Thursday 10 October 2019

Santander to Santillana sin Mar ...

After a day training, a night and day sailing, organism is happy to resume walking ... Bay of Biscay rather choppy and discombobulating ... some human contact made early in the voyage and at the end, when first pilgrim appeared, Welsh woman heading back to St Jean to start the classic French Way ... this pilgrim heading on familiar route from Santander, the N611 to Torrelevega and back road into Santillana without Mar, though plenty of tourists ... still open day by day, with previous mountain excursions still available along with Ribadeo and full Norte or Ribadeo to Ferrol ...

Sun lingers as early hour and half managed on pavements with street lights before first breakfast stop to tune in to new language and discover local tv news includes Spanish shoe exports threatened by possible DUK exit from EU ...

Seven and a half hours on the road, maybe six and a half walking, makes a strong first day, with no adverse reactions to report ... Convento offers lower bunk bed with sheet in double room and washing line for refreshing first set of underclothes ... filling menu del dia in town and warm Sun all day topping up Vitamin D ... fellow pilgrims mostly Italian and German so far ...

Feeling good to be back on the road ... 

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