Got away a lot earlier today – necessary because we have 30kms to walk today! As seems to be becoming normal, the hotel breakfast is just bread and pastries which just doesn’t keep us going, so we had a couple of nectarines we had bought and hit the road at 7:50am. Stopped at Poo (yes, that’s really the name of the town) for a better breakfast of tortillas and cafe con leche with what seemed like every other walker on the track (tortillas here are a sort of omelette type dish) we passed some nice beach towns and nice beaches, including Celorio and Barri before heading inland for lunch at a town called Nueva. We struggled to find somewhere that opened before 2pm but finally found one at the end of town – it like the first watch anybody had in Spain ran 2 1/2 hrs late and they’ve never changed!
On the way out of town we passed a little village and church and a guy was letting off fireworks in the middle of the day for what seemed to be a local festival – perhaps there’s some money to be made by introducing the idea of fireworks at night!
The last stop before Ribadesella with any drinks was Pineres de Pría so we stopped for a couple of coffees then set out after the 9kms into town.
Passed the 400km mark – 412kms in total today and thankfully a shorter walk tomorrow.
steelewalking 
Dave I have visions of your comments on local customs getting you into trouble. How close are you going to those mountains? Love the stories. All the best.
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Rod,
The mountains are about 5km inland from us. When we started at Irun they were right on the coast and hence the big ascents and descents each day but they have moved inland now and there is a coastal “plain” with only 50 to 90 m hills!
We cross over the range after Ribadeo in 10 days – hope there’s a pass!!!
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