I posted that I was alone last night until nearly 9:00 PM, but then an Austrian from Salzburg joined me. Nice fellow (pic incl), and I thought I had bad bedbug bites, well his were an order of magnitude worse mainly on his back. He had already discarded 1000€ worth of equipment because he claimed that that was the only solution. So now he has a small day pack. BTW, the town had a music celebration that lasted until five in the morning--made for a real interrupted night of sleep--oh well!
Leaving Llanes, we saw beautiful ocean views. I struggled with the 29.7 km (18.6 mi) and concluded that it's my limit with tendinitis burning the last hour. Will try to hold the distances down to 25 km (15.6 mi). Beautiful day in 70s with cloud cover and three or four nice breaks, but didn't get in until after 4:00 PM. At the destination, I was floored at how nice the albergue is: right next to the ocean, they have a three-story building with lots of two double-bunk bed rooms overlooking the ocean, for 19.80€ including breakfast. The very first thing I did was wade in the ocean to cool off my feet and ankles. Then I encountered many of the old group and had a beer/coffee together on the premises. We'll try to have breakfast together downstairs at 7:00 AM then do a shorter walk.
