Day 68 - Soto del Barco to Soto del Luin

We had a fab breakfast courtesy of our lovely host at Hotel Rural.
The day was overcast and mizzly, however we stepped out bold in our t shirts!
We headed out of town and up the first hill of the day. Then across a giant bridge spanning the estuary.
The path took us through neat Asturian towns with well manicured villas and bungalows. Hydrangeas are very popular. we also like the old fashioned grain stores on their stone plinths, stopping rats and mice attacking the winter storage.
Then into lots of woods and forest paths. The last few days have been like walking in a reptile display case, with wet gravel, damp claggy air and fruity vegetation - Simon imagines a giant lizard appearing to gobble us up! 😳
Through a lot of the walk we were either weaving under and over the railway or the motorway.
So after 2 hours of dripping we head into the mist and the inevitable rain started 💦
Ponchos on and off we trotted again, then a wind scurried up - which was quite pleasant.
Today's walk was without other pilgrims until the last half an hour.
As we neared the end of the walk we saw the sea loom out of the mist , crashing on the bay. We commented on the lack of fog horns, when suddenly there was a series of explosions - not sure what they were! dynamiting at the local quarry maybe 🤔
So after a number of further uphill plods we eventually made our destination. A quiet, fairly chilly, very local village.
We did find a good lunch and they will also do breakfast in the morning.
Simon is missing our access to a kettle as these are not provided in rooms in Spain! So we hit the bar for a cup of tea 😂🫖
Tomorrow is also looking damp but we hope it brightens up after that 🤞Read more