Back to Arnedillo

We left Santo Domingo de silos just after 9am and took a very windy road towards the city of Soria where we filled up with diesel and then continued another 50 miles up into the mountains of the La Rioja region and to one of our favourite places Arnedillo.
We arrived in Arnedillo at 12:45pm and we filled up with water and emptied our toilet before finding a parking spot next to 2 other moho’s. Then I had a shave and a shower before putting my trunks on and then Ellie and I wandered down the very steep hill over the high street and down to the hot springs.
There were already around 15 people in them but the coldest one at 37°c was empty so we got straight in there.
Every 5-10 minutes u would get out and immerse myself in the ice cold river next to the hot springs and then get back in and gradually as people left I moved up the 3 pools into the hottest one which is a constant 40°c. We sat in there for about 20 minutes baking our brains and relaxing before we started the walk home back up the very steep hill.
Back at Wanda we had a late lunch and were joined by the stray cats which was great as I’d brought some cat food from home and we brought extra biscuits during our last shop. Most of the cats were very skittish except for one silver one who was super friendly and kept coming back for cuddles even when the food had run out.
We spent the rest of the afternoon chilling out in the sun until a couple of vanlifers came up and pinched the bench behind us. Fortunately once they had, had dinner they left. Then we mainly fed the cats for the rest of the evening.Read more