25th May

25th May
Unquera to Llanes 26k

This was a very long day.  There wasn't anything very interesting to see for the first part of the day and we eventually decided to take the GR route.  This made our journey longer but much more pleasant.  We came to a place with blow holes that the sea comes up through but the sea was calm and so that didn't happen so we ate our picnic and watched the goats instead.

Eventually after a fairly pleasant walk through the forest and then a little village we had a long climb that finally brought us to fantastic views of Llanes in the distance.  The walk to Llanes seemed to take forever.  Up and down around a mountain until we eventually descended into the outskirts town    Once we arrived we found the group of people who we have seen on and off for a few days and who stayed in the same place as us yesterday.  They called us over to join them and we had a great time talking and laughing.  Their journey on the Camino ends after today.  It's a shame as we would have liked to see them again.  They're very interesting and great fun. We said our goodbyes all too soon and headed into the town square where we bumped into quite a few other people we've met and lost over the last few days.  We found Chiara a lovely German girl and Gill our French friend.  We sat at one of the many bars in the square and drank cider that the bartender theatrically pours from a great height.   Drinking cider in Spain is very entertaining.

We went and had dinner with Gill and a French friend of his in a little restaurant and met a lovely English couple who are here on holiday  We had a nice chat with them then it was time for bed.

Today was about people it would seem.  Another fantastic day on the Camino.