Day 6 The Healing of the Pilgrim Head

We had a good night's rest in Puente la Reina (queen's Bridge - a Roman bridge) Santiago Apostol Alberge which was more than half empty. A neat touch was breakfast served on individual trays. We headed on down the gravel road to rejoin the pilgrims heading out of town. The lumps on my head are gradually shrinking as I learn to slouch on the bottom bunks!  Ada hasn't had that problem since she has been relegated to upper bunks for several nights. Our day was clocked by Brierley as 21.9 km but the Fitbit recorded 28 km that day. We are walking through fields of wheat and surprise crops. We were initially very hot but then were hit with cold gusts of north wind. The road to Maneru was an original Roman road with the rocks sticking up and tricky to manoeuvre.  Ankles could very easily be strained or broken here! We try to stop and treat our feet once or twice a day. 

We arrived in Estella to the Municipal Alberge Hospital Perigrino at 3:10pm, did laundry and went into town for groceries. Ada wanted to find an optician to buy a screwdriver. Here is another example of the "kindness of strangers". The optician tightened her glasses and then GAVE her a screwdriver for FREE!  The local Church of San Pedro was high on a hill with many steps.  

About a block along was the new ascensor (lift)! 

We ate our supper in front of the vending machine (that dispenses cans of beer). Lights out again at 10:00 pm but we were already out!