Laredo to Güemes

Today we got a lie in until 6, as the convent is locked until 7, presumably to stop people in dorms waking everyone up at 5am with their headtorches. Also because the ferry doesn't start until 9, and it is only 6 km or so along the beach. That's an hour and a half at my pace but we were going at Fiona speed and there was nowhere to stop for breakfast so we had 45 minutes on the end of the beach with a gaggle of other walkers. You could tell which country they came from by the number of layers they put on; Italy 3, Sweden and England 0. Fiona's hands went white. Eventually a tiny ex fishing boat a bit like the ones we played with in the bath as kids turned up and about 25 of us and several bikes got on. The picture is courtesy of Heather who was left on the beach shivering. After breakfast at the town on the other side we started walking uphill, scrambling in places, over the headland to another stunning beach. Then inland for many hours of small roads through farmland mostly. We are now in a nice hotel, in a lovely village, with an infinity pool and a nice restaurant with veggie things on the menu for a change. It is over 10c cooler than yesterday thankfully.Read more