I’ve walked about 65 miles since I left the comfortable hotel room in Los Arcos three mornings ago. The weather has been unseasonably cold, …

I’ve walked about 65 miles since I left the comfortable hotel room in Los Arcos three mornings ago. The weather has been unseasonably cold, with reports of snow in some of the more mountainous areas. It seemed like a good idea to use the weather to put in some longer days that I wouldn’t enjoy in the hot sun.

Over the three days, I left the Navarra region where I first started in Spain, passed through La Rioja, and am now walking in Castilla y León. As I’ve moved along, the scenery has gone from fields of grain to vineyards and back to grain again.

The terrain has been relatively unchallenging since leaving the Pyrenees, other than the distances I’ve chosen. There are lots of flat stretches that are usually graveled or even paved.

Today the clouds opened up, so after two very long days, I decided to call it a day around 1 pm. My bag stayed completely dry, but I can’t say the same about what I was wearing.

After six days of walking, I was delighted to see the distance in kilometers beginning with the number 5. It was 790 km in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.

Vineyards.

High altar at the cathedral in Santo Domingo de la Calzada where I went to Mass last night. Sadly, they moved this over to the side as a museum exhibit and now have filled the enormous void with a Cranmer table, which of course continues to leave an enormous void.

This is what the sky looked like pretty much all morning today, when you could see the sky through the rain.

Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Belorado, 14.8 miles.

The altar of a parish church in Navarrete.

Pintxos and wine at a tapas restaurant in Navarrete. In this case, I was quite happy the albergue owner was not able to accommodate me for dinner.

Los Arcos to Navarrete, 25.4 miles.

Navarrete to Santo Domingo de la Calzada, 25.6 miles.