The pilgrim peleton started a bit like a 1982 austin allegro, with lots of whinging and grumbling from the female contingent. I think Sarah and the saddle were having a minor domestic.
Anyway, after a few km, a cake, some water and a hug, I am pleased to report the wife started speaking to me again! We made good, downhill, progress to Vitoria, where we stopped for breakfast. This was in the form of the biggest croissant and pain au chocolat you have seen.
After this the adventure really began, this was not due to a massive hill or some bad weather. Unfortunately we were at the mercy of the spanish road building network. Many roads were dead ends and many more incomplete.
In the end we did find a lovely village for lunch and were safe in the knowledge it was only 30km to the end of the day.
The route from here was again a pain. The tracks of the true Camino were too rough for our bikes, which meant finding roads in our general direction, easy you may think, but included more dead ends and carrying them over fences and down ditches. Still the scenery was stunning, made all the better by discovering vineyards around Haro.
Our moods were made all the better by discovering that Haro is the capital of Rioja country!!
I think today topped 32 deg and we both over heated on numerous occasions. I think tomorrow we will start earlier to miss the heat!
Quote from james for the day:
"Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry"
Particularly for Sarah at the start of the day and me with a cafe owner getting grumpy about our bikes.
Sarah is also rather pleased with herself as she has drawn level in the post box game with a last ditch call right by the hostel.
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