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June 27th
Cudillero to Cadavedo The day started out early at about three or four am I looked at the weather forecast in hopes of a break in the rain ….it was supposed to be raining all day. There were thunderstorms during the night but it looked like we would have a break in the rain early in the morning.
Finally getting up at about 6 we both agreed that it was time to go. We packed and were downstairs by 6:30 am. I asked the attendant to call us a taxi and he felt there would be no answer at that hour. I insisted that he call but there was not answer. With no taxi service to get us out of the sea level town meant that we would have to walk out bikes the 2 or 3 kilometers back to the camino, all uphill. The streets were narrow and the sidewalks were very small but it was early so little traffic to deal with. We ended up taking a different route than the one coming into town last night and we ended up back on the main road in about 40 minutes. We stopped for coffee and bread at a hotel restaurant and enjoyed relaxation for about 30 minutes. Being at this town meant that we were done with the stage we started yesterday. We missed getting a stamp from an albergue last night. Onto another stage, destination now was Soto de Luiña. |
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We rode calmly and got lunch of pintxos, a tortilla with chorizo and a couple of Amstel limon canas.
We rode some more in the rain and decided to stop at a bar for a café. When we entered we saw three walking pilgrims sitting. One of them was the Norwegian guy I had met yesterday and the one whom had given us the information on Cudillero. I shared with him that we had stopped off in the beautiful town and showed him the pictures. He gave me further on on the Norway hiking/biking trails.
All day today was rain jackets off and on, we were soaked. Carmen got petty cold and ended up wearing my cycling pants. We wanted to get extra miles in when the weather calmed down so we rode on to Pinera. We hoped there would be washing service but there was none there was no sun either to dry the clothes and it keep raining. The albergue had just re opened, there was a film crew there doing a film for a the town which part of their tourism money comes from the pilgrims.
I ended up cooking noodles and because I did not have anything to put on them I put jam and honey. They at least filled my stomach. Carmen ended buying the dinner at the albergue and had dinner with 2 other pilgrims while I came to the bed to write. The bikes were locked up and our clothes were hanging over them to hopefully dry a bit. A very peaceful albergue because it had just opened up. There was thunder and rain during the night.
So after a very wet day we ended up doing about two and a half stages today and ended up staying at the albergue de peregrinos de Piñera which at one time many years ago was the school building for the small town.
We rode some more in the rain and decided to stop at a bar for a café. When we entered we saw three walking pilgrims sitting. One of them was the Norwegian guy I had met yesterday and the one whom had given us the information on Cudillero. I shared with him that we had stopped off in the beautiful town and showed him the pictures. He gave me further on on the Norway hiking/biking trails.
All day today was rain jackets off and on, we were soaked. Carmen got petty cold and ended up wearing my cycling pants. We wanted to get extra miles in when the weather calmed down so we rode on to Pinera. We hoped there would be washing service but there was none there was no sun either to dry the clothes and it keep raining. The albergue had just re opened, there was a film crew there doing a film for a the town which part of their tourism money comes from the pilgrims.
I ended up cooking noodles and because I did not have anything to put on them I put jam and honey. They at least filled my stomach. Carmen ended buying the dinner at the albergue and had dinner with 2 other pilgrims while I came to the bed to write. The bikes were locked up and our clothes were hanging over them to hopefully dry a bit. A very peaceful albergue because it had just opened up. There was thunder and rain during the night.
So after a very wet day we ended up doing about two and a half stages today and ended up staying at the albergue de peregrinos de Piñera which at one time many years ago was the school building for the small town.
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