Sunday 8th October

I'm sitting in an apartment in Santo Domingo de la Calzada drinking ice water avoiding the searing afternoon sun and finally getting around to jotting a few thoughts and stats on a very important, albeit shortened, part of a stage Tiz and I had planned to start off our hopefully long adventure.

But, I'll go back a bit, briefly, to the pre-Camino part. After spending a fruitful five weeks in Hua Hin, Thailand, we set off for Paris, for three days. 

We covered some of the ground we had in previous visits, walked the route of  "C'etait un Rendezvous", here is a very short clip of it , and if you are interested in the making of this iconic video go here.

We spent some fun time with Duncan and Clare, whom we had previously arranged to have dinner with at L'Annexe Restaurant in Montmartre. They introduced us to a camembert called Coeur de Lion, which although relatively inexpensive and available in supermarkets, was exceptional.  

We then flew to Barcelona and had five days in Barcelona with our daughter Emma. We had also visited Barcelona in the past but Emma, who was now almost a "local" really showed us some of the better places to enjoy. It was a really good time being with her. 

We then caught a train to Pamplona where we stayed the night. The next day we caught a bus to St Jean Pied de Port, in France to commence our Camino.

We started our Camino on Thursday 28th September and by Friday October 6th October we had chosen, for various reasons, to end our walk having completed about 28% (227 kms) of the intended 795 kms. 

Here is the link to my app which contains all the statistics, photos and few thoughts on those 9 days.

If you do use the link above please beware that the measurements are Imperial as the app is American and when shared it seems to automatically convert from my chosen Metric to its standard Imperial.