It all seems to be about food for Joost and Joostina on the way to the Camino! (Rather like the character in the movie The Way, we seem to eat our way along the journey) With travelling mascots Mr Bean (3rd Camino) and JomJam. See Full Gallery: Bangkok...
Not quite what we had hoped For on Day 1, but great to have started. Low cloud and rain meant no views and it was really spooky to see Refuge Orisson appear out of the gloom at the last minute. Met some great people along the way today... See Full...
See Full Gallery: Saint Jean to Orrison
Day 2 of our Camino takes us over the Pyrenees to Roncesvalles. When I walked this section last time, I had glorious blue skies and clear weather and fantastic views, unfortunately this year, we can see about 50 meters in front of us. Basically it was down to low...
See Full Gallery: Orrison to Roncesvalles
A short but very pleasant walk from Roncesvalles to Biskarreta and we made a short detour when we got to Burguete. We wanted to show our appreciation to the bomberos of Burguete (the local fire brigade rescue team), and so we thought we'd drop in...
Today is another short walk to Zubiri. It should be about 10 kilometers. The only thing that concerns me is the steep downhill section into Zubiri, which I haven't walked before and which apparently can be slippery in the wet. We had a taste of that coming into...
The Cat Cafe We're just on our way to Pamplona and stopping for coffee in Zuriain and it looks like they now have a cat cafe on the Camino. Pat is managing to unload lots of her salami to the cats here and they won't leave her alone. It's smoked up...
See Full Gallery: Akerreta to Pamplona
We had a very pleasant walk over Alto del Perdón from Pamplona to Uterga. It was nice to escape the rain until the last hour or so on the way down to Uterga, when the rain became a bit lumpy, in other words hale. It was interesting to see some pilgrims had ridden...
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