Category: Puente La Reina

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Puente La Reina to Estella

Around 23.2 km and 5:08 (see map).

Overcast and cool to start with, but clouds cleared and the sun came out for the last couple of km into Estella. (Electrical storm passing over Estella now – good to be inside while that happens.) Easy walking, with only a few small humps to get over. Passed through three or four small villages on the way and managed to have a coffee or tea in all but one of them (there was no café there).

I’ve added a page ‘Daily walk summary’ to the menu. It contains the data for each day’s walk recorded by the Garmin watch Soph lent me. I’ll update it from time to time, assuming the watch keeps working (one of the buttons is on the blink).

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Pamplona to Puente La Reina

25.5 km and 5:57 (see map).

A dull start to the day. Cloudy and with a cold wind.

First stop out of Pamplona was a panaderia in a side street off the camino. The centre of early Sunday morning life in the small village. The kids took great pleasure selecting their pastries.

Rolling meadows from then on, with a gradual climb up to a ridgeline. Showers became a little more insistent from here on so it was on with the rain coat. Countryside still beautiful though, despite the weather.

A vending machine totally dedicated to the needs of the peregrino – blister pads, nail clippers, tape, wound dressings, etc. Not a pack of potato chips in sight, but there were condoms (€7) – did wonder whether they would be useful on toes to prevent chafing.