Walked hard to get to Pamplona before the storm arrived - it never did! Checked in to the beautiful hotel and had a soak in the bath before taking a walk around this old town. Think I'll give running with the Bulls a miss! Had a couple of reds and a couple of pinchos. So cheap, even with the exchange rate. A glass of red less than $3.00 - even right in the town centre tourist area. 3 course dinner last night including a bottle of wine was about $27. A glass of wi...

Turns out today was t o be 31km. However, myself and a couple of Spaniards took a "bush" tr ack before we realised we had come the wrong way.. So another couple of kms more! A few challenging climbs and descents but quite manageable. Some beautiful little villages. Seems my finger is not broken but torn tendons. Anyway it is very swollen and I can't bend it. It's the middle one so it could come in handy! So learnings so far: Glad I did lots of training. Walking p...

They say this is the hardest day. Well if it is, thank f*#k. Not a good day for pics. Didn't start off well When I forgot to leave the key for the room and had to go back with it. Thankfully only a couple of hundred metres! Poured down, blowing a gale and freezing at the top of the Pyrenees. An "oasis" at the top was a caravan selling hot chocolate. Wasn't he popular. Best hot chocolate ever. Walking with a young Italian man for a little while. He asked how old I...