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earlyoungnz
Aug 20, 20242 min read
# 8: Day 6 Camino Frances - Estella to Los Arcos 22kms
It was a case of being “Rain ready” heading off this morning from Estella, with a bleak forecast that proved to be right. The first few...
earlyoungnz
Aug 20, 20243 min read
#7: Day 5 Camino Frances - Puente la Reina to Estella 26kms
One of the bonuses of staying in a “private room” is waking up without interrupting anyone, packing, and getting out early on the trail...
earlyoungnz
Aug 20, 20244 min read
# 6: Day 4 Camino Frances - Pamplona to Puente la Reina, 26kms
With another hot day forecast, I left the city just after 7 am. I’d heard that sometimes the trickiest sections to correctly follow on...
earlyoungnz
Aug 6, 20242 min read
# 5: Day 3 Larrosoana to Pamplona 16km
Another hot day reaching 30degs later in the afternoon. This was only a short day where I gave a few kilometres back to the itinerary so...
earlyoungnz
Aug 6, 20243 min read
# 4: Day 2, Camino Frances - Espinal to Larrasoaña 22km
There were some really lovely parts of the trail skirting farmland I went to bed with Voltarin last night which was a big thing for...
earlyoungnz
Jul 31, 20244 min read
# 3: Camino, off I go! Day 1
Day 1 on the Camino Frances - Saint Jean Pied de Port to Espinal - 32km I’d gone to bed really early to get a good sleep (apparently too...
earlyoungnz
Jul 30, 20242 min read
# 2: Camino, Ready to go!
The last supper! 😊 T minus 1 After travelling nearly 21,000km I finally made it into France and to the small village of St Jean Pied de...
earlyoungnz
Jul 29, 20243 min read
# 1: Camino "The Way"
Start of the Adventure! T minus 2 I landed last night in Barcelona, Spain and after the relief of seeing all 5.5kgs emerge on the baggage...
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