well that day ..what can we say except MUD, MUD , MUD ..it is very hard and slow going with an extra 2kgs of mud per boot attached!!!!! there will be some good photos of that coming..
Very windy at the top of mountain where for some reason they had cleverly located a wind farm!! wind Turbines as far as the eye could see in both directions..we could still see them days later. Beautiful metal statues of pilgrims at the top here..just managed a photo before freezing to death and blown down the other side!!
Arrived that nite in Puente la Reina ..yet another beautiful old town with another beautiful church and another beautiful medieval bridge...we jest here..but it is almost like a dream..beauty everywhere we go...we just ohh and ahhh when we arrive in each town.
Sunday Morning we left via the bakery..smoking bakery that is..did you know that they smoke EVERYWHERE in Spain??? we feel we are now smokers!! anyway, got our breakfast and walked out of town over the medieval bridge.. 7c when we left and very windy..chris´´s snow burn became wind burn today.
Passed thru Maneru and Cirauqui...old quaint villages..all quiet as it was Easter, no-one around..just church bells tolling. Leaving Cirauqui we walked on a Roman road..quite amazing.
Passed the San Miguel factory then went up to the Monastry c1063!!!!!!
that night we went to Ayegui just out of Estella, stayed in a YMCA it was Frezzing!!!!! Stuffed by the time we got there, just dragging one foot in front of the other and that town was of course at the top of a hill...have we told you there are a lot of hills out here????? For all our Swain Train gang...parts of it are just like the bloody hills we trained on out in the hinterland !!! no kidding..but harder of course with a 10kg pack!!
Next morning we woke up to ¨¨Bolero¨¨ playing upstairs ...a gentle way to wake the snoring pilgrims.. ready to go for another day!!
table service for breakfast, served by the smoking kitchen hand..no kidding!!!
Walked to a place called Villamay de Monjardin where we were greeted by a cute ..yes cute, Spanish man..Amy ..he was a cute spanish man..thought of you.. he offered us a coffee, how could we say no.. ¨¨) this was one of the Albergues that you just make a donation at..we could have stayed there, but alas , we had only walked for 2hours..would never make it across spain if we stopped that often!!
Passed lots of Olive trees and vineyards this day..spectacular mountain views, we took photos but they wont do them justice, will just have to remember them..
Could have stopped at Los Arcos this night, but it was only 2pm, siesta time, so we kept going another 2hrs to Torres del Rio ...a 12 Century hillside village with historical octoganal church (closed). Will post about this night later , it deserves its own post....
We have to go now as we have to get to Najera before night..27kms away..did we tell you that..so think of us when you are having your breakfast lunch or dinner, or sitting down watching the tellie, or hard at work or whatever normal people do..we will be thinking of you all with each step we take..sob sob....
keep the comments coming..that inspires us to blog on.... xxx
Very windy at the top of mountain where for some reason they had cleverly located a wind farm!! wind Turbines as far as the eye could see in both directions..we could still see them days later. Beautiful metal statues of pilgrims at the top here..just managed a photo before freezing to death and blown down the other side!!
Arrived that nite in Puente la Reina ..yet another beautiful old town with another beautiful church and another beautiful medieval bridge...we jest here..but it is almost like a dream..beauty everywhere we go...we just ohh and ahhh when we arrive in each town.
Sunday Morning we left via the bakery..smoking bakery that is..did you know that they smoke EVERYWHERE in Spain??? we feel we are now smokers!! anyway, got our breakfast and walked out of town over the medieval bridge.. 7c when we left and very windy..chris´´s snow burn became wind burn today.
Passed thru Maneru and Cirauqui...old quaint villages..all quiet as it was Easter, no-one around..just church bells tolling. Leaving Cirauqui we walked on a Roman road..quite amazing.
Passed the San Miguel factory then went up to the Monastry c1063!!!!!!
that night we went to Ayegui just out of Estella, stayed in a YMCA it was Frezzing!!!!! Stuffed by the time we got there, just dragging one foot in front of the other and that town was of course at the top of a hill...have we told you there are a lot of hills out here????? For all our Swain Train gang...parts of it are just like the bloody hills we trained on out in the hinterland !!! no kidding..but harder of course with a 10kg pack!!
Next morning we woke up to ¨¨Bolero¨¨ playing upstairs ...a gentle way to wake the snoring pilgrims.. ready to go for another day!!
table service for breakfast, served by the smoking kitchen hand..no kidding!!!
Walked to a place called Villamay de Monjardin where we were greeted by a cute ..yes cute, Spanish man..Amy ..he was a cute spanish man..thought of you.. he offered us a coffee, how could we say no.. ¨¨) this was one of the Albergues that you just make a donation at..we could have stayed there, but alas , we had only walked for 2hours..would never make it across spain if we stopped that often!!
Passed lots of Olive trees and vineyards this day..spectacular mountain views, we took photos but they wont do them justice, will just have to remember them..
Could have stopped at Los Arcos this night, but it was only 2pm, siesta time, so we kept going another 2hrs to Torres del Rio ...a 12 Century hillside village with historical octoganal church (closed). Will post about this night later , it deserves its own post....
We have to go now as we have to get to Najera before night..27kms away..did we tell you that..so think of us when you are having your breakfast lunch or dinner, or sitting down watching the tellie, or hard at work or whatever normal people do..we will be thinking of you all with each step we take..sob sob....
keep the comments coming..that inspires us to blog on.... xxx
You girls are myth busters. Since 1956 in My Fair Lady the world has assumed that "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain".
ReplyDeleteYou have bustered the myth. Go forward one day at a time. Adam and Jamie
can't believe that this sports mad pom is cheering on two ozzies,but I am.
ReplyDeleteso jealous.
Ian and Rosie
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
ReplyDeleteYour next dream is around the bend or over the hill.
We are all looking forward to your next report
we can only imagine the experience from these and we thank you. xsvug
Keep going girls, we are very proud of you back here, us Aussie girls can do anything and more (easy for me to say back here in comfort). Can't wait for some pics, walk on, blog on and remember we are all thinking of you constantly and we love you xxxxx
ReplyDeleteGail (zee weeping witch) xx :)
So I trust you gave him my number??
ReplyDeletelol Great blog!!!
Go legends!!!
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Hi Gals,
ReplyDeleteI can relate to your walking in mud story. We just spent a week camping in Broken Head and it rained everyday. The mud was so thick it was gross, but we had fun nonetheless!
Sounds like you're enjoying your adventure! Enjoying your blog. Love Le xx