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Bus from Bayonne to St Jean Pied a Port on a rainy day
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At our albergue the Gîte Compostella in St Jean Pied a Port
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Gîte Compostella in St. Jean Pied a Port France - our very first albergue
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the view back towards St Jean from the bedroom window of our albergue
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church in St Jean Pied a Port
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votive candles in the church in St Jean France at the beginning of our Camino
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our packs newly equipped with our pilgrim scallop shells
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poster in a restaurant in St Jean Pied de Port - Basque - apparently, what happens on the boat stays on the boat
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the street running past the pilgrim office in St Jean Pied de Port which followed downhill leads out of town and onward to Santiago- the Camino
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Linda, a newly equipped pilgrim
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the voluable Ken, whose heavy Manchester accent made him almost unintelligible
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picking up our new hiking sticks
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in St Jean Pied de Port France - the official beginning of our Camino
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a pilgrim is born! Linda heads down the Camino in St Jean Pied de Port
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Linda observes a group of Argentinian pilgrims posing for a group picture at St Jean Pied de Port
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1st day on the Camino, on the road from St Jean Pied de Port to Orisson
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At last! A pilgrim on the Camino at last! Out of St Jean and towards Orreson
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our first day on the Camino is steep and quickly takes us into the clouds
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at Orrison - looking back towards St Jean
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leaving St Jean behind but still in France. Linda and I stop at Orrison, a coveted first stop to break up the challenging climb up the Perines which Linda reserved months before - I'm so lucky to have such an organized and resourceful girlfriend!
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Princeton Rays give-away towels are our only towels for this pilgrimage
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Linda sporting the feral look I find so attractive - in return in return I start regrowing my beard
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Linda with a lovely and slightly sad Swede named Beau who had lost his wife last year
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early morning at Orisson on the Camino Santiago de Compostella
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Linda photographed me in my bright orange pancho walking through the chilly, wet and windy Perinnes on the way to Roncesvalles Spain from St. Jean Pied de Port
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fog makes the forest seem fantastic along the Camino Santiago de Compostella between Orisson near St Jean Pied de Port in France and Roncesvalles in Navarre Spain
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Linda slogging on through a wet windy day from Orisson towards Roncesvalles
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Linda enveloped by fog in the Perines above Orisson
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a glorious and miserable start to our Camino
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second day on the Camino, between Orisson and Roncesvalles in the Perines
