Walking ALONE - First Day on the CAMINO FRANCES | Camino de Santiago 2023 | 1/17

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ℹ️Stats - Day 1 - First Day on the Camino!
Date: Tuesday 2nd May
Weather: sunny ☀️
From: St Jean Pied du Port 🇫🇷
Start time: 7.30am
To: Roncesvalles 🇪🇸
End time: 1.14pm
Terrain: main roads, countryside, wooded areas, through towns and small villages

Accommodation: Albergue 🛏️
🥾Miles: 16.4 miles
🦶Steps: 33,821

💰Costs:€10 bed in the basement!

Challenges: I’m annoyed with myself as I wanted to take the high route through the Pyrenees and ended up taking the lower route. Which I don’t think is as pretty. There was lots of road walking - along main roads which were very twisty with no hard shoulder. Which made the walking uncomfortable as the cars were very close and going very quickly!

I arrived at the Albergue at 1.14pm and there were already about 50 people ahead of me.

It was confusing as to what was going on! I had no idea, getting forms filled in, one queue for one thing, another queue for something else. Getting my stamp. All very hectic. Too many people. I think that’s going to be my hardest challenge!!

ℹ️Stats - Day 2 - Wednesday 3rd May
Weather: sunny ☀️ & hot 🥵
From: Roncesvalles
Start time: 7.30am
To: Zubiri
End time: 1pm ish — got checked in by 1.30pm
Terrain: rocky, lots of steep descents, woody forests and concrete paths.

Accommodation: Albergue, 🛌

🥾Miles: 16
🦶Steps: 33,443
Total miles completed: 32/500

💰Costs: €12 bed, €19 food shop - chicken, bacon, tomato soup, onion, avocado, crisps, red pepper, tangerine 🍊 x2, manchego cheese. = €31

Subjective feeling out of 10 on:

Enjoyment: 8/10
Fatigue: 7/10
Ease of terrain: 5/10

Challenges: the stress of making it to the albergue to get a bed for the night. It motivates me to move quickly and not to take rest breaks.

Highlights: the weather was incredible- glorious sunshine ☀️, blue skies all day. Getting a bed at the albergue, taking a shower 🚿, sunbathing in the afternoon and enjoying the day 🥳


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