Sunday, 5 June 2016

5-June-2016 Soto del Baco to Soto de Luina 20km

Woke late, went for breakfast around 9.00am, they had a full spread but after last nights meal settled for fruit, yoghurt and pastries.
Packed up and started walking at 10.15am, first stop was only 4.6km in, it was a beautiful little town with a central plaza, tree covered complete with nice church in the background, as soon as we sat down we had a waiter asking us what we wanted, he actually guessed, dos cafe con leche grande. It came with biscuit and a chocolate, the best kind of coffee.
We walked on, at the 8km mark, we were at the next town, it was too early to have another coffee but we found a nice set of steps to take the boots off for a while.  This is the plan for today, stop every hour, take the boots off, rub life back into the feet, then continue. I found a tick on me here which I promptly removed.
The next stop was at 13km, we found a nice plot of mown grass on the roadside and plonked down full stretch, Lynette broke out some biscuits she had stashed at breakfast time, what a treat.
The walk itself was pleasant today, a lot of ups and downs and felt warm although only 21 deg C, but the majority was off road with tree cover, occasional beach views. We listened to Spanish lessons and 'All in the Mind' podcasts.
We arrived at our destination in Soto de Luina at 4.00pm. We booked in at the hostel, had a shower small rest then walked up the road to see what town had to offer. Stopped at the first open pub, had a couple of beers a pack of chips (because we can't get enough patayas). Then we continued our walk through town which took all of five minutes, being Sunday nothing is open, we went to a bar we passed on the way into town that advertised meals served at 18:00 but as soon as we walked in we knew we weren't going to eat there, it smelled musty, full of mold. We went back to the bar we had been earlier and ordered a couple of hamburgers, then off to bed early as we were both tired.

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