39.3km today means a too bigger day! I was up at 5am this morning little sleep again but feeling good after a good meal last night and a few Vino Tintos with new friends! Today leaving Torres Del Rio there were Gail force winds and a crazy storm so for three hours I walked straight into it with my leg giving me absolute hell every inch, being pitch black and getting lost several times and stalked by a wild dog! Today was the worst pain I had experienced and t...

Today I was up at 5:30 - once again couldn't sleep so well! The place I was staying was so good they through a free breakfast for us starting at 6 which included toast, jams, cornflakes, tea, coffee the perfect ingredients for a kickstart to today's walk! I left the hostel at 6:45am feeling great I threw my arms in the air actually! However twenty minutes down the road my knee started to give me hell and crippled me to a slow hobble so much so that when I stopp...

So once again couldn't sleep to well last night - awake since about 4am! Ended up getting up at 5:20am to a mass off pain from knees to back to toes - s*** I check blisters to find bad infection! So this has me worried as this is the number one reason people pull out of Camino! I tape blisters up chuck on my knee strap down a mammoth breakfast and take off in the pitch dark at around 6:10! So the first part of today's journey is all up hill and along with the p...

Start of third day, had a bit of trouble sleeping last night wondering how all my soar bits would handle today! Anyways I was up at 5:30 along with another 30-40 early birds! Today instead of rushing off in the dark I took my time had a good breakfast, dressed all my blisters and strapped my knee! Leaving Pamplona by about 6:30am and within 30 minutes was dripping sweat - I am now in real Spain! I walked about an hour and a half in the dark and made it out pas...

Ok so feeling good and ready to tackle another 20km I continue on from Larrasoana and make my way towards Pamplona! About an hour in I start to get some knee pain and begin to think why and what is the point of getting there in a hurry? Anyways I continue on realizing today was all about pace and I really didn't stop enough to smell the roses! I sat by a beautiful river for lunch and whilst cutting up a piece of bread for my lunch I put the knife straight throu...