Dear Siobhan02,
thank you for your detailed reply, I appreciate you spending the time in sharing your thoughts.
I only wish to go as far as Roncesvallees as I completed the camino from Le Puy-en-Velay to Roncesvallees in April 2014.
The plan is to start in Roncesvallees and walk the next day without covering 'old' ground as my time is limited, also, all my accommodation is pre-booked and all dates locked in.
There are two ways to get to Roncesvallees from Pamplona, one is taxi from Pamplona/Iruna station at a cost of 60 euros and being transported by Jacotrans, who also move lugagge daily all the way to Santiago, I will use this service. If I can share a taxi, I will use Jacotrans who indicated that if they can locate other pilgrims leaving Pamplona station when I do, and need a taxi, they will let me know and we can all share the cost, problem solved.
The other other alternative is to take a taxi from the station and go to the main bus terminal some 2kms away and buy tickets for the bus that leaves at 18.00pm, I have time to do this as I arrive in Pamplona at 16.06pm - this is around 6 euros per person. I was hoping to share a taxi so that I could attend the pilgrims mass in Roncevalles that evening and meet other pilgrims that I would be walking with along the camino.
Would you know when the pilgrims mass takes place in Roncesvallees, morning or evening times?
I am confident someone will take up the offer of sharing a taxi.
Thanks again,
Ralph & Kathy
Melbourne Australia