Camino Day 4: Pamplona to Pte la Reina

Total Distance: 26.3km
Step Count: 42k
Blisters: 1
Tortillas to date: 3
Items lost: 👚 + 🧢

The walk to Puente La Reina was so scenic but brutally hot! The entire way to Alto del Perdon didn’t have any shade and we were melting 🥵

At the top, we met Miguel, a man who’s done 6 full caminos and countless shorter routes. He was spreading kindness along the way and gave each one of us a pin with beads and the camino shell. He also told us that he was meant to be walking with his wife who had passed away recently. So many stories and reasons to walk 🤍

From there, it was a very long descent with no shade all the way to Uterga. This little town had its festivities on this day and we were having the biggest laugh with a few mischievous kids lighting up firecrackers in the water fountain.

The next town was Obaños, a really cute lil town, where we finally took a rest on a grassy patch before walking the last 50min to our stop for the day. The sun had taken a toll and we stopped at the first and nicest albergue we could find. We needed to treat ourselves a bit.Read more