NewsWorld newsSpainThe 64-year-old Brit is believed to have lost his balance and fallen to his death at the Robo River in Puente la Reina, a historic town in the Navarre region of northern Spain13:58, 22 May 2026Updated 14:15, 22 May 2026A British pilgrim has died after falling into a northern Spanish river.‌The 64-year-old is believed to have lost his balance after trying to cross an improvised bridge made out of tree trunks near to a hotel.‌His body was discovered early this morning in the Robo River in Puente la Reina - a town along the famous Way of St James pilgrimage route to the Galician cathedral city of Santiago de Compostela. A local who made the grim discovery called the police.‌Officers arrived alongside firefighters and emergency medical responders, but there was tragically nothing they could do to save him.It is thought the unnamed man's body could have lay undiscovered for several hours as he had failed to turn up at the accommodation he had booked to sleep in that night.‌Local reports said he was found by the river bank near to a hotel called Hotel Jake, on the way out of Puente la Reina in the direction of Pamplona. Police were still investigating today although well-placed sources said everything was pointing to the man dying as the result of a tragic accident.The bridge he was trying to cross has been described as a 10ft high "improvised bridge" made out of tree trunks.In September 2019, an Irish pilgrim tragically drowned in northern Spain after taking a sunset dip in the sea at the end of his hike.‌Architect Timothy Kelleher, 35, had just completed the Way of Saint James pilgrim - a 500 mile walk that starts in France and finishes in the Galician cathedral city - before tragedy struck.Kelleher sadly died after bathing in the treacherous waters of the Atlantic in the Galician town of Finisterre.Many people who complete the five-week journey end up continuing after reaching Santiago to Cabo Finisterre, a rock-bound peninsula a five-day walk from the cathedral city which in Roman times was believed to be the end of the known world.Article continues belowThe tragedy involving the Irishman, from Ballyvourney in Co Cork, occurred at a beach called Mar de Fora which is known as being one of the most dangerous in the Finisterre area because of its strong currents.Choose Daily Mirror as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.‌Breaking NewsSpain