City planning on the hoof: How the Pamplona bull runners can shape the towns of the future

Those avoiding the bulls in Pamplona every year might be doing more than just running for their lives, reports Graham Keeley in Madrid

Several ‘mozos’ or runners are chased by bulls in Pamplona in 2016 (EPA)

It is one of the sights of the Spanish summer.

Every July, thousands of madcap chancers bet everything that they can just to try and outrun six fighting bulls let loose in the city of Pamplona during a week-long festival.

Millions more watch the San Fermin “running of the bulls” festival live on Spanish TV every year, some perhaps backing the bulls against the humans as the runners dash through the narrow streets of this northern city, trying to avoid being hurt by the creatures.