope I find someone to pass through area together. Yikes!!
Lions, tigers and bears...oh, my! Perhaps ruby slippers, or boots, should be the footwear of choice; banging the heels together to instantly go home when the nasty beasts appear. Does Merrill make some in their "Defender Series?"
Sorry. I'll let myself out.
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Actually I was very disappointed that there wasn't more wildlife to see. My first camino I saw lots of birds and one rabbit. (And it was a nice rabbit - not like the one in Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
We walked the Way at the same time this year and had no problems with wildlife at all.I plan to go on my 1st Camino (the French Way) in the last week of May to June of 2020. Watched many YouTube videos and reading the Forum. Being the journey treks through large areas of wilderness, are there any danger with wild life?
But what about those five pilgrims behind you? Have their remains been found yet?We walked the Way at the same time this year and had no problems with wildlife at all.
A farm dog that works with cows (that´s the case of Galicia) doesn´t need a particular training, because the job is very easy for a shepherd dog.When I later mentioned this behavior, that is when I WAS TOLD BY SPANIARDS about how farm dogs were typically trained. If I got it wrong , I APOLOGIZE. But I am am only repeating what I was told.
I love those shepherd dogs, they saved us from a few encounters with unruly cowsA farm dog that works with cows (that´s the case of Galicia) doesn´t need a particular training, because the job is very easy for a shepherd dog.
When herding them to a prairie/meadow the owner is always present and older cows understand orders as Forward, Stop, Right and Left. They also know most times the way to the destination and of course their own names.
So, I repeat the work with cows for a shepherd dog is easy and they learn it just watching and listening to the owner.
Other case is hundreds of sheep (Castilla y León) where I think the dog could require a particular training depending on the environment conditions, but even in that case I can't imagine how you could train a dog using a stick as a whip !! . Maybe the Australians members could help.
And, in Galicia don't say PERRO because dogs don´t understand that word. The word there is CAN, If I were you I simply would say GO that sounds similar to HO (stop for animals).
I was delighted with the different birds of prey on the first day to Roncevalles and the Tourist Office beside the monastery had a free guide leaflet on the birds of prey of the region. Mind you on the hill up to Orisson I thought the vultures were circling for me!Sorry Icacos they were the only ones i knew the name of . When i asked in Roncevalles a waiter the name of the big birds i saw over the mountains ,his response was “senor we just call them big birds” it was very funny but i had to google it when i got back home . They are truly huge.
Never be afraid of cows. The younger ones can stare at you in an "agressive" way. Then raise your pole/stick and say (loud) GO, she'll understand HO (means stop) and run away for sure. The only caution with cows is with kids under 6.I love those shepherd dogs, they saved us from a few encounters with unruly cowsQuick as a flash. So good at their jobs.
Never be afraid of cows. The younger ones can stare at you in an "agressive" way. Then raise your pole/stick and say (loud) GO, she'll understand HO (means stop) and run away for sure. The only caution with cows is with kids under 6.
Way back in another century the Camino Frances ran across fields not far from Roncesvalles. My first full day in Spain and a huge bull came lumbering across the field and stood right in the middle of the path looking at me. Bull??? In Spain??? No sign of any aggression - just curiosity - but I still walked in a very big semi-circle around him making very polite noises as I did so.Bulls are another matter. Some can be quite territorial, especially in mating season. But I don't recall encountering many bulls.
Yes some cows kick, be carefull.That and don't walk BEHIND them or you can get kicked! Often the cows come to you because they recognize you as a human who is going to feed them. Bulls are another matter. Some can be quite territorial, especially in mating season. But I don't recall encountering many bulls.
I plan to go on my 1st Camino (the French Way) in the last week of May to June of 2020. Watched many YouTube videos and reading the Forum. Being the journey treks through large areas of wilderness, are there any danger with wild life?
This question was asked when I was very green with the Camino planning. In Southern CA, we do have mountain lions and rattlesnakes to be aware of. Also I was attracted by a dog before.
Do enjoy the humor .....
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