Long day, lucky the sky was a little cloudy, gave us some respite from the heat. Left really early as we knew we had a haul today, and tomorrow for that fact. Out the door at 5.45 and into the country.It was a full moon this morning, so was easier to see the Way markers this early.

 On leaving the town, we passed the village church and it seemed so desolate at this time of the day ,but it had this presence about it with all the lights on and the iridescent skies behind it.

the sun started to rise at about 7am and we headed for the village of Viana, at the 3.5 hour mark, which is a long start for the day, I dived into a bakery for coffee and a pastry.

These shots were taken while sitting at a cafe having coffee. This is the town  hall in the Plaza de Los Fuero

From here its on to Longrono, this is the capital of the LA Rioja region of Spain,and renowned for its wine production. It sits on the river Rio Ebro, which surprisingly, is also Spain's largest river

As we entered the town, we came to the pilgrim fountain, after a hot day and lots of asphalt walking, my feet were a little toasty, so couldn't help myself but drop my feet in the cold water

twenty minutes later, there was the USA,Germany , England, France ,Italy and the canary islands, all babbling on about todays section of the Camino

I walked into town for a late lunch after checking in at the Albergue, seems the storks don't discriminate  when picking nest sights, this nest had babies

tomorrow is 31 km but hot and flat, to Najera, an old Roman stronghold.