Camino Frances 2024

As we left town we went over the bridge over the Agra river and followed the road up the hill. We passed a magnesium plant on the right. There’s a fair bit of up and down today. About 2.8 km from Zubiri we came to Illarratz. There was no services here but as we left we past the old church/abbey on the right, Eskirolz/Illarratz Abbey built in the 12th or 13th century. At the 6.1km mark we came to Aquerreta/Akerreta. apparently the hotel in this town was used to film the way with Martin Sheen when he met Sarah and she gave him the nickname boomer. We walk a fair way today alongside the river, and with a little shower or two there is quite a few muddy paths to overcome. After 9.3 km we arrive at the town of Zuriain and as we head over the bridge we are greeted by the most fabulous cafe. The queues were huge but we all be enjoyed a hot coffee, the tortilla looked delicious but we had not long since had breakfast. After coffee we continue on up the hill and come to a road, where we have to walk on the edge of the road for 2 or 3 hundred meters then back onto the the river walk. There was a man selling different fruits from a cart for charity so I bought a huge mandarin, best I’ve ever tasted, so sweet and juicy. A bit more up hill climbs and slippery down hill sections then we came to a town on the outskirts of Pamplona. We bumped into Chris and Kate from New Zealand and bought some sandwiches and yoghurt at a nearby supermarket and had lunch in the park watching some kids play soccer. We went off track then as our accommodation was 1.5km before Pamplona. We seemed to walk the suburbs for ages then finally arrived at our hostel. We had trouble with accessing the room as there was no reception and everything was done remotely, different experience all together. The access card to the room finally worked and we freshened up and went next door the a little working man’s pub for a burger and refreshments.Weiterlesen