Pamplona

An early morning fisherman trying his luck in a pool under a bridge.

 El Camino follows the banks of the river for most of the day from Zubiri to Pamplona. A mill and a bridge on the outskirts of Pamplona.

 The medieval bridge into the centre of the city.

 A cross at which pilgrims would pray before entering the old walled city.

 Some of the defences of the town, a bartizan overlooking the bridge.

 Another bartizan.

 Some of the massive walls that defend the city.

 The Frances Gate.

 One of the bastions protecting the gate.

 And the gate itself.

 There is plenty to see in the city and I stopped off first at the cathedral.

 And I took a few photos of the many great buildings.

 The Cafe Iruna made famous by Hernest Hemingway as he stayed he when he visited the city which he did for three decades.

 Another pretty building in the Plaza del Castillo.

 One of the streets where they run the bulls, the festival made famous by Ernest Hemingway's book The Sun also Rises published in 1926.

 The Town Hall

 And after visiting some of the sights, it was time to get up and move on the next morning, passing the giant citadel ordered by Felipe II to a design by Italian military architect Giacomo Pelearo and built between 1571 and 1645.

 More of the earthworks and bastions.

 And then it was along a pretty stream to get out of the city,

 and over a railway but there were no trains although I did linger for a while on the off chance.

 A church en route.

 And then it was on to Puente de la Reina and this pretty little village perched on top of a hill at Cirauqui.