Najera to Santo Domingo de la Calzada

A glorious day, the hemmed in paths of the Navarrese forests forgotten as we bounced through wide rolling fields.

What a gift to be here in spring, where the sun walks with you but doesn't punish, and the surroundings are green and swollen, not scalded and crisp. After two 28km+ days the 22 flew, and I thumped down the hill to Santo Domingo by noon, choosing not to push on a further 6km to the next town.

A section on both my big toes is numb, I assume we're building a callous but if not I suppose I can deal with that.Read more