2018 Camino del Norte by WynChar
San Sebastián, Bilbao, Santander, Gijón
Post by Wynette: We passed this pilgrim today. She was walking with two girls. Then we saw her pull ahead and then saw her sitting up ahead. She reminded us of a nun. We said hello as we passed her and she had a friendly face so we stopped to chat. She was from Slovenia. She was waiting for her daughters who had stopped to visit a large group of horses.
Post by Wynette: We walked 6 miles today. Rained the whole way. The first little bit was on a boardwalk. It was a pretty walk, mostly on quiet country roads. It never poured hard. Just a slow steady rain. We were rather wet and maybe just a little cranky when we got to Comillas. We were looking forward to seeing Comillas but mostly have hunkered down in our warm, dry room. Supposed to be some sunshine tomorrow.
Post by Wynette: Here is where we are tonight. Kind of like a US motel. Unusual here. But on a quiet highway. Below is view from our little balcony patio, which, unfortunately, we didn’t get a chance to use for our picnic dinner because it started raining. There is a sandy beach there in the little cove where we’ll start on the Camino tomorrow.
Post by Wynette: We had a beautiful day of walking. Pretty and interesting the whole 8.7 miles. Some views of sea about a half mile away, and then ending at the playa (beach). Gorgeous sunny yet cool weather. All on mostly quiet roads. Quite a bit of steep up and down. It didn’t bother us nearly as much as similar days did the first week of our trip. I think we are getting stronger.
We have been enjoying all the cows.
Post by Wynette: The church was unusual in that it was in a field away from town. Usually churches are in the middle of town, crowded by other buildings. Was lovely to see it this way. They enticed us in with beautiful recorded music (Ave Maria). That was strange too because most churches we have passed are closed up tight. More photos:
Post by Wynette: We walked 8.8 miles today. The first part wasn’t great. We walked the first few miles along this large pipeline. Not sure what it was carrying. There were a number of warehouses along the pipeline as well. (Almost simultaneously Charlie and I had the thought, well, this isn’t very nice, but at least it is flat.) Above is one of the prettier stretches with the pipeline. And this dog made us smile. Then we walked by some big factories on a noisy sidewalk along a busy highway. Finally, we got to walk on quiet country roads and into the pretty village of Santillana del Mar, which, by the way, is not on the sea.
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