After a good breakfast, and collecting 2 pinchos of bread and chorizo for a mid-morning snack, we set off to retrace our steps to the end of the bridge. This took us back past the Sanctuario de Barquera, the fishermen's chapel, and past the fishing port and market. Then along past the yachts and restaurants to the roundabout
. The Camino goes uphill from the bridge and there are good views back to the church of San Vicente. It was very humid all the way to La Acebosa, partly on traks and partly on the road.
Beyond La Acebosa the route to Santo Toribio de Liebana turns towards the Picos de Europa at Hortigal and the Camino del Norte continues towards Estrada. We stopped briefly at La Torre Estrada to eat our pinchos. The ancient tower is under scaffolding and being restored. Walking on we stopped in Serdio for coca cola and to buy more water, then continued along the roads to Pesues where we stopped for lunch at 13.30.
The extra 1.5kms needed to return from the hotel to the camino would have made walking to Unquera a longer day than we wanted. It was nearly 15.00 when we finished lunch, so we completed the journey to the Rio Deva ll, at Unquera, by taxi. A very comfortable stop just out of the town but there is a confiteria just down the slope and a big supermarket just up from the hostal. We went to the former for a drink, but not into the supermarket. The Rio Deva ll also has a good cafe where we bought tortilla bocadillos for supper.
Sanctuario de Barquera
Looking back to the church at San Vicente
Countryside and
La Torre Estrada
The Camino follows the country road beyond Estrada and into Pesues
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