Time to rest the legs and take in some of the superb sights of "The Pilgrim's City", Santiago De Compostela, the ultimate milestone for so many travellers. The foremost attraction is the striking Cathedral with its golden shrine to St James and huge swinging `botafilmero'; a massive incense filled sphere that swings through the Cathedral like a big smoky pendulum during the pilgrim's mass and takes 8 men to get into full flight! It is truly an inspiring...

After our short break in Barritz you could say au revoir to the so-called rested legs ... here come some hills!The first of many located on the French/Spainish border, 455m ascent over 9klms before free-wheeling into San Sebastian (proven to be quite a small climb in comparison to the subsequent climbs in this stage but at the time 'huge'). On arriving in San Sebastian we were greeted by a friendly German fellow enquiring on what language we spoke and if we ...