To Puente La Reina.. We've done 102 kms!!

Another beautiful day. Our climb up to the summit was breathtaking.. Both strenuous wise and view.. I have a seperate blog on that.

We have about ten days of walking plains and valleys  ahead of us.

Some photos from today. I'm pretty tired as we got in after 6.30 pm.

We met up ( again) with the lovely french family when we stopped at a bar. Lauren made Lilly a beautiful friendship bracelet while we rested.  Such a cute kid.

Church of Santa Maria Eunate

Simply stunning 8th century church in the Validarze Valley.. The info boards hint that it was a knights templar church refuge and hospital, bulit to shelter pilgrims along the way . Back then , of course, much of Spain was under the control of Muslims so being a Christian was adangerous  undertaking. 

We arrived too late to go inside - today was a festival day and though there were no signs, we assumed the care takers just closed up when they felt like it( thats normal practice for most things here )

The church is an exact feplica apparently of one in Jeruselum. It has a sacred number of arches and lots of symbogy i side. I was gutted not to have seen them.

There is an albergue here too, which I had hoped to stay in... But it too was closed!

Ahh well.. Onward

The Summit

We had plans on waking and getting to the  summit for dawn( insert gales of laughter here) Sadly Morgan has been pretty hard to raise. I am thinking I need the title of necromancer soon.

Anyway, we had a quick breaky at the bar ( orange juice, super yummy hot fresh pane and potato totilla) and set off for the steep incline.. The photos below will tell you what a glorious morning it was and WHAT a view!!