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Day one Homage to Brigit Jones
4Km done 702 to go. Blisters 0. (waist hip ratio 0.86....Ann Louise, this is really embarassing. I wasn´t goint to publish my weight on the internet so your suggestion seemed good, but I hadn´t measured my waist for YEARS. Thats so what middle age is all about!)

Anyway I´m on my way. After the 4Km (itself after the flight to Bilbao and the bus to Pamplona) I picked up my credencial from a rather stern but holy lady and set off. I spent my first night at a refugio run by the Knights of Malta which has crusade era roots when they specialised in moor-killing. Several firsts today. First long conversations with fellow`pilgrims, first outdoor wee, first cafe con leche.

The picture is the best my little eBay camera could do in the mist. Its at the top of a ridge near a forest of wind turbines. The ´horses´are metal, the little pilgrim is me!

So far so good