The "Pastores"
These guys are responsible for getting the bulls to the Bull Ring. They have long sticks to hit the bulls with but if they think that anyone is endangering other people during the bull run they don't hesitate to use their sticks on them!!
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Date: July 12th 2006
As the title suggests the main reason for this blog is to tell you about Pamplona and the running of the bulls but I'll start where our Spanish experience begun and that is in San Sebastian. San Sebastian Baz and I had 4 days in San Sebestian and the main thing on our agenda for those 4 days was relaxing at the beach and rewinding after our hectic France tour. Unfortunately Baz felt a ... read more
Date: July 12th 2006
As the title suggests the main reason for this blog is to tell you about Pamplona and the running of the bulls but I'll start where our Spanish experience begun and that is in San Sebastian. San Sebastian Baz and I had 4 days in San Sebestian and the main thing on our agenda for those 4 days was relaxing at the beach and rewinding after our hectic France tour. Unfortunately Baz felt a ... read more
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