Friday 21 September – a Rain say

Day started with significant thunder, lightening and rain which tapered off early afternoon.  Left some roads very slippery.

Early start from Hotel Roncesvalles

QB in very pretty Basque town

The last 4km were especially steep and slippery; a dangerous descent on tired legs. The balance of the terrain and walls were excellent to outstanding.  Fine road services, views.and terrains.

Speaks for itself. 

One of the fine views, not looking real.

So far, and very unlike our previous caminos, the predominant language has been English. Canadians, Americans, Brits. Justafewfrom other places.  Also the age of walkersisnow much closer to ours. Few mid-lifers or millennials.

A notable event or two for usos that we passed, as in walking more quickly, some folks.  Very notable for us slow walkers.

The pictured bridge, in Zuberi, is of medieval original.  Local farmers would walk their animals around it to Ward off rabies. No info on how well it worked.

Our toys track our distances. They do so with a large dispersion:

iPhone- 14.0 miles; Android-15.6 miles; Garmin GPS 17.1 miles.

Wildlife: horses with short fuzzy legs, pale tan cows, sheep of non mountain and mountain variety, chickens but not much else.

Dinner included two specialities of Navarre, where we are.

Red peppers in oil garlic, lemon, white wine. Second, the drink, mostly digestif, Patxaran aka Pacharán.