Day # 5 Monday 26th

 

From Pamplona on down to Obanos

Stopping only for treats once or dos

A day with no rain

And a modicum of pain

Tonight we'll have beer and tostados

 

Before leaving Pamplona we had a little tour. We saw the cathedral and the town hall; both very impressive buildings, edifices perhaps. It took quite a while to "get out" of the city so we got a flavour of the "busy" time in Pamplona. A very nice city, maintained very well with lots of interesting arches & parks

It would seem there is no stage of the Camino without hills & they (the hills) make the going tough & very slow. 3hm/hr is about all we can expect. Each day's walk so far has been at least 8 hrs. Of course we stop to rest along the way ; coffee or beer (depending on time of day) and a sandwich. We could stop for up to lhr if the going was really tough. Frances does not have any feet problems but I've managed to get a couple of blisters & a swollen ankle from my boot. I did today's 20Km in sandles which was not too bad. We lost Annette today