Picture Fun Quest!

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Ha ha.
I knew that.
Well, maybe. (Going off, still chuckling...thanking you for the laugh, SS....)

[Backstory...I label myself as 'Buddhist,' and "all conditioned things (which definitely includes coke machines) are impermanent" is a central and very basic tenet of all Buddhist teaching.....]

there's an alternative thread (not to draw any players away from here) Picture Fun Quest on the Primitivo. Several times a player has posted a picture. Multiple others give up saying "i must have been exhausted, altitude sickness, are you sure you were on the Primitivo, etc. Poster eventually names place. Players respond "well, I never saw that, must have missed it, walked right past it, etc"...then a few posts later players post their own pictures of the same place with the comment "oh, i guess i was there". Human memory, it's a wonderful thing. and most primitivo players probably were exhausted, distracted, or so interested in the bear tracks they forgot the chapel...

 

[VNwalking]

Bear tracks?!?!
Sign me up.
This just put the Primativo on the top of my list with stars.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I found many pictures of the coke machine but nothing has located it better than I already knew. This blog has a picture of both the coke machine and the donativo table. The bloggers were there about 5 weeks before us. A direct link to the blog page gives away the location so I will post a google search link instead for use of those who want to give up or to cheat.
http://www.google.com/search?q="Tod...th+lots+of+stunning+scenery.+We+take+picture"

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Bear tracks?!?!
Sign me up.
This just put the Primativo on the top of my list with stars.

lions and tigers and bears...actually, bear and wolf tracks, porcupine tracks the size of a man's fist...cow skeletons...signs that tell you Danger several times each step (Danger Rocks, Danger Bees, Danger--no bears for the next 5 km [wait, what?])...but we have a new rule, the first rule about Primitivo is, no one talks about Primitivo

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Bear tracks?!?!
Sign me up.
This just put the Primativo on the top of my list with stars.

for you my friend, bear track pictures
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...ivo-ingles-in-april-or-may.43544/#post-449100

porcupine tracks on the current Primtivo picture quest...
you will love the Primitivo...shhhh, keep the secret

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

It is almost 8 hours since my last picture post with only one guess and even I don't know where it is other than between Sanxil and Furela so I'll post another. The picture was edited to remove a name. It is on the CF as seen by the arrow indicating that one should turn right.

 

[SYates]

Ok, the car has a Lugo number plate, so good chance we are in Galicia ;-) Is that the entrance to the private albergue that also sports a HUGE scallop shell? SY

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Ok, the car has a Lugo number plate, so good chance we are in Galicia ;-) Is that the entrance to the private albergue that also sports a HUGE scallop shell? SY

Good guess, [Edit: Yes] Galicia. I didn't remember a huge scallop shell there so I looked online and didn't see any there other than than the yellow stylized one on a milestone at the turn.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Ok, the car has a Lugo number plate, so good chance we are in Galicia ;-) Is that the entrance to the private albergue that also sports a HUGE scallop shell? SY

I goofed and I'm sorry. Yes, it is in Galicia.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Ok, the car has a Lugo number plate, so good chance we are in Galicia ;-) Is that the entrance to the private albergue that also sports a HUGE scallop shell? SY

it looks like a really substantial gate to me, stone with heavy metal, maybe a design on it. the things at the posts don't look like shells, more like wheels...I don't think it looks like an albergue, at least not one I've seen.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Is that the entrance to the private albergue

Yes, a private albergue.

It looks like a really substantial gate to me, stone with heavy metal,

Correct.

maybe a design on it.

Looks like a design but really it had a practical use.

the things at the posts don't look like shells, more like wheels...

Wheels!

I'll consider whether to reveal the location when I get up.

Good night.

 

[VNwalking]

for you my friend, bear track pictures
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...ivo-ingles-in-april-or-may.43544/#post-449100

porcupine tracks on the current Primtivo picture quest...
you will love the Primitivo...shhhh, keep the secret

OMG, OMG, OMG! Thank you, SS!
(Of course. Mum's the word.)

And about the pic...I draw a blank.
I must not have walked the Frances.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I must not have walked the Frances.

You should have seen it. If you missed the right turn arrow you would have walked right through the gate. Maybe you were too busy looking for lions, tigers and bears.

• Hint 1: An old industrial building is out of sight. It is the albergue.

• Hint 2: This could actually give you the answer but just look at the pictures taken nearby. You'll see a few that you will recognize. https://www.flickr.com/nearby/42.77,-7.48?by=everyone&taken=alltime&sort=interestingness

BTW, Peg and I have had bears just outside the tent in Yosemite and Glacier national parks.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

You should have seen it. If you missed the right turn arrow you would have walked right through the gate. Maybe you were too busy looking for lions, tigers and bears.

• Hint 1: An old industrial building is out of sight. It is the albergue.

• Hint 2: This could actually give you the answer but just look at the pictures taken nearby. You'll see a few that you will recognize. https://www.flickr.com/nearby/42.77,-7.48?by=everyone&taken=alltime&sort=interestingness

BTW, Peg and I have had bears just outside the tent in Yosemite and Glacier national parks.

we had lions outside our tents on the serengeti, and and elephant on the maasai mara
but bears...that's where I draw the line...

I think the albergue is before Melide, so I looked at pictures...didn't see the gate, but the one that looked like it fit the wall is the one @SYates called, has a big shell (not an actual one I think, like a sign) in front of it

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I think the albergue is before Melide, so I looked at pictures...didn't see the gate, but the one that looked like it fit the wall is the one @SYates called, has a big shell (not an actual one I think, like a sign) in front of it

Going from this location we passed through Melida on day 4. However it took us 48 walking days to do the CF. So maybe you can narrow things down with these hints.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Going from this location we passed through Melida on day 4. However it took us 48 walking days to do the CF. So maybe you can narrow things down with these hints.

well, you stopped for a while for peg. there's only small stretch of galicia before Melide, but I accidentally closed the window that had the albergue with the shell. back to looking

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

well, you stopped for a while for peg.

I didn't count rest days. Better hint is that in the 5 days before this stop and the 5 days after we did about 150 km, walking each day.

And here is Peg's notes for the day:

• We only did 13 km today. We had to go through a small town after 10AM, to get stuff, like food, medications and batteries. Rick got worried that we would be shut out of the small albergues ahead, so we pulled into this one at 2PM. It's so beautiful. This used to be a mill, and there is this pond where I soaked my feet, because there isn't a freezer. No freezer, no ice. Trees all around, and some nice flowers, too. I watched the frogs and dragonflies as I soaked. The young woman who runs the place is a painter, who is pretty good representational artist. There is this painting of this place I really like, but I am not going to haul it over the mountains. We also have to make our own food out of what is stocked in the refrigerator.

 

[VNwalking]

Maybe you were too busy looking for lions, tigers and bears.

No doubt. Or fellows like this:
He's not far away, I think.
The place you're talking about doesn't ring a bell at all...and I've walked past it twice. Helloo-oo....

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

I didn't count rest days. Better hint is that in the 5 days before this stop and the 5 days after we did about 150 km, walking each day.

And here is Peg's notes for the day:

• We only did 13 km today. We had to go through a small town after 10AM, to get stuff, like food, medications and batteries. Rick got worried that we would be shut out of the small albergues ahead, so we pulled into this one at 2PM. It's so beautiful. This used to be a mill, and there is this pond where I soaked my feet, because there isn't a freezer. No freezer, no ice. Trees all around, and some nice flowers, too. I watched the frogs and dragonflies as I soaked. The young woman who runs the place is a painter, who is pretty good representational artist. There is this painting of this place I really like, but I am not going to haul it over the mountains. We also have to make our own food out of what is stocked in the refrigerator.

are you sure this isn't the one with the shell in front? it had a lot of wheels on the walls...sounds beautiful, Peg writes well.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

No doubt. Or fellows like this:

Remember our picture matching thread @Viranani ? I've got a picture of the Galician chicken too.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

are you sure this isn't the one with the shell in front?

Please attach a pic or a name or a place and I'll look at it but I haven't seen a giant, huge or large shell at this location.
Did you see anything like that in the pics at https://www.flickr.com/nearby/42.77,-7.48?by=everyone&taken=alltime&sort=interestingness

I have to disappear for a bit. I'll try to come up with a new hint in the meantime.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Remember our picture matching thread @Viranani ? I've got a picture of the Galician chicken too.

Molino de Marzan

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Molino de Marzan

Yes!

I just came to the computer to shut it down. Your turn @Smallest_Sparrow.

Albergue Molino de Marzán, Barbadelo, Sarria, Lugo, Galicia, Spain
It's about 7 km past Sarria where you take a sharp right turn to continue to go 15 km to Portomarín.

One of the most pleasant places we stayed at. You sleep in an old stone mill building. The kitchen, dining room and food shop is in a separate modern building. The food shop (with the usual camino drinks too) is needed as it is far from town. Has a pond and stream on the property. Very peaceful. I left all dusty after play wrestling with the dog.

The albergue:
http://www.molinomarzan.com/index_ingles.html
http://trekopedia.com/?page_id=9931

Location:
https://mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php?ll=42.772539,-7.479746&z=18&t=h
http://trekopedia.com/?page_id=11231 (the bunk-bed symbol next to the label "LU-633")
https://www.google.com/maps/search/42.772362,+-7.480886/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!2m1!4b1

More pictures:
http://www.molinomarzan.com/fotos_ingles.html
https://www.flickr.com/nearby/42.77,-7.48?by=everyone&taken=alltime&sort=interestingness&show=detail
http://www.panoramio.com/map#lt=42.773556&ln=-7.479746&z=0&k=1&a=1&tab=1&pl=all

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

it will take me a few minutes to find a picture....

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

OK, going on a little walk (running out of pictures that aren't too obscure)...if these don't tell you where you are in a few hours I'll put up one you all must remember
we walked over this

through here


around this corner


to take this picture

what is the name of this church (half credit for only know the name of the town)

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Wait, wait, don't tell me. I have the town. I recognized the bridge. I'll find the church.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Wait, wait, don't tell me. I have the town. I recognized the bridge. I'll find the church.

I'll give you time to reposition the satellite...I have some yard work to do...anyone guessing in my absence feel free to move the game along

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

I'm betting the weather was less Gothic looking when you walked...probably all birds singing, butterflies dancing...

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I'll go for the half point. This is the village of Ponte Maceira between Santiago de Compostela and Negreira heading to Finisterre/Muxica. I've virtually walked through two arches but not the one pictured. I've looked on both sides of the river. The bell looks a bit like the one in Capilla de San Blas facing the bridge but the rest of the picture doesn't.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

I'll go for the half point. This is the village of Ponte Maceira between Santiago de Compostela and Negreira heading to Finisterre/Muxica. I've virtually walked through two arches but not the one pictured. I've looked on both sides of the river. The bell looks a bit like the one in Capilla de San Blas facing the bridge but the rest of the picture doesn't.

Close but not quite. give me a minute for more clues. right road

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

You are so almost there, but not San Blas, which was before the bridge...but the order is bridge, arch, church
here are some more pictures...

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

By the way, @Rick of Rick and Peg did not get the half point. He identified the right road, and was iffy about some of the way-points. If he had said outright the name of the town I would have awarded the half point.

This church marks what was originally the center of the town that is more easily identified by the arches and the statue that I just posted (which we walk through and past). I don't know why, but rather than this old church being the center of town, we cross through the center of town before we reach this old church at the outskirts...

order of appearance on the road to Finisterre: San Blas (since Rick mentioned it), bridge, statue (by the statue you definitely are considered in the town without question), arches (quarter point for knowing the name of the building owning these arches), church

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

here are some more pictures...

These are in Negreira. I'll waste another hour now to get the rest.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

These are in Negreira. I'll waste another hour now to get the rest.

Half point to Rick...
just keeping you from doing boring stuff....

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Okay. Still working on this.
Here is a pic of someone sketching your statute.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Okay. Still working on this.
Here is a pic of someone sketching your statute.

my streets are empty and shrouded in mist...yours are alive with artists...probably some deeper meaning in all of this.....

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

this was labelled as san julian.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/21857772.jpg

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

just used google earth to confirm that this is still on the building across the street from the church

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

this was labelled as san julian.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/21857772.jpg

oops, sorry, I was looking at pictures while you were posting.
we have a new King of Picture Quest, this is San Julian, patron saint of Julian'16 who should scrub graffiti for the next 40 years

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

also https://www.panoramio.com/photo/3629724

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Picture 1: Okay. Name a four letter word that begins with S.
If you blow-up the picture you can see tiles spelling out "Par[ro]quial de San [X]ulian de Negreira".
I tried early on but I couldn't read the tiles in @Smallest_Sparrow's photo.

Picture 2: This pic was taken on the CF. Clue: Look beyond the pilgrims.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Picture 1: Okay. Name a four letter word that begins with S.

Picture 2: This pic was taken on the CF. Clue: Look beyond the pilgrims.

yeah, we've been using that word, accompanied with "hey, i guess i was there" a lot on the primitivo thread."

 

[Kanga]

Looks like the a telephone booth. And are the vegetables grelos? Which would make it Galicia. Assuming it is on the Camino Francés.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Looks like the a telephone booth.

Nope.

And are the vegetables grelos?

What are grelos? For that matter, what are vegetables?

Which would make it Galicia.

It is in Galicia. And the walkers are on the camino.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

I tried early on but I couldn't read the tiles in @Smallest_Sparrow's photo.

you are the reason I used that particular photo as opposed to another I had. besides, it's more artsy

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Picture 1: Okay. Name a four letter word that begins with S.
If you blow-up the picture you can see tiles spelling out "Par[ro]quial de San [X]ulian de Negreira".
I tried early on but I couldn't read the tiles in @Smallest_Sparrow's photo.

Picture 2: This pic was taken on the CF. Clue: Look beyond the pilgrims.

?Ribadiso?

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Ribadiso

No. But I'll do this in a Carly Simon "You're so Vain" way. There is an R in the name of the location.

 

[VNwalking]

Big tree, chestnut. Triacastella?

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Big tree, chestnut. Triacastella?

Yes, yes, no. So very, very close though. There are many other pictures of the tree, usually much closer.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

There is no R in Triacastella.

 

[VNwalking]

Sure there is. A small one...
Renche??

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

I found the $()%)# tree but can't find where it is

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

How did you catch that? Are you stalking me? That couldn't have been up 15 seconds before edited out. I'm having problems keeping my eyes open. In fact, I'm not going to try anymore; its bedtime.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Yes, yes, no. So very, very close though. There are many other pictures of the tree, usually much closer.

as pasantes
no r but there is a tree

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Sure there is. A small one...
Renche??

You caught it too?
No.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

How did you catch that? Are you stalking me? That couldn't have been up 15 seconds before edited out. I'm having problems keeping my eyes open. In fact, I'm not going to try anymore; its bedtime.

I'm watching the thread, not you...tell Viranani she won and you can go to sleep

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

this feels very @Rick of Rick and Peg-like but
http://www.galiciaguide.com/Stage-28.html

 

[VNwalking]

Well, I'd have said Filloval, but no R in there either....
Ramil?????????????

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

as pasantes
no r but there is a tree

No. We're looking for a place with an R in the name and a tree. There is an R in tree.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Well, I'd have said Filloval, but no R in there either....
Ramil?????????????

I think when he wakes up he will realize you were right...how could you tell that was a chestnut tree? You would have been handy on the Norte, when my guide kept giving me turn directions based on trees (all of which were bare at the time anyway)...

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Yes. Ramil. Its been hanging around the forum since February.
See https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/camino-photos/vegetable-garden.4420/

I do know what a vegetable is.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Yes. Ramil. Its been hanging around the forum since February. See https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/camino-photos/vegetable-garden.4420/

I do know what a vegetable is.

just not an "r"...thanks for staying up so late to answer us...

sweet dreams, good night, don't let the bed bugs bite

 

[VNwalking]

I'm a tree nut, and couldn't stop taking pictures of these giants, that's why. It was actually one of the first things I noticed about Rick's pic, even without the hint.
OK so I admit I followed SS's lead in checking out that link.
Good night, Rick...photo coming in a bit...

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

I couldn't have found the link without knowing there was a chestnut tree...googled "big chestnut tree on camino"...of course tons of pictures, and a dozen people named different towns....hmmm, kind of like this game. I'm off to sleep also...got to get up early to play Primitivo Quest with the Brits...

 

[VNwalking]

This should be easy; the bell tower in the background is iconic.
(Hoping memory is enough here rather than Google Earth...)

 

[AJ]

Iglesia de San Lorenzo, Sahagun

 

[VNwalking]

I said it was easy.
Over to you, @AJ

 

[AJ]

This is right on the CF

 

[VNwalking]

That's one of my favorite stork nest sites. Hospital de Orbigo, right?

 

[AJ]

That's one of my favorite stork nest sites. Hospital de Orbigo, right?

correct.

 

[VNwalking]

Here's another cafe, right on the Camino Frances. Where is it?View media item 4988

 

[AJ]

Here's another cafe, right on the Camino Frances. Where is it?View media item 4988

I think I know this, but had to use google, so I'll disqualify myself. (It has a Guinness sign too)

 

[VNwalking]

If no-one else chimes in, @AJ, go for it.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

If no-one else chimes in, @AJ, go for it.

I think he should....

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

I like looking at all the places you've two been that I haven't

 

[Kanga]

What are grelos?

Grelos are those vegetables you see everywhere in Galicia - and the main green ingredient of caldo. They are a member of the brassica genus - commonly known as cruciferous vegetables. So related to cabbage, broccoli, mustard greens.

 

[AJ]

Albergue Mercadoiro about 5 km before Portomarin

 

[AJ]

If I am correct, can someone else post as I will be off air for the next while.

 

[VNwalking]

If I am correct, can someone else post as I will be off air for the next while.

Sorry @AJ, I dropped the ball. You're right again! Next?

 

[AJ]

Not the Frances

 

[VNwalking]

That means I'm out...but wow--amazing pic, @AJ.

 

[Smallest_Sparrow]

Not the Frances

beautiful, wherever it is...

 

[AJ]

I should have thought it an easy one!

 

[SYates]

Rome? SY

 

[AJ]

Rome? SY

No, It is on a Camino de Santiago, but not the Frances.

 

[AJ]

Big Clue: It's not in Spain

 

[mspath]

Tomar, Portugal, The Convent of Christ. This is a UNESCO world Heritsge Site. See more in this web http://www.templarknights.eu/about-tomar/

 

[mspath]

New photo. Where on CF?

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

The cloister of San Pedro de la Rua in Estella?
Anyway I have a picture of Peg smelling the roses there.

 

[mspath]

Right you are Rick!

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I only had a closeup of Peg there as I lost a lot of my pictures. I saw the roses and Estella came to mind. To get the name of the church I used Brierley and the map showed a hill behind so I thought I was right.

On to a new pic. I'm running out because they are too easy or I don't even know where they are (I didn't copy road sign pictures from the camera to the tablet and only a few of the others and until Galicia I only have the tablet photos.)

So, it's my picture of somewhere on the CF and it shows preparation for a celebration.

 

[SYates]

Corpus Christ in Carrion de los Condes? SY

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Corpus Christ in Carrion de los Condes? SY

Yes, and that is two of the nuns from Santa Maria decorating the street in front of the church. A whole street (along the camino) gets covered with agricultural products. We left in the morning so we didn't get to see it finished. Here is another picture of the place:

 

[SYates]

Ok, that was one lucky guess! So here an easy one for all of you:

 

[jdpiguet]

Burgos?

 

[mspath]

The statue of the Virgin is above the main altar in the Church of Santa Maria at Roncesvalles Monastery.

 

[SYates]

Correct! Your turn @mspath Buen Camino, SY

 

[VNwalking]

For some reason I'm no longer getting images when people post them, but just text (e.g., "IMG_6537.jpg").

It does not sound like others are having this problem, so it must be my connection.
Maybe by the time @mspath puts her image up it will be back to normal.
Unfortunately here it is bedtime.

 

[mspath]

Where is this?

 

[VNwalking]

Good question.
It's got to be on the Frances...but...well, I don't remember being there (if I ever have), wherever it is.