It’s our last day of walking our current endeavour on the Camino de Santiago.

This gets us to roughly 200km or 25% of the way to Santiago de Compostela, depending which signposts you believe.

We might finish in 3 years time at this rate.

Here’s the 4 A Day Picture Diary of today’s events.

Where? We started off from Navarrete in a hotel where I think we were the only people.

Literally, please lock the door behind you when you leave.

Slightly unnerving in a 700+ year old building with lots of ‘history’.

No picture from the hotel bedroom.

It was too misty and mostly overlooked other buildings.

I was looking out and thinking about taking a picture when the person in the building opposite lifted their window blinds whist naked.

It didn’t feel right to take a picture then…

What? Walking through mile after mile of Rioja vineyards. Following the Camino de Santiago yellow arrows.

Below is another picture looking to Najera when the cloud / mist cleared.

Somewhere in this vista the Battle of Navarrete / Najera happened in 1366, where the Black Prince (of Wales) got his hands on the big red Ruby that currently sits in the crown worn by UK Monarchs.

Who?

I thought you might enjoy a picture of Saint Ignatius of Loyola.

Before he became a Saint he was a Knight and spent between 1517 and 1521 living in the building where we spent last night.

That was before he went on to found The Jesuits.

There’s an Ignatius Camino named after him (400 km long).

Handy to know in case we are looking for something after this one.

Tell me you aren’t spooked by the thought of going to bed in an empty hotel and passing this in reception.

Why? Why are there so many inspirational messages written on stones all long the Camino.

Where do people find the energy?

Anyway, this structure was like the mother ship for them.

Every bleedin stone had some sort of message on it.

I think this particular type of graffiti is well intentioned.

No ‘Live, Laugh, Love’ yet though (thankfully).

Sadly no more Wonky Fish graffiti either.

Final bonus picture.

On the Camino it’s reassuring to know that Jesus will save you, or alternatively you can call a taxi.

Hopefully we will be back in 2026 to do some more.

Buen Camino.