Day 7: Estella to Los Arcos

Day 7

A nice selection start today, getting out and seeing stars and a sunrise was beautiful. With Caroline from Birmingham we walked through town to the monastery/winery which has a wine fountain for pilgrims! It felt only right to have a few mouthfuls from my shell, and it was surprisingly good, even at 8:30am.

We saw a lot of familiar faces our ritual Cafe con leche stop before pushing on through the heat. I was pretty excited for lunch, having found an empanada bigger than an a4 sheet of paper! I did share this however and still had some leftover for afternoon tea.

We saw Albert again who is a lovely Korean man doing the Camino in cross! Always a smile on his face, legend.

I spent a lot of the heat walking with Laurent who use to own a small butter and jam factory! Lovely guy who had just heard about an impending 2nd grandchild. He'd walked out the door of his house in the Puy valley in France. We talked about rugby which was great, not many other fans on the trail so far.

Los Arcos (the arches) is another small yet beautiful online, with a staggering cathedral given the size of the the town. Today's 21km was a bit of a rest before tomorrow's 27km to Logroño, but will be nice to be in a big city again.

A few beers and dinner with our Camino crew was a lovely finish to the day. I also joined German Rami for some yoga before bed which was much needed for the legs. The man is like rubber and made me think I'd probably benefit from a few more sessions.

I also went into the Cathedral, which was stunningly decorated as usual, and was lucky enough to hear the choir practising! They also had a harpsichord and an organ that looked like something out of Pirates of the Carribean. Incredible atmosphere in the dark.Read more