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- 17.06.2024, 10:56
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Höhe über NN: 33 m
SpanienKantabrienCastro-UrdialesOriñónRío Agüera43°24’0” N 3°19’38” W
Day 57 - Rioseco to Laredo
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We had a wonderful breakfast in Rioseco then set off confidently on our coastal walk to Laredo. Initially we had to walk back on ourselves towards the coast, then we hit a woodland path towards the sea. We passed a nice beach north of Rioseco. Then came to a marvellous beach half an hour on. We were very tempted to stop and get our feet in, then Simon got anxious about sand on feet with vapour rub gel and the time it would take to regel and sun cream up. Also he vibed a mountainous scene ahead. Then the fun began as we plodded across sand dunes without a camel and the theme tune to Laurence of Arabia struck up. Fairly quickly we hit the rock strata and this was just the beginning of a tortuous 3 hours crossing the headland both ascent and descent. We clambered and climbed and an Italian couple joined us. After 40 mins climb the path ran no out on a cliff we couldn’t get around. Then we caught a new path having doubled back on ourselves and found a mountain pass that alpine goats would have struggled with. The Italians went first and it was quite a precarious situation. It was clawing rock and on our knees at times climbing boulders and ravines in our rucksacks.
At the top was a marvellous view and a wonderful breeze. We ate a clementine and waited for our thumping blood to alleviate.
The sun came out stronger. From our position we could spot our target of Laredo shimmering in a haze and it dawned on us that we still had one hell of a mountain to get down through bush, rocks and scrub land to reach this destination.
We had to trust the goat paths that held many an unexpected shock such as boulders, razor rocks and huge thorny bushes before we reached the sandy gravel path that led torturously slowly. In hospital, only joking, in our hotel the local bedroom had a shower that sorted us out and revived us enough to go in search of food and a launderette.
We found a cafe that answered Simon’s dream of a plate of rice - mixed with seafood in the form of paella.
At the launderette we bumped into our Canadian friends Clive and Pat. We exchanged stories and photos of our day as we had all been on different routes.
We are now relaxing ready for whatever tomorrow throws at us.Weiterlesen
Reisender Today sounded terrifying! 😮
Reisender Parts of it were 😳
Reisender Blimey, what a mission that was! Just when you think you are near the end, there's more, and then more again. Pardon my ignorance here, but the paths are not at all clearly marked then? You take your chances (using your GPS right?) and follow what you think is right, then..."ah it's goats' highway this time"