So many vines and so many ripe, sweet grapes.

Just as the street lights ended, it was light enough to see where you were going.

Different towns seem to like to have their own style of directional markers.

Harvesting the grapes, like we have been doing most mornings😊.

Josh is a big lad and if you fall off your bike you go down hard.

A shelter from the summer heat of the day or maybe today's rain.

Very trusting on two counts, one you pay for what you take and two no-one steals the donations box

You certainly wouldn't miss this pilgrim hostel.

There was a complementary bottle of wine, though the decanter said to me it needed to breathe, a lot.

I'm not sure I would want to live in a little house at the bottom of a huge cliff.

Back on the Road

September 20, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

Started in the dark this morning, with it getting just light enough as the street lights ended around two miles from the hotel. Today's surfaces were great and although we did just over 430m of climbing most of it was a manageable gradient. It did rain for an hour but that didn't seem to slow us down. We got into Najera just before 1pm, we were amazed how the time seemed to fly by today.

About 4hrs in, Josh, who we'd met again yesterday afternoon, caught us on his bike and stopped for a chat. He had his left hand and knee bandaged, as less than an hour ago, he tried taking a photo whilst cycling and ended up hitting the deck quite hard. It seems as though there is no special protection for pilgrims! This was the last we will see of him as he will be in Leon in 5 days time, we will be there in 13 days time.

This seems to be the first place we have stayed in that doesn't have a medieval background. Seems much more modern yet at the same time a bit run down.

Logroño to Najera
Distance: 17.61
Time: 5hrs 54mins
Speed: 3mphRead more