Navia

We leave our apartment in the countryside on the outskirts of Luarca at around 10:00 am. We are surrounded by cornfields and other crops, the sky is cloudy and looks rather menacing, I shall keep my rain jacket handy today! I chat to Steve, Sami, Dave, Mum and Ann along my walk, its lovely to hear their voices and be updated on what’s been happening in their worlds when I am so far away. We are passed by a bunch of happy pilgrims not far into the trail today, we will overtake these lovely ladies at various times throughout our day until we reach our destination. We make our way through forests, small villages and walk along country roads. It turns out to be a stunning day (no jacket required). At around the 12 km mark we break in the little village of Villapedre for a drink and tapas, here we meet Robert from the USA. Robert ends up walking to La Colorada with us, we chat about our families, life back at home as well as life on the trail. We are passed by more pilgrims - it’s good to see so many along this stretch. We pass a veggie patch filled with huge pumpkins, you never see pumpkin on the menu and we were told years ago that they grow them to feed to their pigs. In the last few weeks we are passing more and more abandoned or run down homes, barns and old structures, although they aren’t occupied and cared for, they are very interesting and beautiful to look at and photograph. We get to La Colorada at around 3pm, this is where we part ways with Robert, he is staying in Navia tonight. We may or may not run into Robert again, you just never know. We are staying at Hotel Spa Blanco and yes it has a hydrotherapy pool and it’s the best one yet! Here the food is delicious and our time at the spa is amazing, we go to bed feeling full, relaxed and ready for a goods night sleep Zzzz.Read more