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Day 3: Saint Jean Pied de Port to Ourisson - 8 km |
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My Camino - Chapter 3 And so, we surrendered… we let go of any preconceived ideas we might have had and decided to have fun with whatever happened. After having tea (I brought my own Tetley tea in a baggie) and bread (no toast here) we left the safety of St Jean Pied de Port. And as soon as we walked through the town gates we were lost. Why is nothing ever easy? And then we found the sign. As we started our climb into the Pyrenees, we realized pretty quick that this was going to be harder than we had anticipated. As two enthusiastic hikers of the Kamloops, BC area, we thought this walk was going to be a cinch but we soon learned that the climb was different and more challenging than we had expected simply by way of it being steeper and taking longer than two hours to complete. Also, we came to realize that we needed to be on the lookout at all times for the yellow arrows that might potentially be painted anywhere, on rocks, fences, buildings otherwise we might end up somewhere else… as in lost… The first time I realized that we really needed to pay attention was when I spotted a yellow arrow on a rock on the ground indicating that we needed to turn off the path we had been on, it could so easily have been missed. We had been forewarned that it was important to watch for the arrows and shells at the time of our registration at St-Jean-Pied-de-Port but I thought the arrows would be as obvious as billboards. They’re not. Some are as subtle as a rock on the side of country road. It was important to be mindful even when deep in thought. |
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Contact me at webwitch@webwitch.ca
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