Best Walk Yet

Given it was going to take over 2 miles to get out of Pamplona we set off in the dark at 06:50 and took advantage of the street lights. Flat, paved paths meant we were able get a march on, for the first time on the whole trip really.

From Cizur Menor, 3.5 miles out of Pamplona, we caught our first glimpse of a ridge, lined with wind turbines which was around 6 miles in the distance. This was our one big climb of the day and I really like seeing something far away you can aim for. This certainly helped keep the pace up.

On the way up I got chatting to an English guy who had a dodgy knee, but was still as quick as we were. I still haven't worked out if it was discouraging or encouraging when he told me he was 79!

It was a bright sunny day with fantastic visibility from the top of the ridge and great views back to Pamplona. Following a tricky, steep decent over large loose stones we were soon motoring again. Downhill almost all the way into Puente de la Reina, our home for the night. We got in at 12:20, but couldn't check in till 13:00 so had to rehydrate in the bar. Felt like a half day.

In the afternoon we looked round the small town, found a lovely pub/bar/restaurant, did some more rehydration and received updates from home on the Spurs v Arsenal game. Will have to stay up late tonight to catch MOTD2, based on the result!!

Pamplona to Puente la Reina
Distance: 14.84
Time: 5hrs 26min
Speed: 2.7mphWeiterlesen