Hike o therapy
The journeys of a Cornish gardener hiking through Northern Spain
LIVE ON TRAIL Camino del norte : Irun to San Sebastian
Distance : 26km
Elevation gained : 823 meters
Elevation list : 820 meters
Difficulty : moderate
So what a lovely day; scenery, weather and San Sebastian was the perfect treat at the end of the day! I love this city!
Hiking wise it’s been pretty hard but nothing more than your average day of Basque walking. I left the albergue at 7.30 and was at pasaje de san juan at 11.30. I fully thrashed that first elevation gain, I even suprised myself because I thought my rucksack was over weight but looks like the kitchen sink can come with me after all! No I don’t want to down play it too much because it was a steep climb. I took the high alpinista route (of course, its all about the views 😍)
So San juan is an epic little place with Basque flags hanging down from these traditional Basque houses overlooking this slightly industrious but beautuful port. It was nice catching the boat- I’m at home on a boat and really happy when I’m on/in/by the sea.
Then the steps came and my stamina was all down hill from there and the hill step climb nearly broke me! Think I was flagging a bit cos I had not eaten enough and I barely slept last night due to lots of snorers. I took a break and ate a couple of oranges and some cashew nuts and that gave me turbo power to follow the coastal route to San Sebastian!
What a lovely walk too – makes me proud to be part of such a beautiful country.
I think I lost the camino on the way into the city but I just headed debajo, debajo, down and more down untill I came to a bar for a (massive) caña and to charge my phone to arrange accomodation.
My GPRS ran out of battery and I really need to suss out how I manage a better set up as my phone battery only lasts a few hours which is nowhere near enough! I need to sort that out for my next adventure but for now I am going to bed in a hostel for surfers and is an absolute bargain 19€ for a luxury hostel. It worked out well not having GPRS else I would have ended up at another albergue with more snorers and noisy sleepers. Instead I am in a nice room with lots of young girls and I’m not being sexist or age-ist but they really don’t look like snorers!
Photos are all on my other phone which does not have wi fi so I will update a better and more comprehensive blog post once I have got home with much more visual interest. The LIVE ON TRAIL posts are short and sweet.
Nice blog — to save battery time swipe all of your aps, especially the GPS and maps. You probably do but just thought I would mention it.
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Thankyou!!! I think i am going to disable all apps and get one of those mean battery packs, hopefully that should be enough, thanks again 😁
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Sounds like a great day. A boat ride and sea views always make me happy. 🙂 🙂
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It was the perfect day for it. Thanks for reading 🙂
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Oh my goodness, I am following your lovely blog and will be behind you on the CDN by a year. What a gift to my planning and my anticipation. Thank you!
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Fantastic, I hope you enjoy reading. I am only doing the CDN in stages, hopefully I will have finished it by next year!
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Maybe we’ll even cross paths at some point! Enjoy your trek!
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Loved the blog, and have just finished my first serious walk and blog EVER. Going back to do the Ingles in September.
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Well done!!! Good luck with the Ingles and thanks for swinging by 😁
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Thank you for stopping by and following.
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Doing my second Camino Frances soon. Then it’s the portugues, maybe el norte after that.
Kenneth
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Good luck Kenneth, wishing you a buen camino whichever route you take
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We fly to Paris tomorrow and plan to start the Camino del Norte on Friday. Thanks for the follow and for blazing the trail for us!
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Fantastic good luck-your in for a treat, hopefully the weather will be clear by then 😁
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hi Tamar ,was so pleased someone read my blog(am getting back into blogging) that i went onto yours ,only to discover you are on the Norte which i am thinking of doing in September ,so will follow you now .I liked your account of the beginning and look forward to reading more .Buen camino
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Aaah fantastic! Keep on blogging – its always a pleasure to have a read. I may even bump in to you on the Norte as I am doing it in stages. Thanks for swinging by and wish you a buen camino 😁
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Buen Camino Tamara!!!
https://eurosuntor.wordpress.com/2016/09/03/camino-de-santiago-photos/
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