Day 5: Pamplona - Puenta de la Reina

Back on the trail! A few stretches later i met Henry at the park and off we went. Today was a cool day, with very different scenery as we exited Pamplona into very dry, yellow fields. The sun got pretty intense, maybe its an Australian thing, but it seemed no one else was concerned about suncream.

We walked with Brook (USA) and Ruben (Galicia) for the morning who were awesome chat. I had questions about Galicis, knowing really nothing, and Ruben was very funny. Apparently Galician is basically half Spanish half Portuguese, so he can understand both.

In the afternoon we stopped at a statue of Mary and said hello to a lady we'd seen a few times, who turned out to be a Norwegian great grandmother! Her pack was almost bigger than mine, so absolutely huge respect for her. She'd just done a section with her great grandson. Incredible. My best guess would be maybe 84.

The string of villages as we arrived into Puente de la Reina were all really nice, particularly Obanos. The bridge (Puente) was built by a Spanish Queen about 1,000 years ago to help the pilgrims of the time  which is crazy to think of.

Mass was very nice, and after the pilgrim blessing I met a bloke called Greg who schooled at Joey's and teaches at St Greg's! We had a good yarn before I headed off for dinner and a wine.Read more