Today was another short 20km walk from Villalba to Baamonde. We headed south today towards the French Camino Way. It was a wet morning to start with. Before we checked out of our hotel, we visited a local cafe for breakfast. I don’t think the sole trader expected four visitors to request bacon and eggs … Read more
Today we walked about 21km from Abadín to Villalba. It was mostly a flat walk as we’d climbed for most of yesterday. The issue was that it was wet for most of the walk. It had rained quite heavily during the night as we slept, and the rain was still lingering when we woke. As … Read more
Today we walked about 18km from Mondoñedo to Abadín. It was mainly uphill all day as we headed further into the mountains. We did take an alternate route as the standard course went up steeply, and we didn’t want to do that. Our path was more gradual. Today’s main challenge was the intermittent rain and … Read more
I seem to be back online today with a better internet connection and can post. Yesterday took so long to save and upload photos that, in the end, I gave up. Today we are in Mondoñedo, a bigger town than last night. Last night wasn’t even a town, just a hotel on the side of … Read more
Today we walked from Navia to Tapia de Casariego. A 22km walk along the coast. We set out from Navia at about 9 am with Alejandro, our Mexican friend, and a new friend from Canada named Bond. And then there were four. We had a good weather forecast for the day, and the sun was … Read more
Today we walked from Luarca to Navia, a shorter 22km walk which made it easier for us. It was blowing a gale all day, though, so that was challenging. The storm clouds lingered around us, and only once did they let loose on us, but when that happened, we made it in time to a … Read more
Today we set out from Soto de Luiñas to head to our destination for this evening, a quaint little town called Luarca. We had two routes to choose from today—a traditional way which goes inland, or the Costa route, which takes you along the coast. We opted for the latter hoping for more scenery and … Read more
Today’s walk was much better than yesterday’s as we traversed through the countryside and left Gijon and Aviles’s urban and industrial sprawl behind us. The weather was cooler as we set off, and I had my jumper on to keep myself warm. As we head out, we get a glimpse of the ocean, which isn’t … Read more
Today’s walk was out of one big town, through another, and then onto our destination for the night, Piedras Blancas. A lot of industrial areas today as we exited Gijon and entered Aviles. The photos will reflect that. We met another pilgrim Michael from the Czech Republic and had a chat with him for about … Read more
Today was a challenging walk with just over 30km to walk with two big climbs in the middle of it. One was 500 metres and the other around 260 metres. The first hill was quite demanding as it was steep, but the second was a little kinder to us. We weren’t all that impressed with … Read more
Today’s walk was from Ribadesella, a beach town on the Asturian coast, to Villaviciosa, about 35km, but we didn’t plan to do the whole walk. Today, we walked about 20km into Colunga and then got a cab the rest of the way. Ron and I are a bit under the weather, and today being humid … Read more
Today’s walk was long—about 30km from Llanes to Ribadesella along the coast. There was a mix of country and beach today as we made our way westwards. The morning started cloudily and a bit drizzly but with a temperature hovering around 17C, so it wasn’t too cold; pleasant walking weather except for the drizzle. There … Read more