Hello, we are still in Navarra. Today we only walked about 16km as yesterday we made it from Elizondo (202m) all the way to Collado de Adatun (1213m.
Saturday we decided to stay for a day in Elizondo (two nights in total)for three reasons:
1. We were absulutely shattered after walking 30km for two days in succession.
2. Elizondro is a really lovely, attractive and friendly place. Very Basque, interesting architecture, good food and laid back. So we found a good place to eat, had a few beers and I did some knitting in the local bar.
3. There was a weather warning not to go out. Good reason to stay put.
Disadvantages? It has rained every day so far, the rivers are high and there have been landslides in the mountains (which means everywhere around here).
Last night (Sunday) we camped at Collade de Atun which I think is the watershed between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean (I may be wrong). It was fun to wild camp for the first night but we were in mist and then rain. We got a camp fire going but I was really damp in my sleeping bag. But today has been great for walking through beech forested valleys and fording streams (no bridges here!)We passed through the Barranoc Odia valley which was amazingly beautiful - ferns, moss, flowers, salamanders and lots of water! Had lunch (with wine) in a little bar where one of their dogs ran off and ate the inner sole of my left hiking boot, which I thought was a bit of a disaster until the lady running the place came out with two new ones. Perhaps her dogs makes a habit of this...
Then more climbing to the top of another hill in glorious sunshine alongside cows (with bells round their necks) looking back over wooded valleys. Looked like a scene out of ´The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Music´, then down again to where we are now. Fortunately have booked into a hostel where we have showered, washed clothes and hit the bar and now waiting for food. Mmm, Spanish food! I love it.
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