For this to make any sense I should probably start at the beginning. Last night at the alburgue at Comillas we decided that we wanted to walk as far as Cerdigo and stop for the night. That would be about 20 kilometers, a piece of cake. Unfortunately all the accommodations in the area round Cerdigo were booked. The only alburgue we could find that had open beds was in Pendueles. If we walked from Comillas to Pendueles that would be 37 kilometers, and that’s impossible! No way, no how, can I walk 37 kilometers. I noticed in my guidebook that we could catch a train at Pesues, a town 2 kilometers west of Cerdigo, that would take us to Pendueles and the walk from Comillas to Pesues is a doable 22 kilometers.
The journey from Comillas to Pesues was uneventful.
We got to Pesues at 4:30 and realized that we had failed to check the train schedule. In a panic, I hurriedly got out my trusty IPhone and checked the train schedule and the schedule said that the next train was going to stop at Pesues at 5:30. Marco walked up a hill to the train station and there was a posted schedule that said the train was going to arrive at 5:12. The train did arrive at exactly 5:12 and at 5:40 we got off at Pendueles, walked one kilometer to the Alburgue Casa Flor and checked in.
The guy that owns the alburgue also owns an adjacent Mexican restaurant.
So the Camino not only provided a train exactly when and where we needed it, the Camino also provided us with a very nice alburgue and a great Mexican dinner.
That’s it from Pendueles, Asturias, Spain. I hope you had a good day wherever you are and whatever you are doing.
I walked 35,000 steps, 25 kilometers and climbed 13 sets of stairs.
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