Day 43, May 19
14 miles, 514 miles
Altitude: 1,555 feet (daily high 1,624)
Weather: blue sky with clouds 55-85F
Pamplona
Caterpillars do it.
Pilgrims do it.
Move in one straight line.
One behind the other.
All the wrong way.
A dozen of us having the greatest conversation missed a turn and had to retrace our steps.
Call us Pilgrims?
Call us Lemmings?
Day 43, May 19
14 miles, 514 total miles
Altitude: 1,555 feet (daily high 1,624)
Weather: blue sky with clouds 55-85F
Pamplona
Purple Pamplona.
Powerful.
Perfection.
Day 43, May 19
14 miles, 514 total miles
Altitude: 1,555 feet (daily high 1,624)
Weather: blue sky with clouds 55-85F
Pamplona
In Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises a young Spaniard is killed while running with the bulls. I had a conversation in Pamplona with a gentleman who told me it was his grandmother’s brother who knew Hemingway and who was killed during the running of the bulls. Alas he wasn’t running with the bulls; but, merely trying to cross the street from one wooden shield to another. Seeing that the street was clear of bulls, he started across the street. In a split second a renegade bull appeared and killed him. Literary license does make for a good story.
Day 42, May 18
14 miles, 500 miles
Altitude:
Weather: blue sky with clouds 55-85F
Zubiri
The country side looks so much like the pine forests of Virginia. The smells are a mixture of pine and boxwood. Dust from gravel and stone stir under foot. Walking is done on an amazingly large percent of stone paths.
Though well signed, I am learning a new way of seeing the signs. In France my eyes zeroed onto the trail markers. Now I search.
Day 41, May 17
16 miles, 486 miles
Altitude: 3,116 feet
Weather: blue sky with clouds 55-75F
Roncesvalles
FRIST DAY IN SPAIN
Col de Bentarte, 4,386 feet
Col Lepoeder, 4,724 feet
Roncesvalles, 3,034 feet
Descend 1,690 feet in 3.1 mile
What an introduction to Spain! Martin Sheen stayed here; however, not in the renovated wing.
Day 41, May 17
16 miles, 486 miles
Altitude: 3,116 feet
Weather: blue sky with clouds 55-75F
Roncesvalles
FRIST DAY IN SPAIN
Col de Bentarte, 4,386 feet
Col Lepoeder, 4,724 feet
Roncesvalles, 3,034 feet
Descend 1,690 feet in 3.1 mile
Toe-jamming boot time.
I can smell the barn.
Feet fly.
Should all fail, the last shelter stands with wood waiting for a match and warmth. Call 112. This is a potentially life threatening place where crises are real.
Day 41, May 17
16 miles, 486 miles
Altitude: 3,116 feet
Weather: blue sky with clouds 55-75F
Roncesvalles
FRIST DAY IN SPAIN
Col de Bentarte, 4,386 feet
Col Lepoeder, 4,724 feet
Climbed 338 feet in 2.5 mile
The moment. Walking in Spain.
Day 41, May 17
16 miles, 486 miles
: 3,116 feet
Weather: blue sky with clouds 55-75F
Roncesvalles
FRIST DAY IN SPAIN
Vierge de Biakorri, 3,592 feet
Col de Bentarte, 4,386 feet
Climbed 794 feet in 3.1 mile
France’s final splendor.
Day 41, May 17
16 miles, 486 miles
Altitude: 3,116 feet
Weather: blue sky with clouds 55-75F
Roncesvalles
FRIST DAY IN SPAIN
Vierge de Biakorri, 3,592 feet
Col de Bentarte, 4,386 feet
Climbed 794 feet in 3.1 mile
Walk or ride?
Day 41, May 17
16 miles, 486 miles
Altitude: 3,116 feet
Weather: blue sky with clouds 55-75F
Roncesvalles
FRIST DAY IN SPAIN
Refuge Auberge d’Orisson, 2,526 feet
Vierge de Biakorri, 3,592 feet
Climbed 1,066 feet in 3.1 mile
Blessed Mary watches over me.
Linda Scandore 