Twenty five kilometers over the Pyrenees is no joke under any circumstances. Add a 8kg pack, no training and jet lag and it’s bad! A few weeks before leaving I’d decided to stay over halfway at Orisson and got booked into their overflow gite at Kayola. Turned out to be a good choice, considering. The first few kms out of St Jean aren’t too bad. Plenty of undulating hills through green fields and guest houses. Then, suddenly, a few hundred meters before the hotel at Honnto, everything changes. A do-able walk becomes a very very steep uphill climb. With my pack and my fitness (both bad) a pleasant walk quickly…