We left the alburgue at Pendueles at about 7:30 AM. After we walked about 2 kilometers we got to a very steep hill leading down to the ocean. To my surprise and relief someone had expended a great deal of time, effort and money to build a stone staircase. There must have been 100 steps to this staircase. For an old man like me this staircase was a godsend. I don’t think I could have safely navigated this steep descent without the staircase and the handrail.
At the bottom of the stone staircase we encountered this bucolic campground. What a wonderful way to spend your summer holiday.
On my prior Caminos I became addicted to chocolate croissants. We stopped for a mid morning breakfast break and I had a scrambled egg and Serrano ham pintxo and my first, but not last, chocolate croissant on this Camino.
We did a lot of road walking today. I don’t like to walk on the side of the road. However, we did find some beautiful forest paths.
At about noon we stopped in Llanes for lunch. It was absolutely packed with people. It was a Saturday and it was the feast day of San Roque. Llanes is not on the coast but there is a river that provides access to the sea.
For lunch I had a tortilla español washed down with a Radler.
We finally made it to Celorio and checked into the alburgue.
I hope you are having a good day wherever you are. Good evening from Celorio, Austurias, Spain.
Today we walked 27,000 steps, 22 kilometers and climbed the equivalent of 21 flights of stairs.
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