I awoke with a jump when the alarm went off at 7.30 this is the first day I haven’t already been awake.
I popped up the road for breakfast and we also had a coffee before leaving.
Today was again warm but not quite as hot as yesterday but there isn’t a town for 12km.
The heat has finally got to Jo. After her blog no more needs to be said.
Today we leave our place of rest without breakfast, as it wasn’t served until 9.00. However the did have a coffee vending machine at €0.70 a cup. So after spending €2.80 we are off.There were many small tow s along the way so also many chances to pick up some breakfadt and lunch.As the days go on it is getting hotter. So we look forward to ariving at our destination. It doesn’t matter how far we walk each day it is always the lazt 2km that seem to be the hardest.Tonight we cooked our own meal and with the beer it wasn’t much less than us having the pilgrims menu, but it was a change from chicken and chips.
Forgot to mention we stopped off at a wine fountain today. On the left red wine on the right water.And here is the view from our room.
Today is going to be hotter so we planned to get away earlier to avoid walking in the hottest part of the day.
Well that idea didn’t work as it was still past 8.00 before we left.
We had tried to book a room at 17km but were requested to give them our credit card details. Not wanting to do this we had left repying to them. During the morning we received an update saying the room had now been taken. So we decided to chance it for tonight.
Along the way not only did we walk over water we also walked under it.
The above photo is an aqueduct.
Although we took it gently we still made good progress and infact decided to walk an extra 5km.
We have a nice cosy room to ourselves, although Jo calls it claustrophobic.
Well today it is back off and onto the road again. We have had a couple days rest in Pamplona. 1. Jo had a sore knee and 2. I had man flu ie a cold.
The rest did us both good and the weather has been kind to us. It is starting to warm up and we will have to remember to reapply the sunscreen.
There were lots of wind turbines today and like in NZ there is a long steep walk up to them. There was however a steeper walk down the other side.
The amazing thing about the Camino is you never know what’s around the next corner.
We stopped in Pamplona for a rest day only to find it is the start of the International Festival of Bands.
Here us a picture of the Canadians.
Today is a rest day in more ways than one.
We visited a doctor today regarding Jo’s knee and she was advised to rest it for 2 days.
So a further night has been booked in Pamplona and we will both be resting up, but we will still do a little site seeing.
What a difference a day makes. We awoke to a brighter morning and by the time we had finished breakfast the remaining mist had lifted.
We started off at a cracking pace. There was no stopping Jo. Instead of being overtaken by other walkers we were actually doing the over taking.
We found a nice spot to stop for lunch.
And then continued on our way to Pamplona.
Unfortunately we couldn’t keep the pace up and Jo started to suffer from her earlier exertions.
We did however make it without calling for a taxi and we have a rest day tomorrow.
We found a nice square in town surrounded by bars/cafés we chose one had a beer and some tapas while watching the world go by.
We started the day with a warm shower followed by breakfast. Where we are staying also provides the meals for those staying at the monastery, but they are kept seperate from us. They also have a seperate areas for those have full or continental breakfast. I wonder if that is to stop us from seeing what each other is offered.
Today was a much better day for walking, we could actually see where we were going and also had views across the valleys. At one point we were stopped by a fellow walker who pointed out the hills covered in trees, very much like either New Zealand or the UK, neither of us really understood her excitement.
Not every day on the Camino starts off sunny. Today we woke to a heavy mist or were we in the clouds, at least it wasn’t raining.A simple breakfast of toast dipped in coffee was the start for today, we also picked up our sandwiches for our lunch then back to our private room to packup. Well the room was a large shed, with a bed, no bathroom and no electricity.A quick stop at the bar to top up our water and put on our ponchos and it was then on our way. After 50 mtrs it started to rain and then didn’t stop until we had nearly reached our destination. It was cold and the wind was icy, fortunately we were sheltered by the hill a lot of the way.With the mist (read fog) there was an eerie feel to the day as the silhouette of people in front of us would fade in and out of view.
We had planned to take several stops while walking but this was soon forgotten as we didn’t want to loose any body heat, thus we made it to our destination by lunchtime.