I wish I had brought the connector to load pictures onto this blog as I have some wonderful shots of the scenery along the way. It was one thing that came out f my pack in order to save on weight.
Today was delicious. I did not even get up until 0730 as we promised ourselves a short day today and a slow morning. We stopped at the local bar fr breakfast which was tortilla and cafe con leche so we were much better prepared for the morning climb. Again a wonderful walk, following the yellow arrows. We find consistently that the yellow arrows take us on sometimes longer and more hilly, but definitely a stunning look at the small villages and the rural scenes around here. You can only see the country like this by walking. While it was another few tough climbs, it was fine and we were in the next town in no time.
Laredo is another tourist town with a very long beach which attracts the locals and those from far away to come and sit on the beach and bake all day. So there they are from early morning, carrying beach chairs and umbrellas and reading materials to the beach. It is hot again, although there are predictions of rain for tomorrow. We will see as we have been so lucky with the weather so far.
In Laredo, we had to walk about 4 kms along the beach wall to get to the boat across to Santona. We laughed out loud when we arrived at this place. After a very long walk, the boat which is a pretty fair size motor boat (probably seats 30 or so), comes right up onto the beach with pop music blaring, so we danced our way up the gang plank and sat down for the 5 minute ride across the harbour.
We had quite a time finding a bed here, thinking that we could get into the youth hostel, which turned out to be full. So we found a pensionne, again with the help of a gentleman who happened to come along and phoned the proprietor to come over and find us a bed. It is like a flat in a large building withg about 7 rooms and with the bathrooms acrss the hall. Two rooms with two beds for E38 each so while expensive, there is no other choice and it balances the cheaper nights we have had in the last week or so. The town is full of people, celebrating something. Hopefully it will not be too noisy tonight as sometimes happens.
Good to have a short walk today and time to rest and enjoy the environment.
Maggee
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