29-May-2016 Comillas to Munorrodero 24km

Woke up after a great nights sleep, Lynette not so, she had slept well until 1.00am then had listened to the hall clock chime off the hours until 4.30 am. I let her sleep on until 8.00am then had to wake her to get moving. As it was we didn't leave the accomodation until 9.00 am. We walked to town and had the same breakfast as yesterday, coffee and croissants, this time though the croissants were toast, they were beautiful, what a delicious treat.
After breakfast and talking to people inside and outside the cafe we didn't start walking until 10.00am. We headed out of town towards the river. About 15 minutes later had a message from Chantal replying to a message I had sent earlier, we video called her, it was a 3 for 1 call, spoke to Chantal, Lila and Jeremy. Lila had been sick lately and was excited to show us the two pills she had to take daily. Jeremy had arrived in back to Australia recenty and had spent half the week working for Andy, he was still excited by it. After the call we continued the walk, not long after we had a beautiful view with river leading to a sandy beach (complete with sailboat passing by) on one side and snow covered mountains on the other.
We headed roughly along the coast but with only the occasional glimpse. Then inland past the Santa Maria Golf Course at Santa Ana. At the 12km mark we came into San Vicente de la Barquera, a beautiful little seaside village. It was very picturesque, we crossed the bridge into town and rested in the park. After 1/2 hr we bought a jamon and queso bocadillo from a nearby cafe and headed up the hill and out of town, which was surprisingly quick. It wasn't long before we were heading sharply uphill. I had picked this point to start eating the bocadillo, I had to give up as I could gasp and eat at the same time. Once on top of the hill we had a view of San Vincente way back.
The track then deteriorated back to road walking, then the rain started again, which once again cooled down the day. We hadn't walked in the rain long when we came to Serdio, a small town with a bar. We took the opportunity to get out of the wet and to enjoy a beer or two as well. We meet two German girls who were staying the night for 7.00€ each and three more German girls who had only walked 6 km and had had enough, they had ordered a taxi to take them to the nearest station then they were travelling to Llanes, our destination tomorrow. After two beers the rain stopped, we walked a futher 4 km to Munorrodero, we had had enough walking by this stage, we walked to a local accomodation Posado de Muno. The hostess here was lovely, we had a great room with full private bathroom for 40.00€, she drove us to the local cafe after we had had a bath and rest, arranged for the manager to call her at the end of our meal, came back to take us home and told us a bit about the region. She made our day. Tomorrow we have planned to miss a bit of the road walking out - until then..