Our day started by traversing the eponymous Queen’s bridge over the Rio Agra which was a fine Roman construction. There was plenty of broom genista flowering with a delightful scent. We’ve had many flowering shrubs along the way today – lavatera, lonicera, philadelphus, rosa. It’s wonderful how even on the roughest ground a variety of …
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Over the Sierra del Pedrón
We left Pamplona this morning walking through the pleasant suburbs. As we reached the outskirts we could see the row of wind turbines on top of the Sierra del Pedrón. Our route was fortunately not over the highest point of the ridge but still a steady climb of 300 m. We walked through wheat fields …
In Pamplona
We’ve enjoyed a rest day in Pamplona to wander around never having been here before. Pamplona centre is full of narrow streets with tall houses. All the centre is largely traffic free. The Camino guide books all talk about the heat, not 12° at noon. Shorts and sandals weather it is not. We visited San …
On to Pamplona
Day 3 was the journey to Pamplona. We’re having a rest day tomorrow to explore this city. So far we’ve walked 68 km or 42 miles. We caught the train from Bayonne and have then walked from St Jean. Today was essentially downhill following the river towards Pamplona. The route was not however all along …
A wet walk through the woods
We set off this morning from Roncesvalles in the pouring rain. The woods were magnificent mainly consisting of beech and larch looking lovely in their fresh foliage. It was here that Roland was said to have sounded his horn to bring support. Charlemagne had come over the Pyrenees to fight the Moors. On his return …
Over the Pyrenees
Our Camino started in earnest this morning. Immediately starting with the toughest stage was daunting. But we have done it! 🌄🥾 Our overnight stay was uneventful other than finding ourselves locked in the bar and the owners had left the premises. Fortunately a bit of ferreting found a key so we didn’t have to drown …
St Jean Pied de Port
We’ve arrived at the start of our Camino journey. We travelled yesterday from St Pancras International to Paris in two and a half hours. That gave us a couple of hours to get across town on the metro to Gare de Montparnasse. Then the TGV to Bayonne via Bordeaux arriving in Bayonne four hours later. …
Restarting our Camino
In 2019 we cycled through France from Calais to Tours going through Paris. Our intention had been to continue the cycling journey in 2020 from Tours to St Jean Pied de Port at the foot of the Pyrenees. That didn’t happen due to the pandemic and then Julian broke his hip in 2021. We have …
And so to Tours
Today we finished the last stage of our Camino journey for 2019. We’ve cycled 638 km or 400 miles from Calais to Tours. We are now half way down the length of France. Our cycling today went from Blois to Tours along the Loire valley. We actually cycled some distance from the river as the …
Along the Loire to Blois
We cycled along the Loire to Blois today. The river is delightful with plenty of birds flying around. At one point I saw both a green and black / red woodpecker in the trees as we cycled along. We stopped at Beauagency and had a look around this pleasing Romanesque church with an old keep …
Julian and Beryl's camino 