Northern Routes

Northern Routes
Norte/Primitivo 796Km(990,000)Steps

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Walking Day 17 - Ribadesella to Colunga

Walking Day 17. - Ribadesella to Colunga, 21.5k - 435m Ascent - max elev 92 m

Left the hotel after breakfast at 0820 and who did we see?  The girls from Prague.  Definitely fate as they were walking back to take a bus to Bilboa and a flight home.  Their 2 weeks were ending. So we exchanged hugs and bid farewell.

Ribadesella is theoretically the mid point of the walk and as they say down hill from here, but in our case it is uphill,  After today the real climb starts.

Today's walk was the last along the coast if we do the Primitivo as planned.  We cut the walk 10k short to allow our injuries some rest.  As I write this blog I am not sure it helped as both of us feel the continuing pa

Funny thing was we were at a bar after our showers and met 2 other pilgrims still walking, both in pain,  One 20 something Italian girl, and 1 older German guy that separately decided to take the bus the next 10k.

It was a great walk across three beaches and away from busy roads.  We found a bar in Barre around 1100 for our 1st break meeting some bikers from the U.S. Our 2nd stop gave JL a chance to practice some more hydro-therapy.
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Colunga is a small town w many bars and restaurants.  Close to the A-8 freeway, so maybe a pit stop location.  Not much else to say.

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