Day 6
Viana- Naverette-23Km
Where is the Red Cross ? Both of us in quit a lot of pain, to add to our woes we missed an arrow on the way out of town and found ourselves on a country lane that was heading for lostville. Rather than go through thesoul destroying process of retracing our steps we decided to go cross-country towards what we assumed to be a main road in the distance. Eventually we found ourselves on a very busy road heading towards Lograno.
Dave was now becoming increasingly worried about his leg. As Dave is not one given to complaining, I realised that he must have been in a bad way. There was no option but to find the hospital. Hospital checks were going to take a few hours so it was decided that it was probably best that I moved on. We agreed that I should aim for Naverette as, should Dave be able to carry on, he could catch up by bus. Shook hands with Dave as I went to find the route feeling that this was probably the end of his Camino, when we had come this far it seemed a cruel end.
The exit from Logrono was along a long walking and cycling path that must have been at least 3Km long- a great facility for any town.
A hot day but not uncomfortable, no features of any note on the walk. Naverette, like many of the villages on the route, seemed to be undergoing some type of refurbishment. The albergue was not open when I arrived , so I dumped my sack outside and found the nearest bar.
To my great surprise Dave, with leg bandaged, arrived just as the hostel was opening. He had been given antibiotics and anti-inflammatories, but no pain killers, as if he needed pain killers then it was time to stop.
Went to the bar next door to watch out for any familiar faces as the perigrinos trailed in. The "healer" arrived with two young ladies in tow- more hands on tonight I expect!! He was closely followed by our Bavarian dinner companion, who made arrangements to meet with us later-never seen again.
Had a really good perigrino meal with a guy from Cork followed by over-generous portions of Spanish spirits
To sleep