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🇪🇸 Camino VASCO/BAYONA (Irún-St Dgo/Burgos)
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[QUOTE="Takahiwai, post: 1231340, member: 112022"] Day 7 Before I leave Gurutze behind, let me note that this was the first time that I was locked out of a hotel on this trip, but not the last. Something that A. stipulated before we began was that we should share rooms when staying in hotels, in order to save money. This is a fair point, but not something I was looking forward to at all. I need my space at the end of the day, and I was really dreading this, which we'd largely avoided in France. A. also has a thing about keeping hold of the room key. She is very reluctant to give it up under any circumstances. So, very early on the morning of Day 7, I exited without the key, in order to smoke a cigarette on the patio of the hotel. Although I'd wedged a brochure in the door, to keep it open, a couple of workers came out and dislodged it before speeding off. I probably spent about an hour in the cold and rain before another worker emerged and I was able to get back in. It didn't help to begin the day that way. In any case, after a coffee, we both departed, and A. soon surged ahead, as usual. The weather was cold, but fine, and I enjoyed myself climbing up through sheep pastures. I got an account with Orange in Irun, and haven't been mightily impressed with it so far, but it does allow patchy communications with A. via WhatsApp. She messaged me to alert me about a dreadful stretch of mud that was coming up for me, and tried to persuade me to take an 'alternative route' that she'd identified. I did try this, but it ended in a patch of brambles, so I gave up on it, and resigned myself to the muddy stretch. I don't know how long this part of the trail was - it felt like miles, but was possibly around 1km long. The trail was almost impassable, and in places a bit dangerous. The mud was so thick, deep, and viscous that it was very difficult to move forward. With every step, my shoes were sucked more than halfway off my feet. It took me about an hour and a half to negotiate that section of the camino, and when I finally emerged, I felt totally exhausted. In the meantime, A. had reached the hamlet of Frantxilla, where there is a well-disguised casa rural, and had decided that we were stopping there - a decision I was quite happy to go along with. I believe we were charged 75 euros for a double room. When you arrive in Frantxilla, the first thing you come across is a bar-restaurant. The folks there know how to get in contact with the owner of the CR. They also do very nice food! [/QUOTE]
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