Day: April 30, 2024

4/30 WynChar Diary

We walked 9.2 miles in six hours with the usual ups and down. It was beautiful again. The hotel breakfast was very good with some killer pastries. A couple from Virginia was also staying at our hotel so we chatted with them at breakfast. We said we were from Albuquerque and guess what, they mentioned Breaking Bad.

We saw a lot of pilgrims today. And by “saw” I mean they passed us. Except for one group of young people. Normally the young ones breeze past us and they are out of sight in a minute but this group was very slow and kept stopping to look at their phones. I guess they were seeing how their social media was liking their Camino.

Early morning, heading out of Pendueles, young pilgrims ahead engrossed in their phones

We saw the usual cows ignoring the great views they had and lots of calves following their mothers around.

We love the cows

A lot of beautiful ocean views, ho hum.

The day in photos

It was a pretty hike. Most of it on non-paved paths like this one. We are seeing lots of pilgrims.
Eucalyptus grove
We emerged from the woods to see this little beach. A mandatory stopping place for pilgrims. We stopped here in 2018 but kept going this year.
It was a hard hike today in that there were no places to stop and rest our feet and use the restroom for a very long way. At about 6 miles, we finally came to this tiny grocery store and it had tables out front! We bought some cold water and olives and peanuts. Threw in some raisins we already had and had an excellent break. Except, there was no restroom.
Finally, a mile or so later, a bar! Good coffee, good restrooms. Some pilgrims. Some locals (old guys).
Not too long before we got to Llanes, we came to an overlook down to a beautiful beach. Maybe next week we’ll come back and walk down to this beach.
Finally got into Llanes. Was just starting to rain. This is our pension for the night (Pension La Guia). We checked in around 2:30, headed for lunch, then headed for the laundromat.
Two doors down from our pension is this bar. Enclosed terrace. Rain pouring on the roof. Little fireplace making it all cozy. This is where we are as I type this.