Snow!

The photo here was taken by a pilgrim yesterday at Roncesvalles. The passes are choked with snow, and at this point people have to walk on the highway to get from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Roncesvalles.

And it’s taking them two days.

I won’t have that kind of time, and I’m leaving in just over two weeks. Even assuming the snow is done by then, the locals are saying it’s going to be a morass of mud.

I’m seriously thinking of bagging the first trans-Pyrenee day and starting in Roncesvalles instead.

This has the added advantage of some level of certainty. I’ve got a bus ticket from Madrid to Pamplona, and there is a regular and frequent bus from Pamplona to Roncesvalles. Getting to Saint-Jean would require a taxi-share with fellow pilgrims, which is sort of catch as catch can.

We shall see what the situation is when I arrive.

Meanwhile, later this afternoon Francine and I are heading over to Saint James Cathedral in Seattle to get our Credentials stamped. Photos later!