As expected after a breakfast of fried eggs, chippolatas and donuts we launched straight into climbing mode ! This gave us the ability to sweat and regurgitate food at the same time with Henley indicating it was one of the best 18 course meals he has had in some time !
Eltziego provided plenty of evidence of the no. 1 industry in this area - Wine , wine & wine, with nearly every square meter of dirt devoted to either growing grapes or storing them !
Exciting Eltziego to Cenicero we were starting to get regular words of encouragement - Henley, `go Aussie go`, by a couple of Spanish roadies and self a no. of `Buene Caminos` wishing me all the best for my journey along the Camino - very motivating indeed !
Views at times today extended for miles across the plains to the Mtns (some still with snow) while the towns and villages have that particular Spanish style design , with houses often built collectively on a hill in some form of historical defense.
We continued on past Briones on a national trunk route road with a good verge that had first signs for Santander.
Along this road we saw the `big bull` obviously a rip off our big banana / lobster etc!
We then turned south for a pleasant cruise into Santo Domingo de la Calzada with its beautiful medieval lane ways and its historic church.
To complete the day after booking in I did some afternoon exploring of town while H sat in front of the TV in rapture with the Tour de France being shown live - sadly this was Henleys most religious experience on the Camino to date !
We head tomorrow towards Burgos for a possible layover before our journey north to the Spanish beaches at Santander which according to my GPS profile is just a few more damned mountains away !
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