I left puente la rena and Daniel behind. Daniels knee had swollen to the size of one of the footballs he was used to playing with. Despite taking the advice from the Harvard doctor in the next door bunk to use an ice pack, it had not worked. We said our goodbyes, it was very sad,just because we had started out together from st jean. He knew he wasn't going to be able to do any walk ing without a good few days rest , despite sending on his humongous back pack on i...

After a lovely evening wandering round the old town and sampling the local vino and tapas , i set off early to get out of Pamplona. I had to walk right through the city the sun was shining and there were not many cars around. Past Cezur Menor the landscape really opened up and was spectacular. I walked up past the wind turbines to the metal life size figures that adorned the top of the hill. It was so clear you could see the mountain range that hugged the coast....

Yesterday night after a fantastic pilgrim lunch I tucked into my lovely silk liner and froze to death. Unfortunately the bargain basement 6 euro charge did not include any blankets! On top of this my head was about 2 metres from the toilet entrance, a facility used by 16 men and women all sleeping on the same floor. To my inexperience this was the height of roughing it. Everyone including myself used the toilet that night, together with the snoring opera and peop...

I was awoken by Gregorian chants and the human alarm clock wandering the dormitories at 6 in the morning. After the paraphinalia of gathering boots and getting my plastic canopy over me and the rucksack, managed to leave the auberge at 7 10 am. Those who know mevwell will know that getting up at 6 is no mean achievement. It was barely light and very misty when I set off and did most of the walking on my own. After about an hour I ran into David a chap well into ...

Is traffic warden yellow and fushia pink a good colour combo? I hope so as those were the colours I was sporting when I had reached the top of the pass. Fushia being the colour of my face I decided to take the advice and take the lower pass route Daniel from Brazil, Nick from Holland, Kevin from Australia ,Gunther from Germany doing the route at the same time. Christine from Belgium three years into recovery from cancer and raising money for the hospital that tr...