Spanish army base

Lurch · Mar 22, 2018

I am trying to locate a base somewhere between Burgos and Logrono. Can’t seem to find it in Google maps, so will try here. Anyone run across it? Is it on, or close to, the Camino Frances? Thanks for any assistance...

peregrina2000 · Mar 22, 2018

Lurch said:
I am trying to locate a base somewhere between Burgos and Logrono. Can’t seem to find it in Google maps, so will try here. Anyone run across it? Is it on, or close to, the Camino Frances? Thanks for any assistance...

Love these unusual requests! Try the army's website, which has a locator for all installations in Spain. You click on the province and it will bring up the facilities in that province. http://www.ejercito.mde.es/unidades/index.html

GettingThere · Mar 22, 2018

Lurch said:
I am trying to locate a base somewhere between Burgos and Logrono. Can’t seem to find it in Google maps, so will try here. Anyone run across it? Is it on, or close to, the Camino Frances? Thanks for any assistance...

Is this the one, @Lurch ? http://www.ejercito.mde.es/en/unidades/Burgos/raca11/Localizacion/index.html It's just outside Burgos, and just a few km off the Camino Frances. The Camino passes the edge of their land and you can sometimes hear artillery fire. The base entrance is on the N120 a few km from where one of the alternative routes into Burgos meets/crosses it. The N120 at this point is called the Carretera de Logrono. Their web page has a handy map and directions!

Kurt5280 · Mar 22, 2018

Maybe you are thinking of the old military base near Vertice Matagrade...the weird spiral of rocks, monuments, with distance marker....also I thought that the WWI style tangle wire was outlawed because of the potential harm to wildlife.

RJM · Mar 22, 2018

As you walk between Atapuerca and Burgos the Camino path borders a military installation of some kind to the southwest. It is fenced with signs marking it as a military installation.

RJM · Mar 22, 2018

Kurt5280 said:
Maybe you are thinking of the old military base near Vertice Matagrade...the weird spiral of rocks, monuments, with distance marker....also I thought that the WWI style tangle wire was outlawed because of the potential harm to wildlife.

That's just regular barbed wire. Very much in use in the military. I got tasked with laying out that and the razor wire as well when I was in the army. It came in big, heavy rolls and we had special gloves for handling it.
That section in the photo is in much disarray. That must be an abandoned section for it to not be maintained.

mark connolly · Mar 22, 2018

It may be after the town of Ages. It is referenced in Brierley's book.

Kanga · Mar 22, 2018

Nothing that I know of - but there must be one close to Leon because I had to wait in line for all the soldiers to finish doing their wash at the E.LeClerc laundromat!

Kurt5280 · Mar 22, 2018

RJM said:
That's just regular barbed wire. Very much in use in the military.

The section in my picture has double row full bared wire...I asked myself, "For what...we are in the middle of nowhere?"...but you can see some large animal (maybe a cow) got caught and took it down...in Colorado any wildlife that gets stuck in bared wire are shot...but the section of tangle wire that really bothered me was the triple row bared wire...first single bared wire at 12" high...with a second single bared wire at 24" high...and a then third row of full wire 36" high...running animals trip on the ankle or knee wire and get tangled in the waist high full wire...I was traveling with a Vietnam Vet that saw the the triple row wire and started telling war stories.

Lurch · Mar 23, 2018

GettingThere said:
Is this the one, @Lurch ? http://www.ejercito.mde.es/en/unidades/Burgos/raca11/Localizacion/index.html It's just outside Burgos, and just a few km off the Camino Frances. The Camino passes the edge of their land and you can sometimes here artillery fire. The base entrance is on the N120 a few km from where one of the alternative routes into Burgos meets/crosses it. The N120 at this point is called the Carretera de Logrono. Their web page has a handy map and directions!

That’s the one. When I used their site and clicked on the map it turned into an aerial shot of the base, so I was using Google maps to follow the 120 and never did locate it. I was in the 11th Marines in the Nam, an artillery regiment. As this is also an artillery regiment, the 11th, I thought I would show the flag, as it were.

Kurt5280 · Mar 23, 2018

Lurch said:
I was in the 11th Marines in the Nam, an artillery regiment.

Welcome Home! (A generation late but not forgotten.)

t2andreo · Mar 24, 2018

The military base in question is the home base of the 11th Artillery Regiment. Here is their web page:

http://www.ejercito.mde.es/en/unidades/Burgos/raca11/Localizacion/BM_Cid_Campeador.html

The 11th Field Artillery Regiment is also part of the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Artillery Corps of Spain. It dates back to 1710.

If they use their artillery here, one imagines that the fenced off area must be HUGE.

Hope this helps.

Lurch · Mar 28, 2018

Thanks for all your replies. Found it with your help and will plan at least trying to stop by. Maybe get a cheap room for the nite. Not sure what the SOFA is for Spain.

Lurch · Mar 28, 2018

Kurt5280 said:
Welcome Home! (A generation late but not forgotten.)

Thanks...beats ducking eggs and tomatoes any day.

HedaP · Mar 28, 2018

Lurch, I am sure they will appreciate it because the camino is embedded in their culture and practices. This thread reminds me of the time I left Fromista and was overtaken on the edge of town by a troop of uniformed armed forces, mostly males but also two females. I wished them buen camino as they passed thinking I might raise a smile never imagining that I was greeting fellow pilgrims. I did get a touch nervous when a soldier dropped back to talk to me because I thought I may have overstepped the mark. No need for nerves. He was an absolutely delightful young man with very good English. He was the second in charge and his little troop of soldiers really were walking the camino to Santiago. They walked daily, carrying small packs and doing long distances. They were collected at the end of each day, driven back to barracks and driven out again the next morning to resume their camino. Just one of my happy memories. Thanks for reminding me of it.
Buen camino
Heda

LesR · Mar 28, 2018

Kurt5280 said:
Maybe you are thinking of the old military base near Vertice Matagrade...the weird spiral of rocks, monuments, with distance marker....also I thought that the WWI style tangle wire was outlawed because of the potential harm to wildlife.

I remember that spot well - was thinking at the time that the solution to a failed fence seemed to be to build another one in front of it...

But maybe there was a larger story that I was not aware of...

Lurch · Mar 29, 2018

Thank you ahead. Too many years in uniform to just pass by without stopping.

Lurch · Mar 29, 2018

Besides, I hear they have good coffee. Never turned down a chance to have a few cups with a colleague, even with language difficulties. Or a friend I meet on the Camino. Salud!

Prentiss Riddle · Mar 30, 2018

GettingThere said:
Is this the one, @Lurch ? http://www.ejercito.mde.es/en/unidades/Burgos/raca11/Localizacion/index.html It's just outside Burgos, and just a few km off the Camino Frances. The Camino passes the edge of their land and you can sometimes hear artillery fire. The base entrance is on the N120 a few km from where one of the alternative routes into Burgos meets/crosses it. The N120 at this point is called the Carretera de Logrono.

That’s what I was thinking too. Here’s that base in Google Maps.

Base Militar Cid Campeador
https://goo.gl/maps/aMgnQ1ZiUDH2

oursonpolaire · Mar 30, 2018

I was told by a Spanish army officer that there was a military veterinary hospital near Burgos. I don't know much more than this.

Ali Hurley · Apr 4, 2018

Kurt5280 said:
Maybe you are thinking of the old military base near Vertice Matagrade...the weird spiral of rocks, monuments, with distance marker....also I thought that the WWI style tangle wire was outlawed because of the potential harm to wildlife.

That’s the one I remember. Rocky ground. Wire fence.

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