Month: April 2024

Today in photos

Looking back, saying goodbye to Cantabria. Crossing into Asturias over the ria. Asturias will be the third and final autonomous region of Spain that we’ll be in on this trip.
Nice view of the Picos de Europa (which I prefer to call the “Picos de Gallo”) from the bridge crossing into Asturias. This is a photo closeup. They didn’t look nearly this close in real life.
Cool albergue. We are seeing more colorful houses here in Asturias.
Part of the walk was on a wild (wild!) trail through a moor close to the cliffs along the ocean. Gorgeous weather for it.
Second bar stop. With all the sun we were hot and thirsty so got something cold to drink instead of coffee.
Strange! Red maple leafs in the spring. They really were this bright red.
Where we are sleeping tonight in tiny town of Pendueles.

Today’s walk in photos

Looking back at San Vicente as we were leaving town. Those are boats in the harbor.
The ria west of San Vicente
A house in the country with pretty landscaping
First coffee and breakfast at about 3 miles. This bar/restaurant was all by itself in the middle of the country (next to a house where I think the owner lived).
A house with pretty potted plants
Second coffee at about 5 miles. It was the best coffee we’ve had so far on this walk. Incredible. Dromedario brand. This bar was next to an old church that was ringing its Sunday morning bells.
A shrine along the way (note the yellow AND red arrow that Charlie blogged about)
A couple of miles before we got to Unquera, our destination for the days. We saw this same old boat 6 years ago!

It’s hard to pick out photos. There are so many I’d like to share. But, I imagine this is plenty.

Another pilgrimage

We started seeing signs like this:

The yellow arrow indicates the Camino de Santiago but we hadn’t seen the red arrow before. Then we saw this pair of signs:

We had intersected the Camino de Lebaniego which goes to Santo Toribio de Liebana. It has its own posts:

When we got into Unquera we found out it is having a jubilee year:

4/28 WynChar Diary

Miles walked: 9.77, -32 to 396 feet, up 791 feet, down 743 feet, 5.5 hours on the trail, including stops for coffee and breakfast
Miles Charlie said it would be before we left: 6.5
Major European mountain ranges spotted: 1
Other pilgrimages intersected with: 1

It would have been a short walking day except for a data entry error in the travel app I put together before we left. Instead it was a longer than usual day, but it wasn’t that hard. Wynette’s knee did not bother her while we were walking. Still hard for her to get up and down out of a chair.

Another beautiful walk in “nature” (this is, farms). Different from yesterday since this was all inland, but just as impressive. In the distance, we saw the Picos de Europa in their full glory, one impressive mountain range!

Photos from walk today

We walked from Comillas to San Vicente del la Barquera. Two great little towns.

Crossing ria just outside Comillas. We saw a sign that said “No collecting seafood or bait without a license.”
From our table at seaside bar about 3 miles outside Comillas.
Looking back
Pilgrims taking in the view
Stopped at this bar at about 5 miles. It’s a hard life.
First view of San Vicente
The last two miles on the beach. Low tide. Wet sand.