- Time of past OR future Camino
- Several and counting...
For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here. (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation) |
---|
We walked Baztán starting from Bayonne on Aug 17th. We did not meet any other pilgrims so had the lovely clean albergues all to ourselves. Take care and use poles would be my advice; there are parts that are tricky underfoot and if you fall, as my husband did, there is unlikely to be anyone around to help. Carry extra food and water as there are not the in between places which one gets used to on CF. We crossed over to Zabaldika on the CF from Sorauren. There's a pretty obvious track over the hills, about 3km, although it felt a lot longer due to the temp being in the mid 30s back then. Seemed a nice alternative to the last part of the Baztán. Hope all goes well!I am heading to Biarritz in the morning and start from Bayonne on Friday. Just a "sub-orbital hop" as they used to say in the very early days of space exploration. I am finishing this time in Pamplona (and coming home through Barcelona where I am looking forward to a couple of nights).
I am not realistically expecting to meet too many people along the way. Though it would be a bonus.
I will post something when I get back.
Looking forward to it immensely.
Thanks again for all those who have posted their experiences on this little sub-forum. Every little helps.
Tim
@NualaOC
I have just reached Arizkun, (after Amaiur). Gerald Kellys says 27k. Tim Redmond says 32+K. I got very lost between Espelette and Ainhoa. Stunned by the scenery I guess. Without Google maps I'd still be there I think, although I could have retraced my steps and gone on main road I guess. But all just beautiful and I'd do it again so far. I'm frightened to look at my track. I was near to an albergue in St. Pée when I realised I was probably on the way to Irun.
It's good to be in Spain. Sooooo much cheaper.
Enjoy the night. I ate enough for two in Benigno in splendid isolation in the closed restaurant on a Sunday!.Well done Tim, that was quite a hike! Especially with the big hill in the middle. I remember that we got quite lost when leaving Esplette, and again after Urdax.
Glad you're enjoying it - from what I can recall, the next two days are a joy.
Nuala
... I have just reached Villava / Trinidad del Arre, so believe I am now on the Camino Frances. A little surprised at 3:30pm to be the first in the Marist Brothers albergue. Thought we would be running into crowds....
I think you, like me, look out specially for the places other people miss.Indeed you are ;-) Lots of pilgrims walk into Pamplona and miss this little gem of an albergue - Enjoy the peace and quietness and Buen Camino, SY
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?