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30 k day today through lovely rural country. Seas of wheat and barley rippling in the wind. Reminded me of Tennyson: on either
side the river lie/ long fields of barley and of rye/ that clothe the earth and touch the sky/ and through the fields the road runs by/ to many towered (insert name of next picturesque stone town here).

Got to Longrono about 2, shower, wash clothes, have a dutch beer sort of like stout, wander round lovely town checking out churches - San batolemeo my favourite. Seemed to have a mermaid carved in the portico. Had a nice chat in Spanish with  the guy who seemed to be living in the porch - he was very proud of the church. Church of Santiago has a massive energetic statue of st James riding a stallion ( no doubt it's a stallion) trampling moors' heads.

Managed to get a Spanish sim card. Two lovely young women in the shop spent more than half an hour on the transaction - can't see how they made a profit on that one.

Longrono is apparently tapas capital of Spain so I will have to go sample some.