Spain, Pamplona, 13 – 15 June 2022

Bayonne to Pamplona over the Western end of the Pyrenees. Maximum altitude 718m compared to 1,818m when I crossed over from Toulouse into Spain. Once I got past the villages in the foothills good ride through the mountains in fine and cool weather upto Elizondo.

Slow traffic

Farms

Cattle

Lone Rider going Uphill

Curves

In the right direction

Cloudy

Winding

Cattle

In need of TLC

Alpine

Cool

Elizondo – a Basque town in the mountains, made famous by Dolores Redondo in the Baztan Triology. Having read the books I had to see the town for myself and as I was passing through I stopped and walked around, very pretty. From there to Pamplona I joined up with a 4 lane highway with trucks, looks like they are headed for France by another route. Distance 104kms, time 2:44hrs.

Elizondo

The Church

Not the Bakery

Pretty

The Weir

The Bidasoa River

Main Street

Supermarket

Town Square

Pretty

Old Faithful

Digging for Gold

Trucks

Tunnels

Donkeys

Roadworks

Pamplona – where the Running of the Bulls takes place every year. This is where the bulls chase a crowd through the narrow streets of the town. The runners wear white with a red scarf and a few get gored every year while the Bulls finish up in the Bull ring where they will be killed. The city also has some impressive defensive fortifications and an interesting Church.