What's the Jaca?

Today we have moved a shortish distance north to Jaca. When I was a child there was a childrens program called Jackanory and it became (at least in my world) a rhyming slang, what's the jackanory? What's the story. Of course I shortened it to what's the jaca? So here is the Jaca.

Jaca allows us to tick off another province and complete an autonomous region. We have now done all three provinces of Aragón because Jaca is in Huesca. The weather on the journey has been pretty bad with a lot of rain and it is pretty cold. A bit like Scotland on a good day!

We managed a quick walk into the town centre and were astonished by the number of people going about the town. It was pretty busy and we did not really undertsand why. You are probably aware of the Camino de Santiago which is a famous walk along the north coast of Spain ending at Santiago de Compostela. Well such walks have to start somehwre and there are several potential starting points and apparently Jaca is one of the first major stops on the Aragonese way. So all of these, well many of these people must be walking the pilgrimage. Better them than me because it is currently tipping it down.

Jaca is also famed for another Pentagon. It looks pretty special from the air but is rather inconspicuous on a cold damp March day. The picture below is the Pentagon.


This is the thing from the air (a bit more spectacular than my photo)


A couple of days here in Jaca and then we were intending to head into France but the weather forecast is not so good so we might divert westwards to avoid crossing the Pyranees directly. Snow is forecast over the Pyranees and I would rather not be in it thank you very much. Think we'll head along towards Pamplona and head for the coast before turning northwards again.

Jaca looks like a place worth visiting again but in the summer time. Some of you might be wondering about Mountie Jack who was with us on previous trips. Well he is here and I believe that he has tholed his assize so you might be seeing him again soon. Let's hope so because I have been missing him.

Take care 
D&S and MJ

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