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The lost pilgrim story, and using 112 for emergencies:
by Editorial Infobierzo-@ infobierzo
Troops of the Civil Guard assisted in Ponferrada early Sunday to a pilgrim, and Belgian 56-year-old, who performed the road between the towns of Santiago Astorga and Ponferrada and disoriented that night when he was walking between the towns of El Ganso Molinaseca, by calling 112.
Given the above, and once the 112 informed the Civil Guard, a search was established with the intervention six Guardia Civil patrols that led to the location of the place of pilgrimage in Matarrubia, located in the village Irrigation Ambros, a place difficult to access on foot.The pilgrim was moved to the shelter of Rabanal Molinaseca not require reaching healthcare.
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A new albergue in Fuentesnuevas http://www.infobierzo.com/proyecto-...alaciones-en-un-albergue-de-peregrinos/85425/ (though I´m not exactly sure where that is).....
I couldn´t find the article but got to the newspaper and saw two other things of interest to pilgrims:
A new albergue in Fuentesnuevas http://www.infobierzo.com/proyecto-...alaciones-en-un-albergue-de-peregrinos/85425/ (though I´m not exactly sure where that is).
On Sunday, in Ponferrada, there will be an effort to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for serving the largest octopus tapa ever served-- a total of 500 kg of octopus will be cooked and placed on a huge wooden plate and then distributed to the public for 5 euros each. http://www.infobierzo.com/todo-list...ness-mas-grande-del-mundo-este-domingo/85403/
I walked from Covas to Ferrol around the headlands today, and there were a couple of strategically placed 'not this way' crosses. They were very comforting. Is there an 'official' standard to warn pilgrims they have deviated from the designated path?
And then there was the day my wife and I were walking with a small group of people. We were just talking and following the group, not really paying attention to the arrows, when a friendly farmer yelled to us that we made a wrong turn. We walked back to the split and looked at the sign that we all just made a "right" at (sorry, I don't know how to rotate this picture) :View attachment 9146
As one who missed the obvious turn in Burgette of all places (was heads down in the rain and missed the big sign and arrow painted on the wall), it's easier than one might think to take a wrong turn (or miss the right one). Fortunately, one of the pilgrims I met the night before yelled out from behind, "Hey Denver!" and motioned me back onto the right track.
Then, one evening we stayed at a smaller albergue outside the main town (I think it was Portomarin) mostly because we were avoiding the Sarria hordes. We walked into town for dinner and walked back in the evening, enjoying the walk and the countryside, until, after a while, we stopped to wonder, "Where did they move the albergue?!" We backtracked and found the turn we missed and fortunately made it back before they locked the doors. I like to think we weren't lost so much as taking the scenic route . . .
That sounds pretty dense marking. There is a stretch of the Camino Ingles just before Siguerdo with just four waypoint markers in as many km, with a handful of painted arrows. You would be like a yo-yo there. It's one of those stretches where KSO is enough direction for an hour or soFor what I remember, there isn't anything oficial for marking a wrong way. Mostly what people use is the traditional X to mark the incorrect way. What I usualy do is, when I see that I don't see any marking for some meters, or that I have the feeling that I'm lost, I walk another 100 steps forward. If I don't find any marking I go back until I find the last one. It worked untill now
That sounds pretty dense marking. There is a stretch of the Camino Ingles just before Siguerdo with just four waypoint markers in as many km, with a handful of painted arrows. You would be like a yo-yo there. It's one of those stretches where KSO is enough direction for an hour or so
A different American outdoorsman?"I've never been lost, but I was mighty confused for several months." (attributed to mountain man, Jim Bridger)
Evidently, we have a lot of lost Americans pretending not to be lost. Possibly something to do with our geography skills and thinking the world revolves around us??? <rhetorical question, BTW>A different American outdoorsman?
“I've never been lost, but I was mighty turned around for three days once.”
― Daniel Boone
Evidently, we have a lot of lost Americans pretending not to be lost. >
And why would we do that?! It's right around here somewhere . . . I know it is. And it'll take way too much time to go out of our way to ask; besides, we'd probably just talk to the same person who moved the arrows on us. <he said suspiciously, not so subtly shifting the blame to someone else to cover up his own directional inadequacies>No, not just Americans. It's genetically imprinted in all males. Have you ever seen a man stop and ask the way?
I think I remember this spot. Is it just after Belorado?
That was the only time I went wrong way on CF, straight on instead of right turn and over the pedestrian bridge. It was early morning and I was still kind of sleepy and simply didn't see at least 7 (!) yellow markers on the asphalt, the house and the tree. But it was a pleasant half an hour walk in complete solitude until friendly farmer told me to go back.
Ups, it seems just like the spot in Belorado.No, this was just outside of Hospital, between Las Herrerias de Valcarce and Triacastela (Not to be confused with Hospital de Orbigo). It was an old farm road.
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