We have climbed mountains, crossed rivers and streams and re-homed a wild boar piglet but this is a Pilgrimage and so far it has not been particularly spiritual. Well this morning that was remedied as when I woke up the Lord was telling me that perhaps last night I consumed slightly more wine than was absolutely necessary for a pilgrim.
Today marks the last of our days walking at the eastern end of the Camino and we have reached the wine producing areas of Navarre and Rioja. We walked from Punta la Reina through to Estella taking in vineyards, olive groves, wheat and barley fields and enchanting small towns and villages.
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| The Pilgrims Bridge at Punta la Reina |
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| Our first vineyard |
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| The village of Cirauqui |
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| Grain fields and poppy fields |
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| Water |
One feature of the Camino is that there are frequent water fountains where you can refill your water bottles. At Irache (just beyound Estella) there is a fountain that dispenses red wine instead of water. Unfortunately it only dispenses 100 litres a day and when we arrived the days supply had been used up so we did not get any - another divine message perhaps?
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| Wine |
We are now going to journey to Logrono by coach before taking a train to Burgos and finally Sarria to start the last 100km along the Camino to Santiago. The next post will be from Logrono where it is fiesta time - sounds like a good excuse for some more wine!
Now this blog post makes me feel my parents are leading you astray Mr Harris!
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