Day 69 - Soto del Luina to Cadavego

We woke to a dull, wet day. We headed up the road to the hotel we visited yesterday for breakfast. They actually offered bacon and eggs which Simon joyfully accepted with a smile. Back to the room to gather our belongings then onto the road again.
We attempted to start off bold but pretty soon Northern Spain had another idea!! So with the rain on went the ponchos ☹️
We seemed to be following a different route to the one Trevor planned - after a very long, dark tunnel with a river running through he announced it was no longer 18km but 21 😳👣👣
We continued following the yellow arrows and he then decided it was 16km.
However we then hit the mountainous, Forrest tracks that were in fact river beds, full of stones, mud and running water 💦
On 3 occasions we met an overrunning river that we had to cross with stepping stones. The last one was partially challenging, where it took a while to plot our way across as it was very deep, the water fast flowing with 1 slippery log traversing the crossing. Balancing on a slippy log, carrying a heavy rucksack is tricky!!!
After realising we had only travelled a further 4 km in an hour and a half we checked out the route more closely and saw that there was a ‘road option’ that added more km but we could make headway. Even the road had quite a number of uphill sections!! We took this route as we had had enough of river beds!!
So we arrived at our destination having now covered practically 22km 👣👣😵‍💫
It was a long hard road, looping mountains and valleys.
We arrived at our destination ready for food after nearly 6 hours.
Today we surpassed 1000km of walking 🙌🙌
Our hotel is lovely and located in a beautiful costal spot.
Of course the sun came out as we arrived ☀️😂
After showering we wandered down to the headland with stunning views and a lovely little chapel. If we went north on the bay of Biscay we would hit Lands End, Waterford in Ireland, and maybe the Isle of Man.
We look forward to a good sleep and a fresh start tomorrow on a slightly less 17km 🤞Read more