ℹ️Stats - Day 1
Date: Tuesday 2nd May
Weather: sunny ☀️
From: St Jean Pied du Port 🇫🇷
Start time: 7.30am
To: Roncesvalles 🇪🇸
End time: 1.14pm
Terrain: main roads, countryside, wooded areas, through towns and small villages
Accommodation: Albergue 🛏️
Food: banana 🍌, pear 🍐, raspberries, strawberries 🍓, crisps, chicken 4x slices, tangerine 🍊, dates, Parma ham, apple 🍏.
🥾Miles: 16.4 miles
🦶Steps: 33,821
Total miles completed: 16.4/500
💰Costs:€10 bed in the basement!
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 6/10 - didn’t like the road walking.
Fatigue: 0/10 - felt really strong.
Ease of terrain: 5/10 a few ups & a few switchbacks but nothing super hard!
Challenges: I’m annoyed with myself as I wanted to take the high route through the Pyrenees and ended up taking the lower route. Which I don’t think is as pretty. There was lots of road walking - along main roads which were very twisty with no hard shoulder. Which made the walking uncomfortable as the cars were very close and going very quickly!
I arrived at the Albergue at 1.14pm and there were already about 50 people ahead of me.
It was confusing as to what was going on! I had no idea, getting forms filled in, one queue for one thing, another queue for something else. Getting my stamp. All very hectic. Too many people. I think that’s going to be my hardest challenge!!
Highlights: I felt really strong walking, the legs and glutes did super well. Really happy with my walking speed. 💪
I’m the afternoon after getting settled in. I did some yin yoga, sunbathed and chilled. It was fabulous 🥳
ℹ️Stats - Day 2
Date: Wednesday 3rd May
Weather: sunny ☀️ & hot 🥵
From: Roncesvalles
Start time: 7.30am
To: Zubiri
End time: 1pm ish — got checked in by 1.30pm
Terrain: rocky, lots of steep descents, woody forests and concrete paths.
Accommodation: Albergue, 🛌
Food: banana 🍌 , chicken, crisps, tangerine 🍊, dried pineapple 🍍, cashew nuts. Made dinner - chicken, bacon, onion in a tomato soup with manchego cheese on top.
🥾Miles: 16
🦶Steps: 33,443
Total miles completed: 32/500
💰Costs: €12 bed, €19 food shop - chicken, bacon, tomato soup, onion, avocado, crisps, red pepper, tangerine 🍊 x2, manchego cheese. = €31
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 8/10
Fatigue: 7/10
Ease of terrain: 5/10
Challenges: the stress of making it to the albergue to get a bed for the night. It motivates me to move quickly and not to take rest breaks.
Highlights: the weather was incredible- glorious sunshine ☀️, blue skies all day. Getting a bed at the albergue, taking a shower 🚿, sunbathing in the afternoon and enjoying the day 🥳
