7-June-2016 Caneras to Navia 28km

Started walking at 8.00am, straight into a uphill section, then along a disused highway across the new highway then along back streets, it seemed we were turning circles for a bit. Before long we had a vista of Luarca, it is an old sea port nestled in by cliffs all around. The road in and out was very steep, the people of the town must be part goat. Here we stopped for breakfast 8km down. Coffee and croissants again, (still like them). Got a boca to go and we went.
The next section of walk was mainly farm track, we stopped in a field aftee an hour to kick the shoes off, drink up and eat the boca. We didn't stop again until Villapedre where we had lunch, although there was one section where we weren't sure if we had missed a turn off and backtracked quite a bit before deciding to continue. At lunch there was a bunch of walkers it seems the numbers are growing. We had Pinchoes, 1ea bacon and cheese and Chorizo omelette for me, 2 soft drinks, 1 coffee, 1 piece of cake for 9€.
After lunch continued on, the day was getting very warm, only 9km to go. We sat down roadside after 5km for a drink and shoes off break, the walk wasn't hard going but it was pretty bland. We were happy to discover that our destination was closer than we thought.
The last part of the walk was down hill on tarmac - it destroyed my feet, the weren't hurting at the top of the hill but by the bottom I felt awful. Had to sit for a while while Lynette tried to navigate whete the nearest accomodation was. There was a pension nearby, we tried that but it was full, there was meant to be a hostel in town but when we got there it was closed. A man directed us to another hotel but when we arrived it had been booked out due to a conference. We tried another and scored well, got an apartment with 2 beds, 1 double, 1 single, 2 rooms, 1 massive bathroom for 50€, a bit more than our budget but saves more hassle of busing out of town and returning to continue the walk.
We thought of a single older lady who was following us that we met today who may have the same troubles so we went back to the pension to meet her and invite her to use the spare bed. The two German girls we met yesterday also wandered into town, Lynette pointed them in the direction of our hotel, and also wished them luck. We had two beers and was ready to go but a harmless drunk guy was talking to Lynette which gave her a chance to practise Spanish. No sooner did he leave then another Spanish local took his place. We had a long conversation, then the single German lady turned up, she had secured a room so all was good. We had another beer together, when we turned down the locals offer to drive up around town and to the beach 8kms away, he seemed to be offended and left us, we were ready to go anyway as we hadn't showered yet.
Once showered we rested for 1/2hr then went in search of food. Hamburgers again tonight with coffee, stopped in a supermarket for ice-cream then home to bed.