Day 3: Arantzazu – Araia – Eguino

This morning we left Arantzazu at 8:30 AM. It turned turned out to be a very long and tough day. We finally arrived at Eguino just before 6 PM. The first 2 hours were spent climbing a mountain. At the top we stopped at the shelter of Urbia where we had coffees in the bar at the shelter. One of the barman was also a shearer and he told me that he is about to leave the Basque Country for Taumarunui, New Zealand, where he will work for six months as a shearer.

Katherine, Peter, Don and Eric taking a break

The Australian members of the group (from left to right); Fr Paddy Mugavin, Katherine Stewart, Nicol Reynolds, Donald Stewart, Peter Davine, Fr Michael Smith SJ, and Eric May
The scenery on the road into Eguino
Somehow an English phone box found its way to outside the bar at Urbia
Our guide, Fr Josep Lluis Iriberri SJ, pondering the valley

One thought on “Day 3: Arantzazu – Araia – Eguino

  1. I hope that after a hard day, everyone gets a refreshing and re-energing sleep. May your packs be light and your spirits transcendent!

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