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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.

The Delays

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A great band to hear at an Isle of Wight concert, but not so good when the concern your flight.

After hearing the second call for our flight and it being 30 mins to take off and a 15 minute walk to the gate, we left the comfort of the lounge.

Taking our time we arrived at the gate 10 mins later to find that boarding hadn’t started.

After another 10 mins waiting we were told that take off had been delayed until 22.15, 30 mins late.

Bene’s band could have had another hot chocolate (well that’s another story).

Finally seated in the plane, with our pre-flight glass of bubbles, we were informed that there was a discrepancy in the bag count and the pilot didn’t know how long this latest delay would be.

The final delay was when we landed, our gate wasn’t available and so we had another 15 min delay.

So not all Delays are good.

Now to see what happens on the next leg.