Day 6 - Exhaustion and Doubt on the Camino : Zubiri to Pamplona
Exhaustion and Doubt on the Camino Today began at 5:30 am, just a few short hours after last night's soccer game came to an end. Our chosen albergue offered no breakfast, so we returned to the Cafe del Camino to enjoy a cafe con leche and chocolate croissant before re-crossing the bridge and heading onward towards Pamplona. We were joined by a fellow pilgrim we met last night as we set out, all of us hoping to cover as many kilometres as possible before the expected heat set in. Walking out of Zubiri At the far edge of Zubiri we learned why the guidebook classified the town as industrial when we passed the Magna facility, around which the landscape was clearly devastated by the mining and forestry industries. The narrow footpath cut through shoulder-high grass, and then turned to a set stone trail that passed by farms and horse pastures along a river way, and through several beautifully landscaped villages that had public fountains from which we were able t...