Fiesta Jaime Valdeolmillos
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THE BULLRING The town was getting ready for the fiesta. Workmen put up the gate-posts that were released from the corrals and came running through the streets in the morning on to their way to the ring. The next two days in Pamplona were quiet, and there were no more rows.
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THE BULLRING
The town was getting ready for the fiesta. Workmen put up the gate-posts that were
released from the corrals and came
running through the streets in the morning on to their way to the
ring.
The next two days in Pamplona were quiet, and there were no more rows.
The workmen dug holes and fitted in the timbers, each timber numbered for its regular place.
THE PICADOR
TIMBERS
Out on the plateau beyond the town employees of the bullring exercised picador horses, galloping them stiff-legged on the hard, sun-baked field behind the bullring.
The big gate of the bullring was open, and inside the amphitheatre was being
swept. The ring was rolled and sprinkled, and carpenters replaced weakened or
cracked planks in the barrera.
Standing at the edge of the smooth rolled sand you could look up in the empty stands and see old women sweeping out the boxes.
