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India and Nepal 2022
St Jean Pied de Port to Orisson It's very misty this morning and very calm and still in the old town. The sun gradually burns off the mist to reveal the Pyrenees in the near distance and a lovely sunny day beckons. The first port of call is the 'pilgrims office' just across the street from the hostel. Here, in addition to getting a credencial, a passport to be stamped at each of the hostels on route, I collect the symbolic scallop shell to attach to my rucksack. Today is a short walk but a tough one. I am walking with Carol and Ed from North Carolina who I met yesterday. Carol is a journalist and Ed is a military consultant - already I am meeting really interesting people who lead interesting lives but who share a simple desire to walk the Camino. It's pretty much steep uphill as we enter the Pyrenees but the views are spectacular in reward. It's also very peaceful and silent all around with just a few cows and sheep in the fields for company plus a small number of other peregrinos heading up over the mountains. After leaving at 11 and not rushing to 'get there' we finally arrive at just after 3 o'clock in the afternoon at the auberge in Orisson. We are close to the Spanish border here and still firmly in the Basque Country as graffiti on local signposts remind us.
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