An amazing sunny beautiful day for a 16.6 mile “walk” to O Cadavo. We started in fog but the sun came out and the vistas were amazing. We hiked over a lot of mountains today. At the top of one was an old pilgrim hospital that dates to the 14th century. This is not the …
Catching up on blog posts tonight so make sure you check out the last 2 days also. Yesterday was so pretty and sunny and we walked today the whole day in rain and fog. At the top of a high mountain with a wind farm we passed from Asturias to Galicia. The trails actually got …
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We have had sketchy internet the last couple of days so I am hoping this video works. Tough steep rocky descent today and across a dam. We could see he hotel from up on top of the hills across the reservoir but it still took us a couple of hours to get there. I was …
Wow! Crazy climb today about 3000 feet, Most of the day was steep climbing in fog. At the top, the trail met an alternative Camino detour called the Hospitales route. Less steep but we heard the fog was also terrible so those pilgrims could not enjoy the views.The path that we could see was lovely …
18.5 miles today to Pola de Allende. Long assents and even longer and steeper descents. Out feet are feeling it tonight. The weather was a great. Started out in the fog and ended in fog but the trails were great. The best was a stop for a beer at a tiny bar in Porcines about …
The themes for today – fog, wet and mud. However, what we could see was pretty cool and we met some really nice people from all over the world. Had coffee and then dinner later with a nice gentleman from Switzerland. The trails were muddy for a lot of the day but, thanks to hiking …
Feeling blessed that we didn’t have Wi-Fi yesterday in Grado because I was forced to stop and enjoy the beauty of where we stayed up in the mountains above Grado. I have never seen anything like it. We walked 16 miles to get there and even with a “rest” day our legs were tired.. But …
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A well needed rest day in Oviedo today. And we have truly rested. Washed clothes at a laundry mat last night and packed up a box of all our cycling stuff and and mailed it back home today. Enjoyed a beautiful sunny day close to our hotel, had some good food and sidra (cider). And …
In Villaviciosa the Camino splits. One can continue on the Camino Del Norte along the ocean or, as we did day before yesterday, one can turn south to Oviedo. Oviedo is the start of the Camino Primitivo and ends in Santiago almost 200 miles later. The relatively short walk of 12 miles today from Pola …
280 miles later we are in Pola de Siero. We leave our bikes here and start walking. Thought it was going to be a flat ride according to Google Maps but not so- was climb of 1630 feet. We passed a lot of these funny looking structures which are common in Asturias, called Horreos. They …