Honto... between SJPP and Roncesvalle

[Joe and Lydia Banales]

Thank you all for your help. I'm now quiete clear on the location of the
gite. I particularly appreciate Joe's insights. We're probably going to
arrive in SJPP in the early afternoon and I wanted to get some walking
done that day. However, we're probably going to walk the Val Carlos
route because it is less strenuous and a little shorter. Hopefully next
time we'll be in better condition to walk the route Napoleon. Lydia

Paul Newfield wrote:

> 'Hunnto' is on the Route Napoleon... It is listed in Millan Bravo's "A
> Practical Guide for Pilgrims...", p.43, but listed as 'Untto'.  Phone
> # listed as: (05 59 37 11 17) In "El Camino de Santiago a pie" (El
> Pais/Aguilar, 1999), p.64-65, it is called 'Honto'. OBSERVATION:  The
> pilgrim will notice that places along the camino do NOT necessarily
> have only one name; often they have two names, and other times more.
> In Basquelandia the names are always different, and bear no similarity
> to one another at all.  Further along the camino, in the area of
> Galicia, the sounds of the place names will be similar, but the
> spelling different.  Apparently travel writers are seldom attentive to
> these different names for the same place, and it can be a source of
> confusion. Paul Newfield
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Joe English
>      Subject: Re: gite between SJPP and Roncesvalle
>       On Sun, 1 Sep 2002 13:22:27 -0700, Joe and Lydia Banales
>      <lydiaaBANALES.NET> wrote:
>
>      >Could someone please clarify if the gite is on the Val
>      Carlos route or
>      >the Napoleon route. Thanks. Lydia
>      >
>      >
>      As you now know the Gite is at Hunnto.
>      Regarding staying there, if that is your intention, here is
>      my tuppence
>      worth ......
>      I do not feel that one has put sufficient distance from SJPP
>      for this to be
>      an adequate 'midway' point for those who are concerned about
>      the walk to
>      Roncesvalles. The distance is something like 6 km, and is by
>      no means the
>      most 'vertical' part of that particular section. Also if you
>      get to the
>      gite early in the day there is NOTHING to do there. It is
>      literally a farm
>      building on its own.
>      When we left SJPP (at 10:45 AM on day one) full of
>      trepidation, the lady in
>      the office in SJPP strongly suggested that we stay in Hunnto
>      that night,
>      and then move on in the morning. Our original plan was to
>      walk to
>      Roncesvalles, but she talked us out of it. Anyway when we
>      got to the Gite
>      it began raining, and poured for about an hour. The lady in
>      the gite
>      allowed us to shelter outside, and closed her doors and
>      curtains. We felt
>      very unwelcome. We had intended staying there, but her
>      unfriendliness
>      helped us decide to walk on to Roncesvalles. When the rain
>      cleared we
>      continued and got to Roncesvalles at about eight PM (I
>      think).
>      Now to the main point of my note (sorry about the negativity
>      above)....If
>      one were planning to use the stop at Hunnto, a good plan
>      would be to arive
>      at SJPP in the afternoon, spend some time looking around the
>      town and then
>      walk to Hunnto in time for dinner. I often regret that I did
>      not spend any
>      time in SJPP, as it is a beautiful town in it's own right.
>      Like most
>      Perigrinos I got in on the train and got on the Camino as
>      fast as
>      possible.  Next time ....
>      Best regards
>      Joe
>
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