Gijon and big hill day

After a nice sleep in the lovely hotel last night we were on the road at 6.20 out of Villaviciosa and up into the hills. We did this section last year in pouring rain as it also leads to the Camino Primitivo, and it was nice to actually see where we were going this time. Once the 2 caminos split we had a big climb up over a hill about 500m high. It was very humid and the sun tan lotion I applied just in case ran off my face with the sweat dripping off my nose and chin. The sun thankfully didn't show up until midday by which time we had stomped over two hills and found a bar run by a woman of 80+ who had never heard of the coffees we asked for and served weak coffee in 1970's mugs to match the 1970's decor. The walk down into Gijon was fine, and 28km later we found our hotel which is nice, but not as nice as last night despite having 2 more stars. This is a very nice city, 2 gorgeous beaches, and a poke bowl restaurant where we ate lovely wholemeal rice and vegetables for a change.Read more