Growl, double growl and thrice growl: it´s a good job that our paws aren´t letting us down as technology certainly is.
Yesterday we published (using what we thought was a working wi-fi connection) a post telling you all about our first impressions of the Camino in Spain and how it differs to France. Our iPod clearly thought it was posted, but the internet doesn´t seem to think it has received anything, and we rather think our fine work is lost, never to be seen again.
Then at lunch time our bear iPod died in exactly the same way as our minders´did a few weeks ago. It requires the Fred hammer treatment to bring it back to life, but we have decided this time to be brave bears and to try and live without it for the rest of our trip, rather than try and manage the travel logistics again. It does mean that our posts may start to dry up and only appear when internet terminals are available. We trust you will understand and we will try and catch up when we can. In the meantime keep reading our minders´blog (see friends sites) for all the news.
In a very brief summary, before our twenty minutes run out, what we were hoping to say to you was:
a) we are enjoying the walk in Spain and especially the fact that there are a lot more off road paths than in France.
b) our hopes that October would be a quiet time were completely wrong. It is very busy and the 100+ bed dorms that we though we would have to ourselves are nearly full. Everything is well run though and a good spirit prevails and everyone mucks in well together. The crowds do take a bit of getting used to though.
c) there are lots of new friends to make and lots more nationalities than on the Le Puy route. We had a great Pilgrim meal 2 night ago with a Swede, a Belgian and a German. Fortunately everyone speaks English, which is just as well as our Spanish dictionary died with our iPod.
d) we really enjoyed Pamplona yesterday and it is a fine city. We staged our own, out of season bull run, and we will share the photo with you when we can. We even managed to get our fur cut!
We´ll be back when we can,
Lots of love, the Camino Bears xxx
SJ254784 - nr Llanfair Hill - 430 m
8 years ago
3 comments:
Oh dear Fred is flying out hammer in his paws right now! If it's any consolation our Minder's Iphone has broken too so there's obviously some gremlins about. Glad you're surviving without though - guess the lack of a phrase book makes for some interesting mimes! Hope you continue to enjoy yourselves though.\\
Hi - Fred here. One thing to try before whacking it with a hammer:
- do a soft reset: hold down the power button (on top) & the home button (at the bottom on the front) for 10 secs until the apple logo appears
In theory this should take the iPod out of recovery mode
Beary hugs
Fred
Felow Bears don't dispair. When I was building T5, I had similar problems with all the technology bits and pieces. I found a few weeks in sunny Spain and the problems with the baggage handling system all went away ! - or maybe they didn't seem so important ?!
Hope you all enjoy the rest of your trip.
Love from T5 Wilbur.
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