Thengel1
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- CF April-May 2013; mid-Sept. 2017
Sometimes I like to look at different places on the camino using Google Street View. you can't go everywhere of course, but it is kind of surprising how many pieces of the camino you can see. Sometimes I am recognize places I stopped for a snack, or just a rest stop, sometimes I remember people I met at a particular spot, sometimes there are pilgrims walking along in the places you are looking at, etc. Anyway, I just like doing it.
Tonight I came across something that stood out in another way. I was looking at the bridge headed into Portomarin. (the one with the steep stairs at the end.) I am guessing the Google car went by at the end of a long, try summer. There are pockets of grass in a couple of places on the river, a little ramp that leads down from a building ends a good 60 metres or so from the water. When I went past there in early May (2013), the water must be a good 6-7 metres deeper. The ramp I mentioned is half underwater, and a dirt road that runs along the far side of the river is completely submerged(well, as far as I tell from my pictures anyway). It is a pretty dramatic difference anyway.
I was vaguely curious if other people had experimented with it much and if they found anything particularly striking.
Tonight I came across something that stood out in another way. I was looking at the bridge headed into Portomarin. (the one with the steep stairs at the end.) I am guessing the Google car went by at the end of a long, try summer. There are pockets of grass in a couple of places on the river, a little ramp that leads down from a building ends a good 60 metres or so from the water. When I went past there in early May (2013), the water must be a good 6-7 metres deeper. The ramp I mentioned is half underwater, and a dirt road that runs along the far side of the river is completely submerged(well, as far as I tell from my pictures anyway). It is a pretty dramatic difference anyway.
I was vaguely curious if other people had experimented with it much and if they found anything particularly striking.
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