Your legs are fresh, and your rucksack still feels like a stranger on your shoulders. That’s exactly as it should be. The Camino begins quietly here, without showing its teeth.
You leave Pamplona, the city of the Sanfermines. The streets slowly give way to fields and green hills. There’s some climbing and descending, but you never really feel it in your breath. The highest point is nothing much.
Still, almost six hours of walking is a long day for a first time. Your shoulders and feet won’t notice until later. So make time for a break. You arrive in Irurtzun without fanfare, with the satisfaction of a day that simply went well. Take it easy, the road is long enough.