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Camino de Santiago Day 04

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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.

Camino de Santiago Day 02

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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.

Camino de Santiago Day 01 – 1

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Awake early thanks to having a train to catch at 7.42.After shower went for breakfast as arranged for 6.30. However the message hadn’t been passed on so there was nothing available until 7.00.The only course of action was to raid the fridges. Luckily there were yogurts and juice available.Back to our room, pick up bags and a quick march to the gare.Such a shame about the rush as the walk was quite scenic, the river calm and flat, in fact a beautiful day for sightseeing.Stage 2 of today’s adventures was a leisurely train trip to St Jean Pied De Port. The track meandered up the valley hugging the river.

We had views of the mountains we are due to walk up shrouded in mist.Unfortunately we sat on the wrong side of the train so no pictures.

Bayonne

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After a short flight from Stansted to Biarritz it was time to start walking. Our hotel for the night was in Bayonne a walk of nearly 8km.

Luckily the walk was broken up by a visit to Decathlon to get some walking sticks.

Camino de Santiago Day 0

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Well after waking at 4.30 this morning in anticipation of our flight. It was a leisurely start, as we had to wait for the children to wake up. Not to say good bye to them but to get our cereal as Ems had hidden the spare box in their bedroom.

Finally leaving at 7.15 to give us time to catch out plane at 14.05

The M25 was unusually kind to us and we arrived at Stansted with plenty of time.

Walk into town.

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Along with previous trips there are always the last minute things to get. So today was a walk along the seafront to town for those items.

The sooner we get to leave the sooner we will stop buying just in case things.