I now realise that my happily saying that we planned to walk approximately 20
kilometres a day for 40 days with five additional rest days was (almost
certainly) totally unrealistic! I hadn’t
done anywhere near enough training – not improved by the fact that it was over
30°C yesterday! I have
decided that “Our Camino” is going to include public transport where needed. (We have met a number of people, who for
various reasons; are having their bags transported – so far we have carried our
own bags!)
Instead
of taking the “Napoleon Route” over the Pyrenees, which I am sure would have
been spectacular; we took the lower route through Valcarlos. We stopped Saturday night at the municipal
albergue at Valcarlos, which we had to ourselves. Having walked on the highway for some of
Saturday, decided I didn’t want to repeat this – there is virtually no shoulder
on the highway. Rather scary! So we took a 25€ taxi ride from Valcarlos to
just past Ganecoleta, from where we walked to the Ibaneta Pass and on to
Roncesvalles. We decided to continue to
Espinal, where we stopped the night.
Yesterday started ok – we had morning tea at Gerendiain and walked on
and on and on. I found the downhill
rocky terrain into Zubiri very trying.
In spite of drinking about 3 litres of water and wearing a hat, I became
quite dehydrated. We had been passed by
many pilgrims and I was worried that we might not find accommodation. As we entered Zubiri, there was someone on
the Puente de la Rabia offering accommodation at the nearby Amets Hotel, which
I pleaded with Anna to accept. Had a good
night but decided to catch the bus to Pamploma.
We bought some Spanish Sim cards for our phones (it will be great to be
able to communicate!) and are stopping the night at Jesus y Maria
Alberque. Having dealt with washing
(thanks Anna!), we are about to look at the area around the alberque.
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