Sheep take over Madrid's streets as they head for winter pastures

mark connolly · Oct 25, 2022

Sheep take over Madrid's streets as they head for winter pastures

Sheep replaced cars on the streets of Madrid on Sunday, as shepherds following ancient herding routes led their flocks through the centre of the Spanish capital to southerly pastures for winter grazing.

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trecile · Oct 25, 2022

Wow, I love that. It would be amazing to see.

Kanga · Oct 25, 2022

Wonderful. One of the things I loved about walking the Madrid was the signs indicating I was walking on one of the old drove roads. Has me itching to walk the Lana!

Corned Beef · Oct 25, 2022

From the direction they are being shepherded, it looks like they'll be going past the Mercado de San Miguel - a location loved by foodies.

Colleen Kathma · Oct 25, 2022

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mark connolly said:
Sheep take over Madrid's streets as they head for winter pastures

Sheep replaced cars on the streets of Madrid on Sunday, as shepherds following ancient herding routes led their flocks through the centre of the Spanish capital to southerly pastures for winter grazing.

www.reuters.com

It was amazing to see! I came on to Madrid after completing my Camino Francis! Awesome city but I'm missing walking the beautiful Way.

alansykes · Oct 25, 2022

Ah, the transhumance. One of my favourite words, one of my favourite things.

K_Lynn · Oct 25, 2022

mark connolly said:
Sheep take over Madrid's streets as they head for winter pastures

Sheep replaced cars on the streets of Madrid on Sunday, as shepherds following ancient herding routes led their flocks through the centre of the Spanish capital to southerly pastures for winter grazing.

www.reuters.com

I was in Madrid last year when the sheep marched through. And I missed it! We had had a very stressful morning buying several sets of train tickets and things had gone wrong and as we walked back to the hotel I could hear clanging and thought it was a protest of some sort and booked it through the alley to get away from whatever it was. GAH!!! I am still disappointed and sad.

Vacajoe · Oct 25, 2022

Funny, this is a regular occurrence on the Aragon Way in Canfranc Pueblo, but it receives zero publicity! . I guess they need a better PR person!

Lleslie · Oct 26, 2022

Cows gathered for the Transhumance parade in Nasbinals on our camino on the Via Podiensis from Le Puy in 2018.

Peregrinopaul · Oct 26, 2022

alansykes said:
Ah, the transhumance. One of my favourite words, one of my favourite things.

I don’t think I’ve come across the word since Form 3 geography!

Flog · Oct 26, 2022

Vacajoe said:
Funny, this is a regular occurrence on the Aragon Way in Canfranc Pueblo, but it receives zero publicity! . I guess they need a better PR person!

I missed it by a week this year, sadly. Last October I sat mesmerized as I watched 1,700 of them cross the pilgrim's bridge!

Steven Dwyer · Oct 27, 2022

It was great fun. I had a place very close to the Cathedral de la Almudena near where they first enter the city streets. It was a great spot because we were entertained with singing and dancing by a group in traditional costumes waiting to join the sheep on their crosstown walk. i Also had given thought as to which side of the street I needed to be afterwards as you can imagine the sheep left lots of small offerings in the street.

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Sheep take over Madrid's streets as they head for winter pastures

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