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Can someone tell me where exactly in the Meseta the cover photo on Brierley's book is taken?
Hmmm...could be. Not sure.In September 2012, walking with my dear friends Helen, John and Simon (all pictured), we think we identified the location between Ledigos and Moratinos. Helen had been keeping a look out for the spot and I'll never forget the shout from up ahead "I think I found it!". Interested to hear if others agree with us! I recently attended a Canadian Company of Pilgrims event and John Brierley was the guest speaker. I talked with him after and the cover location was a question I had meant to ask but forgot to!
Maybe compare the curves of the road. The pilgrim on the Brierley cover is standing closer to the curve than my pals in my photos. The landscape and the lines of the cultivated area above and to the right seem very close.
Hmmm.....I believe you pilgrims were spot on. Good detective work.My last bit of evidence in support of our locationOn page 163 in the Brierley (2011 edition) there is a photo at the bottom of the page that shows the same location.
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Upper right in this photo there are 3 features - A taller full tree, a skinny tree and a shorter bush. These show up on the Brierley cover as well. On the upper left of the page 163 photo there is very tall tree. All of these features are in this enlarged part of my photo.
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Looking at the timeline of my photos, it has to be between Terradillos and Moratinos - so somewhere in the 3km or so between. Yes, we walked the 'gold dot' route in 2012.Not bad, Theatregal !
I checked my 2012 edition, page 163 -- and my 2018 edition, too, where the 2012 picture appears on page 164.... I was skeptical of your suggestion at first, but the more I think about it the more plausible it seems! But that raises the question of WHERE between Ledigos and Moratinos?!
BTW - Brierley 2012 offered us just one ('gold dot') route between them, but Brierley 2018 offers an alternate ('green dot') Ledigos-Terradillos route. I assume that in 2012 you walked the 'gold dot' route?
Hola Tom, that was my thinking when I made my first post. I will search through my photos. I have one taken from the top, looking west. It might help.After Castrojeriz you climb up to the Alto de Mostelares. As you look west it seems as if the flat plain goes on forever. But after a few kms it dips and you go downhill. This pic was taken shortly after reaching the bottom, still a few km from reaching the Ermita de San Nicolas.
I think you’re spot on TomAfter Castrojeriz you climb up to the Alto de Mostelares. As you look west it seems as if the flat plain goes on forever. But after a few kms it dips and you go downhill. This pic was taken shortly after reaching the bottom, still a few km from reaching the Ermita de San Nicolas.
Those trees match exactly to the ones in the guidebook as does their proximity to the ridge line and the ridge line itself. Pretty much nails it down.My last bit of evidence in support of our locationOn page 163 in the Brierley (2011 edition) there is a photo at the bottom of the page that shows the same location.
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Upper right in this photo there are 3 features - A taller full tree, a skinny tree and a shorter bush. These show up on the Brierley cover as well. On the upper left of the page 163 photo there is very tall tree. All of these features are in this enlarged part of my photo.
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