Laguardia -> Vitoria (-> Iruņa/Pamplona), 49km
Awoken after 6am by hymns being sung by small choir, progressively down the Calle Mayor from the Iglesia de Santa Maria de los Reyes. Rest for a while, then get up and wrestle with Lisa’s rear brake pads for ages. After a coffee, on the road around 9:30am back the way we came, pausing at the ancient burial mound of El Sotillo. Into a hard, steep 14% climb up the face of the Sierra de Toloņo Mendilerroa to Puerto Herrera (1,109m). This time the cloud is on the north side and it’s a chilly descent to Peņacerrada where we take a coffee break. Continue briskly to Puerto Vitoria, deciding it’s too chilly to picnic and drop to Vitoria. Find supermercado, then cycle to Park Florida and find a sheltered grove to eat our lunch. We are visited by two drunk hombres who wish us “buen viaje” and we give them our remains of jamon and pan. Drink coffee and read newspapers in Cafe Barcelona to warm up. Do some internet then cycle through rain to bus station. Do the folding trailer thing again and with no fuss we are on our way to Iruņa/Pamplona. Arrive around 6:30pm to fine weather. Reassemble gear , ride to old town and find accommodation at Camas Escarray Lozanzo. Cook dinner in room. Figure the chardonnay we bought is corked but by the time we return the supermercado is closed. Bugger!