Santander to Arce

We have a great nights sleep in Santander and I am wishing I had of planned rest days in this city, there seems to be lots to see, it’s beautiful and we are quite settled in, but it’s not mean’t to be, so we push on. It takes quite awhile to walk out of town, our walk today is on roads all the way to Arce, some quieter than others. There are few bars on the Camino path, so our choices are very limited today, we stop for our first cafe con leche not too far out of Santander, it’s set in the what feels like an industrial area. We break here for the best part of 20 minutes before continuing on. There are some lovely rural scenes on our walk today but they are pretty few and far between, mostly we are walking through built up areas with few amenities, this has probably been my least favourite walking day so far. When we arrive at Arce, we are fortunate to have booked into a lovely place to stay the night, this beautiful old building could tell a story or two, our room is spacious and very comfortable. We complete the usual afternoon rituals, then head down stairs to the bar for some pre-dinner drinks with George. We sit back and enjoy just chatting while resting our weary bones, and before we know it, it’s time to go in for dinner, all our meals tonight are scrumptious, we go to bed with full bellies after another day on Camino.Read more