{"id":18411,"date":"2024-12-04T09:51:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T17:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/?p=18411"},"modified":"2024-12-04T09:52:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T17:52:31","slug":"camino-photo-of-the-day-donkey-conques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/camino-photo-of-the-day-donkey-conques\/","title":{"rendered":"Camino Photo of the Day: Donkey-Conques"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">O<\/span>n the way to Conques and just past the church in Saint-Marcel, I passed by this rather famous donkey. Many travel writers and pilgrims have <a href=\"https:\/\/donohuecompostelle.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/01\/fifth-leg-section-2-golinhac-to-conques\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">written<\/a> about this <a href=\"https:\/\/thirtyminutes.typepad.com\/thirty_minutes\/travel-chemin-st-jacques-the-walk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noisy<\/a> beast. The writer of my <a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/4f2ahwp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guidebook<\/a>, Dave Whitson, even described him as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/davewhitson.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/08\/and-then-back-to-conques-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brilliant conversationalist<\/a>&#8220;. He certainly startled me! Despite the backpack, I&#8217;m pretty sure I jumped into the air. The braying of a donkey is incredibly loud, particularly if he waits until you&#8217;re only a couple of meters away before he sounds off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/53377925946_3e8a27299c_o-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/53377925946_3e8a27299c_o-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/53377925946_3e8a27299c_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/53377925946_3e8a27299c_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/53377925946_3e8a27299c_o-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/53377925946_3e8a27299c_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/53377925946_3e8a27299c_o-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/53377925946_3e8a27299c_o-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date: <\/strong>27 August 2023 <br><strong>Place:<\/strong> Saint-Marcel, Aveyron D\u00e9partement, Region of Occitanie, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Maps!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"595\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-10.png 964w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-10-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-10-150x93.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-10-768x474.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"437\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-arrow-11-Conques-1024x437.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-arrow-11-Conques-1024x437.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-arrow-11-Conques-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-arrow-11-Conques-150x64.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-arrow-11-Conques-768x328.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-arrow-11-Conques-1536x655.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-arrow-11-Conques-2048x873.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the way to Conques and just past the church in Saint-Marcel, I passed by this rather famous donkey. Many travel writers and pilgrims have written about this noisy beast. The writer of my guidebook, Dave Whitson, even described him as a &#8220;brilliant conversationalist&#8220;. He certainly startled me! Despite the backpack, I&#8217;m pretty sure I jumped into the air. 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