Picture Fun Quest for the Primitivo

[Michael Caleigh]

After reading the other Picture Fun Quest thread I thought that we need one for the Primitivo as this is the only one I know well.

So let´s start and the rules are the same. So where this lovely bar.....?

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

La Espina?
You know, now they will think we are all drunkards who stagger over mountains taking pictures of bear tracks

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I'm going to let others try to find it but I think I already have.
Spoiler alert, it's shown here:
http://tarjeinskrede.blogspot.com/2015/07/grandas-de-salime-padron.html

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

I'm ignoring @Rick of Rick and Peg's post and expanding on mine...I don't recall watches, and I'm not positive about the name of the town but I think it was La Espina...there was a bar in the front and a place to eat in the back...it was near Cornellana but now I'm not sure, maybe Bodenaya...it was just a few km past one of those two places (I spent the night in those two )

 

[Michael Caleigh]

I'm going to let others try to find it but I think I already have.
Spoiler alert, it's shown here:
http://tarjeinskrede.blogspot.com/2015/07/grandas-de-salime-padron.html

You are right! Must have been to easy!!!!

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

You are right! Must have been to easy!!!!

We need another winner because I don't have pics of the Primitivo to post.

It was harder than I thought it would be but from that I learned that the various types of Google searches don't handle the inquiries the same way.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

You are right! Must have been to easy!!!!

While we are waiting for @Rick of Rick and Peg may I ask...his link said El Acebo...I have two memories of El Acebo...one is crossing the borderline into Galicia, and the other is a HUGE dog chasing me near a closed bar...is that the one in your picture?

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

You are right! Must have been to easy!!!!

Since the King of the Internet passes, will you post another, pretty please

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

I admit to being hyperactive...and I don't want this thread to die, so here is another spot on the Primitivo (sorry, @Michael Caleigh , I couldn't wait)

where is this arrow?

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

where is this arrow?

Don't be silly. It's painted on a rock.

 

[Michael Caleigh]

It´s on the tip of my tongue....

 

[Michael Caleigh]

It's in Galicia!!!! Ahhhhhh

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

now you are both being silly
ok make me get all school teacher about it
please name either the village, or the chapel (your choice)

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

more clues...still in Asturias (don't let the slate fool you), and to make you go even more crazy Michael, it is just after you have climbed over a hill with some wind turbines and make a 150 fairly steep descent...but there's more descent ahead of you

 

[Michael Caleigh]

I have seen those near Grandas de Salime?

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

here's the inside if it helps

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

I have seen those near Grandas de Salime?

can you get a little closer...

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

ok, i admit i had to look up the name of the town so I will grant the win to Michael...
this is the Chapel of Santa Marina, in Buspol, between La Mesa and Grandes de Salime.
tag, you're it

 

[Michael Caleigh]

It´s the capilla de Santa Maria

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Your turn!
um, should we have a secret knock or something?
somewhere post a picture of a bed bug

 

[Michael Caleigh]

Ok here we go

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

ooo, i know this. it was after an albergue that wasn't open yet....be right back

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Shortly after the ridge crest, we turned right on a lane to walk into Buspol. Nothing much is here except this quaint chapel and dramatic views. This is the highest point until the long descent ahead.
http://www.pilgrimagetraveler.com/images/x14-Berducedo-to-Castro.jpg.pagespeed.ic.OJBthhA2eS.jpg

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Darn. The last I read was that I had to find the village and all the other clues had come in-between.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

As Seixas?

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Darn. The last I read was that I had to find the village and all the other clues had come in-between.

not bad for a guy who walked the Frances

 

[Michael Caleigh]

Very close....

 

[Michael Caleigh]

not bad for a guy who walked the Frances

You got it as I am unsure the exact name of the place....It is San Salvador.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

obviously we both suffered from the high altitudes (or perhaps wine)...this is the marker, and from my photos it is somewhere near merlan (so not as seixas yet...I think??)

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

an easy one, I will be away but Rick can always find what it is pretty easily...actually, this is in google image (spoiler alert)
where is this window

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

just kidding, here is the entire picture,
please name the church and its location

be back in an hour, start a new one without me

 

[Michael Caleigh]

I know it but won´t say anything....Just a hint as this includes my Santo....jejejejejeje

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I know it but won´t say anything

Same here.
http://ac4fa7708134a70c34d3-66da2307b23609a8f8a6d8a13d2f16e2.r38.cf1.rackcdn.com/878/1/large.jpg

 

[Anemone del Camino]

Is that the boring church you have to cross the road to see and then wonder why it's in the guide book? Along a comercial road of also little interest.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Is that the boring church you have to cross the road to see and then wonder why it's in the guide book? Along a comercial road of also little interest.

I think this was said in the true spirit of the Camino That Shall Not Be Named...
I recognize the sharing spirit of Michael and Rick and give the win to Anemone

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

in an aside note, it is always nice to see Europe waking up by their 'likes" and posts...other wise all I have to read out here in California is Australian posts about how big their feet are....

 

[Michael Caleigh]

Well a good morning to all....grin...I haven´t seen the big feet post yet.

 

[Michael Caleigh]

and the winner of the last one is Annemone del Camino.....Now we wait for the next photo

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

almost midnight where people that matter live....
I will see what you all have to puzzle me with in the morning (where morning holds meaning for me, i.e. west coast of the US)...not some crazy date line who knows what day it is kind of morning you all have.
out here in civilization it is almost midnight

 

[Kanga]

Ha, @Smallest_Sparrow I do love being able to tell you how far behind the times you are.... Although have to be careful, the Kiwis are ahead of me.

 

[Michael Caleigh]

Now who is posting the next photo?

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Now who is posting the next photo?

I think you should if Anemone doesn't...
we need more players...Maybe I should turn off the cloaking device

 

[Icacos]

.....
we need more players...Maybe I should turn off the cloaking device

How can there be more players?! How many of us know how to use Google Earth and Street View and whatever else is being used. And what on earth is a 'cloaking device'? A poncho?

I've just put an ad on craigslist to sell a tv. Someone responded and asked if the tv had 'Air.' I've heard of Cloud, but what is Air??

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

@Rick of Rick and Peg is the only computer wizard on this thread...because he's a virtual Primitivo walker. The rest of us are going off our foggy memories. the cloaking device means I'm a trekkie, as in Romulan cloaking device (to keep the Primitivo secret). If the last question is serious, I think it is one of the ways to stream content to one's tv...but I don't watch enough to tell you for sure.

 

[Michael Caleigh]

ok then here another one...easier this time for the ones with an even more clouded memory.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Fonsagrada! Hurry over to the other picture quest...I put one up for you

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Which charming albergue is this? I've included the charming room, the charming yard decor, and the gate (which they don't unlock early enough, causing you to climb over the charming wall).

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

So it's midnight again in my part of the world...if anyone guesses congratulate each other and post a new pic...I won't be upset. promise

 

[Michael Caleigh]

I passed by this charming place and didn't stay there!

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I've just put an ad on craigslist to sell a tv. Someone responded and asked if the tv had 'Air.' I've heard of Cloud, but what is Air??

I think they mean broadcast TV, the old fashioned kind where an antenna receives the signal over the air.

and the gate (which they don't unlock early enough, causing you to climb over the charming wall).

I'll love to see a charming video of you climbing this charming wall.

the charming yard decor,

Let's see now .. what point on the earth is 19440 km from Sydney, 490 km from Madrid and 150 km from Leon?

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

I passed by this charming place and didn't stay there!

it was actually very nice. clean, warm, nice hospitalera. of course you get all excited about staying because the sign in on a metal fence around this oasis like building, to discover that is the neighbor's place. You're staying at the crumbling building (big surprise)...but on the Primitivo how can you not stay at an XI cent. monastery that has some legend surrounding a prince eaten by a bear? I will concede the win to Michael for being too modest to name this place...he can either post a new picture or wait to see if anyone else wants to play

edit: ok, there was a soft and cuddly alternate story I heard about the bear over the gate, but this is the primitivo so I'm sticking with the bloody one

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

I'll love to see a charming video of you climbing this charming wall.

technically it was an iron fence. you can see it here around the panderia that was also not open next door...when it got to the monastery it became just iron, no stone, closing off the driveway. The following night I ran into a couple of biciginos who had also stayed that night in the monastery and found themselves locked in that morning. They had watched in envy as I checked for other exits, shook my head, tossed my pack over the fence, and jumped up to grab the top of the gate and pull myself over. They were unwilling to toss their bikes over.

I had quite a few stays in convents and monasteries under my belt at this point from the Norte and earlier Primitivo...I was used to climbing fences.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

I passed by this charming place and didn't stay there!

were you staying at the traditional stop points?

 

[Michael Caleigh]

I changed twice and stayed in Ferreira instead of San Romao de Retorta and in Pedrouzo

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

now I know which albergues you might not know
I wanted to stay in Bodeneya, Cornellana, and see Santa Eulalia, so I was mid cycle about half the time, usually by adding a bit to the step. My longest legs were Fonsagrada to Lugo, and San Ramon to Arzua, the rest were more normal Primitivo lengths just often staggered a bit.

 

[camino07]

After reading the other Picture Fun Quest thread I thought that we need one for the Primitivo as this is the only one I know well.

So let´s start and the rules are the same. So where this lovely bar.....?

The bar in El Acebo and now there is an Australian $5 note stuck up behind the bar. I would post a photo if I knew how.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

someone needs to post another picture....

 

[Icacos]

The bar in El Acebo and now there is an Australian $5 note stuck up behind the bar. I would post a photo if I knew how.

Down below where you type your post, there's an option to 'Upload a File.' Click on that, then look for your picture and select it.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

OK, here's one...where is this chapel, and why might you have noticed it?

 

[Michael Caleigh]

La capilla de Carmen after visiting Naranco.....

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Correct! In Llampaxuga, it's the first place you can get a sello after leaving Oviedo. Your turn

 

[Michael Caleigh]

What was I looking for in this picture?

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

What was I looking for in this picture?

You take really nice photographs. Intense. But it's almost midnight, even though you're probably finished w breakfast ....so I'll guess when it's morning (here) if none of the Europeans get it.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

What was I looking for in this picture?

la iglesia de Santiago in Vilouriz?
if so, I was more interested in finding an open bar at this point....

 

[Michael Caleigh]

Nope......another hint...it is a natural monument....

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

now I'm just going to start WAGs naming mountains we were supposed to look for as a road reference...
Monte Zarro?

 

[Michael Caleigh]

hint:

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

"Shady Dell deal preserves majestic redwood forest."
I had rewoods growing on my campus. Pic looked like them.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

hint: QUOTE]
just what did you eat for breakfast? Now is the time I wish I still had my guide, though I doubt it said "look for a hollow tree filled with spiders..."
my Norte guide otoh, often said things like that, which is why I was so often 'misplaced temporarily' on the norte

 

[Michael Caleigh]

Well there is a name to it.....another hint?

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

"Shady Dell deal preserves majestic redwood forest."
I had rewoods growing on my campus. Pic looked like them.

ignore his tree, get your satellite moved over the graveyards on the Primitivo

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Well there is a name to it.....another hint?

give us a couple of minutes, repositioning satellite...then another hint would be good

 

[Michael Caleigh]

Is that the boring church you have to cross the road to see and then wonder why it's in the guide book? Along a comercial road of also little interest.

ignore his tree, get your satellite moved over the graveyards on the Primitivo

Maybe this is a very bad advise....

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Maybe this is a very bad advise....

what, did we walk through a graveyard on the way to mt naranco?
now I'm really confused

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Baamonde?

 

[Michael Caleigh]

Still wrong....ok next hint is that this is in Salas

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Baamonde?

??unless you know a different one, not on the Primitivo

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

San Martin

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Still wrong....ok next hint is that this is in Salas

so we are looking for a natural monument in Salas?

 

[Michael Caleigh]

San Martin

Correct....El Tejo de San Martin

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

all I remember of Salas are the castle, and one of the most wonderful breakfasts I ever ate, in a hotel there that would be where I stay if I do this again...maybe. I did like bodenaya

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Correct....El Tejo de San Martin

while Rick of Rick and Peg looks for a photo of a camino he's walked only via the internet, I'm off to run errands. Make it an easy one!

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Someone else post the pic please. I didn't walk the Primitivo.
http://www.asturnatura.com/turismo/tejo-de-san-martin/2518.html

 

[Michael Caleigh]

Ok then...Where is this?

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Ok then...Where is this?

is this near the embalse de Salime?

 

[Michael Caleigh]

Wow that was quick....you´re up next

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Wow that was quick....you´re up next

so what are you doing on the other board, playing towns from Caminos you haven't walked, like @Rick of Rick and Peg?
I'm running out of pictures without cow skeletons or bear poop. let me see what's left...

 

[Michael Caleigh]

I travelled over the north of Spain and visited many many places....
I don´t believe you are running out of photos....grin.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

What is the name of this chapel?

 

[Michael Caleigh]

Oh.....my poor old brains.....let me think

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

because I'm so impressed with how quickly you named Castro Urdiales on the other photo I will give this clue here then head to bed...so you will need to wait six hours for me to confirm any guesses...the saint for whom the chapel is named is one of the three on the altar in the picture
if no right guesses by daylight in California I will put up the outside picture...you will get it for sure then

 

[Michael Caleigh]

I definitely haven´t seen this church from the inside....

 

[TerryB]

Is that the boring church you have to cross the road to see and then wonder why it's in the guide book? Along a comercial road of also little interest.

The church of San Miguel de Liño on Monte Naranco. Surely not "boring"? It has survived for 1168 years and is full of interesting carvings.

Try this one . . . . .

Blessings
Tio Tel

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

The church of San Miguel de Liño on Monte Naranco. Surely not "boring"? It has survived for 1168 years and is full of interesting carvings.

Try this one . . . . .
View attachment 29900
Blessings
Tio Tel

Casa Herminia Campiello?

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

I definitely haven´t seen this church from the inside....

does this last bit of civilization look familiar now?

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

note the camino marker on the outside of the building...everyone walked past this chapel.....

 

[Pelegrin]

does this last bit of civilization look familiar now?View attachment 29902

I think it is San Pascual chapel at the begining of Hospitales.

What is this on the Primitivo?

 

[Michael Caleigh]

note the camino marker on the outside of the building...everyone walked past this chapel.....

It is the Capilla de San Pascual...I didn´t see the inside but took a photo from the outside.

 

[Michael Caleigh]

What is the name of this chapel? View attachment 29899

Silly me. I even took a picture......

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

I think it is San Pascual chapel at the begining of Hospitales.

What is this on the Primitivo?

the Puerto de Palo?