FransaNouvelle-AquitaineSaint-Jean-Pied-de-Port43°9’49” N 1°14’5” W
25 Mart, Fransa ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
I've seen all I need to see, this is now a religious pilgrimage and the religion is centred around a big vending machine in the sky. All hail sky dispenser.
FransaNouvelle-AquitaineSaint-Jean-Pied-de-Port43°9’49” N 1°14’6” W
26 Mart, Fransa ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
FransaNouvelle-AquitaineSaint-Jean-Pied-de-Port43°9’44” N 1°14’14” W 26 Mart, Fransa ⋅ 🌧 5 °C
It's been difficult to know which language to start with on the first day of the Camino because we are in France, but Spanish is the language of the Camino, and as much as English is probably theOkumaya devam et
IspanyaNavarraLuzaide43°5’30” N 1°18’9” W
26 Mart, Ispanya ⋅ 🌫 4 °C
After four hours of walking, I figured it was lunchtime, and as I was in Valcarlos, I had a decision to make - stay here for the night or push on to Roncesvalles?
To help me think, and invoke theOkumaya devam et
IspanyaNavarraAuritz/BurgueteOrreagaPuerto de Ibañeta43°1’41” N 1°19’57” W 26 Mart, Ispanya ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
I pushed on - the absolute hubris on me, can you believe! This isn't what my itinerary said! I've dipped my toe into the fast and loose pool and it's nice in here.
It was important for me to walk onOkumaya devam et
IspanyaNavarraAuritz/BurgueteOrreagaPuerto de Ibañeta43°0’45” N 1°19’10” W 26 Mart, Ispanya ⋅ 🌙 1 °C
Home for tonight is this albergue (pilgrim hostel) with a whopping 200+ beds, across three floors, in pods of four. In mine I've got Tigore from England, a 74 year old Swedish guy who was so committedOkumaya devam et
27 Mart, Ispanya ⋅ 🌙 1 °C
A fun game is emerging. I've decided you win by finding the most bonkers thing someone brought with them then culled, and I'll be playing against myself throughout the trip. This was my entry forOkumaya devam et
IspanyaNavarraAuritz/BurgueteOrreaga43°0’3” N 1°19’31” W
27 Mart, Ispanya ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
...the remaining third of my advisory board of walking angels, I decided this would be my wallet for the trip. I think its secure in the sense it shows any would-be thief that I have a sense of humourOkumaya devam et
IspanyaNavarraErroAurizberri42°58’45” N 1°22’12” W 27 Mart, Ispanya ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
A 22km stage today, optimistically framed by the gang as short and downhill, between Roncesvalles at 960m and industrial Zubiri at 520m. Got up at 5.45am once I heard the first toilet flush (I didn'tOkumaya devam et
IspanyaNavarraErroErroibar42°57’46” N 1°26’15” W
27 Mart, Ispanya ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Today's path is almost all off the road, which is good because I'd started to wave to cars that gave me space yesterday and clearly I was losing my edge. The mud got a bit annoying, but you can't haveOkumaya devam et
Gezgin 😂