~ Stage1~ Hendaye to Olhette.

Introduction

• This is in part so that Gites may be used for overnight accomodation.
• In part to organise that essential of the trail FOOD.
• To give a format to my web-pages.
• and what may sound obvious ~ A day's stage is a day in your life on the trail.

Hendaye.

View over Hendaye.

I stayed at a camping site who were kind to look-after my motorbike, and hit the trail at 8am. Oh a pleasant wander through the town ~ a bun ~ and then start to climb out through the suburbs ~ Slowly up ~ looking over the blue Atlantic ~ and finally a grassy hilltop ~ this is fine.
Down again ~ out and under the Autoroute ~ a village ~ then oh god! ~ and a mountain to climb! The river and Spain fall away below and a pleasant walking trail leads eventually to lunch on the col d'Osin (374m) and a nice stop and a rest. Oh I must be a mountain climber now!!
You can see "La Rhune" (900m) perched like a fairy castle atop it's peak ~ complete with mountain railway ~ I hope we don't have to climb that! Then over another hilltop is a Spanish shopping center ~ had me foxed and entertained for an hour buying food for the evening and next day. So I camped soon after atop a hill ~ amongst ruins ~ shade ~ and a wonderfull water supply. 4hrs 40m in the book ~ but it had taken me all day!

Page created: 16th July 1988. Last modified: 26th July 1998.