Los Arcos to Logrono

Los Arcos to Logrono – video 1

Los Arcos to Logrono – video 2

When you prepare for the worst, it sometimes doesn’t happen.  So the caper with the leaking boots turned into a standard Blagaich fiasco with Amazon being abandoned because they don’t deliver overnight in Spain.  Necessity being the mother of invention, I discovered I had a heavy duty plastic bag in my luggage and Anne from Oregon (who doesn’t travel without gaffa tape) provided the means to affix said plastic bags….and so waterproofing was created!  Put on wet weather gear, cover back packs in wet weather protectors and commence walking waiting for the predicted deluge….NOTHING….NOT A DROP….continue to leave on wet weather gear until close to expiring from heat exhaustion – remove wet weather clothing and undo protective heavy duty plastic covers and gaffa tape (because everyone wishes you Buen Camino and continues staring at your boots).  Lori in the mean time goes to Church, pays the lady a Euro, gets a photo and is now on the path to redemption (SHE THINKS).  Our Camino group which includes Anne from Oregon (with the gaffa  tape which is now depleted by a metre), Gary from Hunter Valley,  Maggie from Newcastle, Lori and me all managed to take turns walking with each other somewhere along the 29km today.  Anne had us in fits because she has taken to downloading musicals and listening to them on the road to Santiago…today was “Fiddler on the Roof”.  Very disconcerting when she comes up behind you singing “If I were a rich man” on the Camino.  I am going to suggest that she goes for “Man of La Mancha” to keep up the Spanish theme.

Probably the most interesting sight today was the 12th century cathedral that was demolished during the Spanish civil war – spectacular in its deconstruction.

Tonight we are in Logrono and enjoyed Pinxos for dinner…again.  Tomorrow we head off at 8.00 to Najera – 29.4 km away.  We don’t think too much about this distance anymore, just start walking!