Soaked oats, banana and yoghurt enables extra early exit and epic stage ... crescent moon in clear dark sky ... uphill for dawning and along quiet roads to Serdio for first coffee at 8 ... quick second coffee at 9 and juice plus pastry at Unquera at 10 ... the last town in Cantabria ... over the river and up to Colombres, where a bus load of children from Gijon are roaming round asking questions ... the teachers trying to get them to speak English (it's important for them) ...
On into Asturias on back roads and hard shoulders with occasional dirt tracks ... feet complain at all the asphalt, left knee joins in, then shoulders ... all connected and conspiring to find softer surfaces and shorter stages ... a brief excursion on coastal tracks lift the spirits, before returning to hard shoulder and lunch an hour before Llanes with extended rest ...
The rather fine town finally arrives at 5, tourist info is open for update on coming stages (each region is responsible for Camino info and infrastructure) ... hostel located in search of pilgrims, absent all day, though there none here ... too early they say ... season starts in May ... except for Germans and the odd Englishman ...
Ribadesella tomorrow perhaps, 32km a little gentler than today's hard 45 ...
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