Smallest_Sparrow
Life is rarely what you expect or believe it to be
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2012: most of some, all of a few, a bit of others
St Paschal on the right, St George on the left....Silly me. I even took a picture......
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St Paschal on the right, St George on the left....Silly me. I even took a picture......
That´s on the way to Fonsagrada?
I think that there are remains of Roman mine workings just before Puerto de Palo.
Next question -
This was where it got scary! the paw print was as big as my hand
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- This is where it was . . . ????
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leaving Montouto?Further on than that!
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Mt Careon above Viloriz? 3 days past fonsagrada was the frances for me...Keep going for a few days
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Mt Careon above Viloriz? 3 days past fonsagrada was the frances for me...
Ah no! It was after Lugo . . . . . Anyone ???
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bearAnd an extra (virtual) glass of wine - bottle of Mahou if you can guess the name of the beastie
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the roman road out of San Ramon da RetortaAnd an extra (virtual) glass of wine - bottle of Mahou if you can guess the name of the beastie
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You haven't installed the latest CIA updates? I think I know. but sometimes---very very rarely---i'm wrong. I guess we will have to wait until morning in England to find out. I've got a great one ready for you if I'm right...I'm having trouble processing this picture match. Looks like @Smallest_Sparrow knows where the picture was taken.
the roman road out of San Ramon da Retorta
The climb before A Lastra is called a costa do sapo....I think my face was red and I was sweating like being in a sauna....I'm also off to the side a bit because I was fascinated by the fact there was an arrow painted on a rock that was easily picked up and moved...and yet, I was following it. I was also dying for coffee, so easily distracted by the incongruous. But I think it's the same place.
@Michael Caleigh ...where is El Sapo?
I'm glad to hear you at least remember a lastra, even with the Italian girl in towThe climb before A Lastra is called a costa do sapo....I think my face was red and I was sweating like being in a sauna....
O'ACEBO. I enjoyed a sandwich and coffee there a few weeks ago. Lovely meeting spaceAfter 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.....?
sorry this took so long...
the shell above the door tells us this chapel was also right on our path. In early camino history, this village had a pilgrims’ hospital supervised by a nearby monastery. The hospital no longer exists (and the monastery is gone), but there is a celebration at this chapel every year on the 25th of July. What is the name of this chapel and its village?
Gimme a medal! Gimme a medal! I remember that one! Capilla del Cristo de los Afligidos at La Pereda. When we walked in 2010 there was mud and water knee deep from there to Tineo - memorable or what
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that means I should have seen it. The landscape looks to me like somewhere between Paladin and Doriga
now I feel like a got a free hint...Further on than that. If it proves too difficult Terry will post the photo of the path and him walking 'through' the tree.
I like that detournow I feel like a got a free hint...
I don't know the town that is closest, but it is near where the detour to Santa Eulalia de Boveda rejoins the road to San Roman de Retorta...is that a close enough location?
I remember being disappointed because I'd read one person's story (maybe on the forum?) of climbing over trees on the Primitivo...although I did get to do that on the Norte a couple of times
do you think I got the tree right? I'd like to post something while some of you Europeans are still awake and able to play...I like that detour
Yes, that is Terry's tree. Near Bacurin. Terry asked me to post this, with the extra photo.do you think I got the tree right? I'd like to post something while some of you Europeans are still awake and able to play...
I'm going to re-label it "Terry's Tree in my photo....Yes, that is Terry's tree. Near Bacurin. Terry asked me to post this, with the extra photo.
yes! all you walkers who hit the bar at O Acebo probably didn't care so much, but this was the first open place to get coffee since I left Castro (where they also weren't yet serving coffee). and they had a Mastiff I could pet. They even managed a bit of food for me, even though they had just opened (as in still cleaning). Life was good. your turn!Mesón Catro Ventos, Barbeitos, Lugo, Spain
I think I know what this is (and perhaps what you would be doing)...where is another thing....hmmm, got to think more about thisWhat was I doing in this place? and where is it?
I think you are in a cider house (and if you are learning to pour then you must include pictures)...but I saw most on and transitioning from the Norte...and didn't see this one...so I will guess it is in Oviedo...but no clue where.Tell me...tell me
well....hmmm... I will have to see what the Europeans guess for the next few hours before bedtime...it's noon here and I have a few citrus trees needing attention. I'll guess tonight when you are all asleepso far away from Oviedo
What was I doing in this place? and where is it?
I'm going ahead....
we know that it's on the Primitivo because a while later we see one of the ever-present warning signs...mmmm, honey
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Where is the metal pilgrim sculpture located?
Are you wine tasting? It looks like a cider house, or a wine tasting place...and I'm going to assume wine tasting since it's not Oviedo...and if wine that makes it probably Lugo...but looking for wineries around Lugo I read a review of a place that said there was a new Pulperia that used casks for tables...I had a 1906 in there all by myself.....(hiding from the italian girl)
good guess, because of the statue (even I took a selfie with woody allen) but unfortunately, this is a semi-trick question...not oviedo. I think the pastel bon-bon color of the building is another hint, but that may just be my impression of this town...after all I arrived (as I often did) starving before places were open to feed meI think this is Oviedo
maybe Tineo didn't look as much like candy to me because I was able to get coffee in Bodenaya, and they were open for late breakfast by the time I reached Tineo...I do recall where I ate and what I had there, thoughOne place where I thought that everything is in pastel was in Tineo..
I feel the same with this thread. Brings back such amazing memories.
I'm going ahead....
so this is NOT on the Frances
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we know that it's on the Primitivo because a while later we see one of the ever-present warning signs...mmmm, honey
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Where is the metal pilgrim sculpture located?
One place where I thought that everything is in pastel was in Tineo..
I feel the same with this thread. Brings back such amazing memories.
Yes. Lugo, near the bus station. Best pulpo on my Sunday afternoon visit with some wonderful Primitivo friends. Loved the wine barrels/dining tablesWhat was I doing in this place? and where is it?
Oh my...that sounds like the town in Galicia where I bought the Primitivo shirts and I couldn´t find my way out of the village the next morning...I got terribly lost....Now if I could remember what the name was
I thought you knew this place...not pola de allande...too far.Then it must be Pola de Allande
COrrect! I was just about to give the hint that many guides will tell you three or more times to buy food in this town if you are staying at the alberque San Juan de Villapañada.I think it is in Grado.
grado has a lot of markets so it may have been too crowded...even in Tia Valeria's picture you can see the stalls are forming around it. I planned my walk to avoid crowds of people. you can see a difference in the two photosI haven´t seen that....I must have been tired that day
a window carved from a single block of granite....oooh, I know this....In which village can you see this building?. What is its special feature?
Right feature. A window made from a single block of granite - it must be fairly unique. Where did you think it might be?a window carved from a single block of granite....oooh, I know this....
edit: rats...different window...
This is a house in Burgo, with a window carved out of granite. It is near the Iglesia de San Vicente do Burgo...it is also a road reminder that there is a good bar in the vicinity, and the turn off to Santa Eulalia de Boveda is coming up soon...In which village can you see this building?. What is its special feature?
Well done @Smallest_Sparrow . Great bar. We arrived in pouring rain. Shared a gas fire with 2 other peregrinas and the lady at the bar made us amazing bocadillos. By the time we left it had dried up a bit. Our ponchos and trousers had done good work that day and we were dry underneath.This is a house in Burgo, with a window carved out of granite. It is near the Iglesia de San Vicente do Burgo...it is also a road reminder that there is a good bar in the vicinity, and the turn off to Santa Eulalia de Boveda is coming up soon...
I think. Certain about the bar, not so much the rest....
I left Oviedo in the dark (I'd walked the first part the day prior to get pictures)...so I got to Grado quite early...wandered around to see all the Indiano buildings, finally found coffee and a tostada, and continued toward Cornellana before the crowds formed.Well done @Smallest_Sparrow . Great bar. We arrived in pouring rain. Shared a gas fire with 2 other peregrinas and the lady at the bar made us amazing bocadillos. By the time we left it had dried up a bit. Our ponchos and trousers had done good work that day and we were dry underneath.
Grado we have hit twice on a Sunday - I recognised the green house in your photo after a bit of thought. Next time we will try to pass through Grado on a weekday
Your turn. Nearly bed time here.....ZZZZZZZZ
well either we are all running out of pictures, or this was too weird to anyone but me to photograph. This is the Iglesia de Santa Cruz de Retorta, with a window carved from a granite block. Over the man doorway that is Christ blessing us between the moon, sun, and stars, and a Crismon over the north door.OK...for anyone still awake out there...
these are details of a church...the window (which I mistook Tia Valeria's picture for), the north door lintel, and the main door lintel (hint: this is not a picture of a spaceman). Where is this church? bonus if you know the name of the church.
ok...sorry if I spoiled it but I thought maybe everyone was tired of me posting obscure chapels and churchesI'll let Terry answer this one. Only just back from a walk so we missed out on the last one completely.
what ritual is taking place here at the Albergue O Candida?
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frog? Hospitales (remains of roman mines)?Try this one - What is the beastie and where is it? Clues to folow if needed!
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argghhh....where was that...it looks so familiarThat is the right beast. Wrong place! It is right on the camino. Almost a case of if you walk straight on you will fall in - though there is a fence . . . .
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We are pleased to see others like us who enjoy the chapels and churches. Still have some to share later...ok...sorry if I spoiled it but I thought maybe everyone was tired of me posting obscure chapels and churches
Do I win with that one?And just before you pass this lovely little chapel . . . . .
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That´s an easy one. The couple there was so nice...coffee and a tour in the church.Do I win with that one?
The pond is between Grandas and Castro. Just where the Camino turns right off the road after the bar (Casa Federico with sello!) at Cereijeira.
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That's the photo I took
At last, one that I actually recognised and photographed! I was starting to wonder if I sleep-walked the Primitivo, since I've hardly recognised any of the photos on this thread.They were expecting a baptism party when we were there. Men stood around outside smoking. The priest said the Angelus while he was waiting - all very laid back and no pressure whatsoever.
For those who do not recognise the photos it is the Iglesia de Santa Maria at Villabade, just before Castro Verde.
Over to you Michael!
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that's just what I was thinking about the pond near the cafe.At last, one that I actually recognised and photographed! I was starting to wonder if I sleep-walked the Primitivo, since I've hardly recognised any of the photos on this thread.
Where could this be?