Oh heck, not much to report today to be honest. We set off from Luarca fairly early (early for us anyway), as we knew we had a fair distance to walk today. I think because of this we met more pilgrims on route than we have normally been doing. We walked a bit with Heather … Continue reading Day 30 Luarca to La Caridad 19ml 2057ft – Total 424ml 49350ft →

Shock ! Horror ! Surprise ! We came across two open churches today 😲 We've found so many of them locked on this Camino that we just try the doors as a matter of habit with no expectation at all of them being open. Both of these churches had somebody official in them but I … Continue reading Day 29 Villademoros to Luarca 10.1ml 991ft – Total 405ml 47293ft →

Well, after a visit to the local 'supermercardo' to get some provisions for the day we set off on the mountain route and we must have survived because I'm here writing the blog this evening 😁. To be honest it was more like the "well marked with lovely views" description than the "don't attempt it, … Continue reading Day 28 Soto De Luina to Villademoros 12.8ml 2674ft – Total 394.9ml 46302ft →

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 … Continue reading Day 27 Muros De Nalon to Soto De Luina 11.6ml 1737ft – Total 382.1ml 43628ft →

Yesterday evening we were recommended a 'sideria' cafe in Ardiles and as we will be leaving Asturia shortly we thought we ought to try it. A little touristy maybe, but quite an experience all the same You don't get steaks this size at the Beefeater You had to buy the cider by the bottle as … Continue reading Day 26 Aviles to Muros De Nalon 16.6ml 1882ft – Total 370.5ml 41891ft →

We did toy with the idea of getting the bus up to Gijon and then walking from Gijon to Aviles as it was a little shorter than Oviedo to Aviles but the book reckoned Oviedo to Ardiles was a lot nicer route so we stuck with our first plan. And we were very glad we … Continue reading Day 25 Oviedo to Aviles 20.5mls 1482ft – Total 353.9ml 40009ft →

A very uncomfortable bed, lots of noise plus a constantly flickering emergency light last night meant that I got very little sleep and had no enthusiasm for walking this morning so it was just as well it was only a short walk into Oviedo today. Even so, once we reached the outskirts it seemed to … Continue reading Day 24 Polo De Siero to Oviedo 11.7ml 913ft – Total 333.4ml 38527ft →

It was quite a tough day today, possibly not helped by the fact that I got up at 4:00am this morning to use the bathroom and noticed that the big greasy stain caused by the tuna I didn't order still existed on my 2nd pair of trousers that I had just washed and hung up … Continue reading Day 23 Villaviciosa to Pola De Siero 18.4ml 2535ft – Total 321.7ml 37614ft →

Another fine day with sun from the first minute we got up right to the very end of the day. Quite a short one today as we've been doing well and it's good to arrive at places a bit earlier so that we can actually have a look around as opposed to just walking through … Continue reading Day 22 Colunga to Villaviciosa 11.7ml 1574ft – Total 303.3ml 35079ft →

Chilly start this morning but it soon warmed up once the sun came out. Regretfully we didn't get much chance to see Ribadesella due to arriving a bit late yesterday and our accomodation being on the opposite side of town to the old town. It would have been quite a walk back over a huge … Continue reading Day 21 Ribadesella to Corunga 14.1ml 1482ft – Total 291.6ml 33505ft →