I’m proud to announce an update with a new series of daytrips.
And there are more additions: check the update-log.
New update of “The bordermarkers of the Pyrenees”
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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Steel protection
On 29 may 2014 we (Jan-Willem Doomen and I) were in Bourg-Madame to check – among other goals – to see how bm481fr was doing: both the new – tarmac-covered – plaque and the old borderstone.
Well: the old one has been re-erected again besides the newly constructed customs-office at Rue des Narcisses. But we were surprised that its bronze replacement at the original spot (see this webpage) has got a special protection:
A steel manhole’s cover! Jan-Willem uses a rope to lift the cover which was quite easy.
Bordermarkers should be visible – we think – but we like the way this bm is protected now and appreciate the willingness to take such measures.
Meeting Murgoi
On 25 may 2014 we (Jan-Willem Doomen and I) met finally Jesús Murueta Goikoetxea, aka ‘Murgoi’. Our meeting place was appropiate: in the Basque country on a borderbridge between Hendaye and Irún.
Murgoi undertook countless trips in the years 2000-2003 to find and photograph all the esfr-bordermarkers of the Basque country (no. 1-272). He compiled “the Murgoi files” giving each bordermarker its own page with descriptions, directions and pictures. See this post for more information and a link to download the Murgoi-files.
Together we spent a very pleasant afternoon, visiting Col de Lizarrieta and redoing the bordermarkers bm044-045 with its many submarkers.