Irun / Hendaye to Bayonne and beyond
After being awake a lot for much of the night we were up at 5:45. We packed the bags and eventually went the short distance from the hostal to the railway station. We arrived there about 6:50 to check the information we had about trains to Bayonne. The train was stood in the station and due to go in just 4 minutes. Tickets were quickly bought courtesy of a lovely lady in the SNCF office; bikes and bodies were thrown on the train very rapidly and we were off. We arrived in Bayonne at 7:30, just 2 hours before our rendezvous with the bike bus. We ambled through Bayonne checking directions against the map that we had and we quickly found the F1 hotel that was our pick up point. We were first there but shortly joined by Janet who had also cycled to Santiago but she had cycled back too – much less stressful even if more time consuming! The bus had been held up crossing the Channel the day before so we received a text message telling us that the pick up would be about 10:30. It really didn’t matter – we had made it!
Once we were on the bus I went out like a light. I slept for about 4 hours during which time we had a tour of Toulouse and Lourdes before finally heading north, and home.
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