The walk today was from Alija to La Bañeza. It was a glorious day’s walking. It was mostly along dirt paths next to a river for most of the day, and we were very lucky that partway along we found a village where a bar that was open. We were able to stop for coffee for the amazing sum, I think, of €1.60. We got a coffee and tapas of tortilla and cake to go with it, and that was delicious. And then it was a completion of the walk into La Bañeza, which was a really nice town. I managed to get myself a private room that evening and we met up later that evening for tapas. There were lots of beer and tapas in the street very close to the Plaza Mayor and we had a wonderful evening. Great tapas, great company, and it was a perfect ending to a great day, another momentous day on the Via de la Plata.