1-June-2016 Nueva to Colunga 24km walk 11km train

No Woke at 6.30, only because we couldn't sleep anymore. Got ready and walked to the Nueva train station to get on the train to Ribadesella as we felt the description of this walk included way too much road walking. We met someone later in the day who said they really enjoyed walking this section and not too much road, que sera, sera.
Once at Ribadesella station we had a queer old man who guided us through town to the bridge over the Ria. We head to the beach but didn't find any restaurants so back tracked a little to José cafe and had croissants and 2 coffees, I also snuck in a jamon and egg roll. In the cafe I recognise a photo on the wall, it was a big photo of the story bridge with Brisbane city in the background. So far from home but so close.
The days walk started lovely along the beach promenade, not long enough though before we were in the back streets. About 2km of road we were on a dirt track. It alternated from dirt to sealed for a while. At La Vega beach we stopped for another coffee, after this the track headed uphill to Berbes. Between Berbes and La Isla it all went to shit. Somehow we ended up on the road again instead of walking near the beach, once again our guide book is missing about 7kms of information. Once we discovered our error we found a country lane and headed in the right direction, it once again probably added a couple of kms to the journey. We finally got back to the beach, just before La Isla was a cafe, we stopped for lunch and rest.
After lunch walked along the road again, eventually there was a track running parallel to the road we used, we met another Australian couple along this section, Paul and Penny from Canberra. Talked with them the last 4km into Colonga. They had been walking for 17 days so far. They had a great app which they recommended "Wise Pilgram" it has maps, information on the towns and an accomodation guide. Might be able to stay on the track a bit better with this guide. Once in town we parted ways, they went in search of accommodation we went in search of beer. I don't know how they went but we were successful. Had a tankard of beer, it was a big glass, we downloaded the app and used it to find a cheap hotel nearby, Hotel Entreviñes, one double room with private shower 40€.
One thing we have been disappointed with is the food, it is impossible to get a meal with vegetables. Tonight we went to two different restaurants that were not serving food, we settled for a cafe and had awful hamburgers and fried potatoes, that seem to come with every dish.