Biarritz

The first thing that entered my head as the alarm went off at 02:20 was that perhaps in hindsight going on a boys trip to Puerto Banus for the last 3 days wasn't one of my best ideas.

However, the plan was to spend a couple of nights in Barritz to recover, before setting out on what is planned to be a 37 day journey on foot from St Jean Pied de Port, in the French Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela. That's the plan anyway.

To say Biarritz is compact is an under statement, from touching down at the airport to arriving at our city centre hotel took 62 mins, including walking the 1.75 miles between the two.

Despite the recovery plan for today I still managed 23,000 steps exploring this Basque town, which is big on surfing and food.

The old harbourside restaurant we had dinner in was recommended to us by some random bloke walking his dog, who stopped and gave us a potted history of Barritz, as we stood at a clifftop viewing spot. An example of Basque hospitality or a harbourside restaurant owner, still not a 100% sure!Read more