Well, the rain all night did not bode well for us in the morning, It was dull and overcast and before we had walked 1 km, we had to put our rain gear on. It was rain and rain and rain all day long, sometimes light drizzle and sometimes more of a steady downpour. The environment was beautiful in spite of the weather and so we did enjoy more beauty and solitude. This morning we followed the bread man in his little truck, as he went his way up through the hills, honking and honking to bring the people out to buy their bread from him. The bread man delivery is a very importan part of the day here in Spain. Luckily we were able to find places both for coffee and for lunch this day and wer able to come in out of the rain to dry of a bit.
Walking in rain gear is for sure an experience,. You are wet from the sweat on the inside and wet from the rain on the outside. The only think that keeps you wark is the body heat that warms up the water proof interior of your garments which are totally soaked inside. This means that you cannot take anyting off as you are immediately chilled.
We follow a route that is not the Camino wanting to avoid the coast which we fear is slippery and hilly and so not want the danger that we had a few days ago. So we are on pavement all day - hard on the feet and joints and the day is very long. It is beautiful as we are walking the hills of Asturtia now and the mountains in the distance are wonderful.
Our big excitement comes near the end of the day when we realize a lot of activyt is setting up along the road side. Eventually comes a lot of vehicles and motorcade and sports vans and the helicopters which are following hte cyclists racint eht Tour de Spain. They are about 100 riders, all in a tight pacl and whiz past us very fast, but the entourage with them was very impressive.
We do not arrive in Llanes until 6 pm, totally drained and done in. We are wet and hungry and so exhausted. We reject the first alveque which is expensive and like a prison cell and in short order find ourselves a wonderful pensionne for 22E. We are unpakced, dried off and have the room hung like a laundry room with our wet gear all over the place in no time.
We get a few SMS messages from Ilana that she is heading to Bilbao now with Christanne to head for home in Germany.
At dinner that night, it is like a miracle, as we sit there finishing our food. All of a sudden comes Christianne with Franco and Robert who we also have met a few times. C has just returned on the bus from Bilbao after getting Ilana on the airplane to Germany and even has a picture for us to see. We have a wonderful time wiht her and it completes the worry that we had for both of them in the past two days.
Christianne is from Geneva and has been walking for months, intending to complete 4000 kms before she gets home, I don´t think we will see her again as she is walking very fast now and we are getting tired. it was intended that she find us that night just to complete the circle of care that we had around Ilana.
Maggee
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