Goodbye Norte

Today's KMs - 16 kms
Total KMs - 256.7 KMs
Total blisters - 7 + the usual

A short 16km morning from Buelna to Llanes which finishes our time on the Camino del Norte as we head west to Oviedo to join the Camino Primitivo.

It was a beautiful way to finish the Norte along the coast line with hardly any road walking which was great. There were beautiful views of Llanes as we descended above it walking next to a pristine golf course (of all things!). We also said goodbye to the yellow arrows which are replaced in this region of the Camino by just the shell. The clasp of the shell points the direction to follow. Given our recent luck with yellow arrows I'm glad we didn't have to follow shells for more than a day 😬

The plan now is to rest a day in Oviedo (mainly because of my ankle) before starting the Camino Primitivo which is a more mountainous, harder walk instead of following the coast line. It finishes about 40kms short of Santiago where all the Camino routes converge. They say not to walk the Primitivo if you have an injury or the weather is bad so we will take it easy as there's 3 days of rain forecast for the weekend onwards.Read more