Puenta la Reina

Pamplona – Puenta la Reina 24km

After a great sleep last night in Pamplona I felt in a good mood today and decided to get up and visit some of the tourist attractions in the city before I started walking.

The bull fighting stadium was closed at the time I visited, as was the Irish Bar I wanted to go to so I went to the Cathedral for a nosey.

I went inside and got my stamp for the credencial and dandered on in for a look around. Waow!! Amazing place. I walked around and took some pics and then sat down on a pew and listened to the holy music playing. Not really a thing I normally do but I sat down and prayed for all my family, some of who do not have the best health right now. I started choking up a bit thinking about everyone. But my way of dealing with emotion is always to get angry with myself, and this spurred me on to walk really quickly today.

This day was on country road/path once out of Pamplona. One big mountain hike in the middle of it called Alto de Perdón was worth climbing to see, but the stoney path down was so hard on the legs and feet.

I walked further on towards Puenta amongst some very scenic views and then met up with sone friends for the last few mile for today.

My feet are really hurting today even after a nice hot bath last night. The Albergue Jakue that I am staying in is lovely and has a deadly beer garden. The town is quiet so I think I will stay here an extra day just to rest the feet. Its a long way to Santiago so have to be sensible.