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I haven’t said much about the elevations but from Pamplona to Puente la Reina but it was HIGH!! Tin men, strange sculpture, greeted us at the top and. going DOWN is a nightmare..

I was glad to leave Estella. It was miles and miles of cornfields that have been harvested. I have never seen Hayricks so high. But what made me giggle was the vineyard and monks establishment that had water and WINE on tap!!  It was 8.30 am when we arrived there, so no way was I sampling it. But you have to see the picture.

If I saw a short cut across the field I would take it and although, I didn’t realise, this was an easy day, everyone has some part of their body, feet,toes, knees hat hurts so much that pictures do not tell the tale. For me, ….para mi…this beautiful country is hard working and poor and the farmers have a hard life. But everything is so well tended. I passed a farmer who had parked his tractor and was building a new raised vegetable bed on a plot an immaculate gardened site.  I had to take a picture. Someone passed by as I was taking it and said,

“Ah mY! Back to our reality”

I didn’t like that really but it was true.. What realit are we in? Can we always relate to our fellow human beings?

I forgot to say that I hadi a really bad bite from something so my calf muscle looked like something out of a movie….maybe I should have been burned at the stake  and let the Kights Templar come and save me. I’ve passed enough churches!

I arrive at Los  Arcos just before ….well miles before Logrono…and it started to feel good in the sense that it was early afternoon and a good rest…god you need to do that. I seem tonight Los Arcosto be in a hostel rather an hotel..It’s very bijou and huge lorries of hay and logs are streaming through the little central crossroads. I am so tired I can’t think straight and fall onto my bed on the second floor. 38 steps and NO ascenseur!!  My washing…which you have to do…hangs outside the window and I have to find a little village bar because I need a Gin and Tonic and some food.