Hello everybody, We crossed the Pyrenees to Roncesvalles from St.Jean arriving around 6.30pm. It was freezing cold, severe uphill trekking through snow and ice for about 9 hours. The monestry was very interesting, we all slept in dormitories, leaving at 7am. We are losing track of time, having now covered 75 miles on foot, 15 miles a day. We are making lots of Camino friends of all nationalities and there is great comeraderie between all of us. At around 9.30am we stop for fresh coffee and breakfast. Ham, cheese, bread and olives for lunch. The refugios are clean and modern with excellent facilities. We are now at Estella which you can see on the Camino map. We left Pamplona 2 days ago, what a beautiful city. All the hill-top villages we pass through have been immaculately restored and look like film sets. The walking is severe to hard. Much wine flows and the occaisional brandy. Sadly we cannot put pictures on untill we return.
Jonathon, you would love this walk, We are sure it is harder than Everest base camp. Are you doing a blog for Everest?
Two pensioners
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I'm really thrilled for you both. Sounds like you're having a great adventure and an amazing experience. At 15 miles a day you're right, it's probably much harder than EBC, especially the number of days you're trekking. Enjoy it, take care of yourselves and keep blogging. Oh, and yes, I'll be blogging from Nepal whenever I can get access, even if it means borrowing someone's sat phone :-)
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