6-June-2016 Soto de Luina to Caneras 29km

T Going to bed early kind of back-fired as we both had a lousy nights sleep. Our room smelt as well after we closed the windows, it wasn't us, it smelt like mold.
We packed up and started walking at 7.30am. Just as we started out, the rain started falling. We walked the first 6km before we stopped for breakfast, coffee and toast. It stopped raining so packed up the Ponchos and walked on again. Before long we were in Santa Maria, the next town, another 4kms down and we stopped again for coffee and cake, this is more like it.
The next stretch was a long one, there were lots of deviations bringing us closer to the beaches, it would have been beautiful if it wasn't raining but the rain kept the temperature down, although it was steamy. We passed a few of the secluded beaches talked about in our guide book, they were secluded but better brind a stone mat.
The walk was mainly off road but in and out of valleys, a real yo-yo effect.
I was organising flights back to work on the way as I need to return a day early for a medical.
We arrived in Cadavedo 20kms down at 1.45pm at the Hotel Asur Regal for the menu of the day. Salad for starters, pork and potatoes for mains. We kicked off the shoes and had a good break.
After lunch the guide books said 6km more to Canero, we took off again believing that lie, the day had really heated up and we were back to the majority of road walking although this was broken up from time to time with nice forest walks. We had a good break after crossing the highway outside of Queruas once again rubbing some life back into our tired feet. We walked on about 1.5km when I realized I had left my pack rain cover at our last break, so I told Lynette to cool her heels in the shade and I ran back, it was refreshing not to have a pack on, ran with ease and a little delight.
Got the pack back on and continued the journey, finally made it to the only hotel/restaurant in Canero at 5.10pm, a long days walk.
We asked for a room and there was a lot of ums and ahs before OK and they showed us a nice double room with ensuite, scored well again.
We didn't rest and shower straight away, this time we drank, we had counted on getting in an hour earlier and had drunk all of our water on the way, so two soft drinks and two beers (for me) later I was feeling hydrated enough to relax.
While drinking two German girls who we saw yesterday in Soto de Luina but didn't talk to turned up, at first they were told no rooms but then another pilgrim who is an older gent with parkingsons is allowing them to share, if not they would have had to backtrack to Queruas. Distance for the day was 29.3km and 994m ascent but highest point only 209m. Restaurant opens at 8.30.
We went to dinner half an hour early to get a good start on the wine, dinner was like lunch, salad first then substitute the pork for chicken, same same only different.
Finished the meal with an egg flan with custard and coffee, then straight to bed. Day 11 done and dusted over 300km down.