I was a little concerned that today was not going to go well, as my right knee had been complaining yesterday and I was set up for a 22km day today, with lots of hills. In the end, I developed a couple of contingency plans, but the Pensione was able to get a taxi for me and I had him drop me down the road at the town of Olatz, this meant a solid 16km. It was raining good and hard as we left town in the taxi but by time I was dropped off, it had abated somewhat and eventually turned into a partly cloudy and chilly day, good for walking. As the taxi dropped me off a Swedish lady came up to see if she could get hit to driver her to the destination for the day, he wasn’t really having it, so we ended up walking together, which was good for both of us. She was feeling a little discouraged and I was grateful for the company. She is married to an orthopedic surgeon and has 3 kids the youngest at 18yrs old. We climbed a number of hills and eventually came down in a town near to the large stone hotel in which both of us were staying. As we stopped for a coffee the sole restaurant in the nearby town had a daily lunch menu which translated into an excellent lunch. Vegetable soup, paella, roast chicken and dessert and wine for 15 euros! Really tasty! Hopefully the weather will hold as walking all day in the rain is just not fun. Tomorrow is scheduled for a short day but depending on the hill climbing could still be challenging.