Nice touch this morning when we left our hotel. The owner insisted on walking with us for 15 mins or so to ensure we knew which way to go to get to his recommended way back to the Camino. He then shook my hand and kissed Barbara on both cheeks and waved us off like long lost friends.
Noticed he didn’t offer to carry the bags though ☹️.
Down on the beach at Muros De Nalon
Leaving Muros De Nalon
First place we came to today was a small town called El Pito. It was obviously a small town with big aspirations as it had a stately home there that is known as the Versailles of Asturias. Unfortunately it it is privately owned at the moment and not open to the public.
Quinta de El Pito, the Versailles of Asturias
El Pito church, strongly suspect designed by the same architect
Only one bar / café encountered all day today and we had to go off route a few hundred metres to even find that one
Nice spot for lunch, right on the beach
Plenty of uphill after lunch (always the best time when you have a full stomach ……. not) as we had had to drop right down to get to the beach. Once again passing under the A8 for the umpteenth time on this route. I can’t even imagine how much money they must have spent on this road with all the high viaducts involved.
I feel the Spanish could definitely teach us a thing or two about road building.
To finish off, here’s a couple of other things we came across today
Tomorrow we have chosen to do the “mountain route” over to Cadavedo. It should be interesting as descriptions from various pilgrims who have attempted this route during 2019 vary from: “Don’t take this horrendous, scary route. It’s completely overgrown with no routemarkers and you may well die ! ” to ” well marked and well maintained route with beautiful views” 😁
Camino Del Norte 
Wonderful photos yet again Derek! Thanks for sharing!
Loved the villa and church architecture. 😊
Wow! The beach cafe looks lovely! 😍 We see photos of your meals have not been posted recently – is this because it’s just the same old or have you just forgotten! 😄
Good luck with your mountain trek – hopefully it is the latter description! 😱😊
Happy walking! 😊 Sue C x
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Sue C, so pleased you have qualified your name with a ‘C’. We have many Sue’s in the walking club and much speculation as to which Sue was adding the comments. To my knowledge you are “the one and only” Sue C … and one of Derek’s dearest friends (:-)
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Thanks Helen! Yes, a lot of Sue’s around my age so have got used to putting the initial of my last name (plus a little laziness creeping in not typing my full last name! 😂).
So kind of you to say that I am one of Derek’s dearest friends, I like to think that both you and Derek are both my dearest friends! 😊 xx
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And to think I wanted to be a civil engineer and design dams, bridges & motorways but I don’t think I could have designed anything so elegant as the A8 viaducts. However, I think the new mersey bridge has the edge.
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