- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2024 - which Camino? IDK!
2025 CF from SJPdP?
Day 1
Left Oviedo around 7:30. That seems to be my routine. Oh my how perspectives change. I saw 13 peregrinos by 10:15 - it’s crowded out here
About 15 km into the walk my feet were starting to bark. I was hoping that I’d be able to stick them into the river that I could hear. Sure enough about 1 km later there was the river bank and my feet were happy. But of course the Camino always provides a bit more . There was a group peregrinos also at the river and they offered up their bota bag with wine and an empanada. What a nice break!
I caught up to the same group a little bit later. We were walking together for a while and they were going to take a left when Camino was going to the right. I said see you later and they said, “no no come with us”. That was great because it was a short detour to ancient Roman hot springs that also happen to have skulls and bones imbedded in the side. Very cool!
As far as the Camino itself goes, the stage had a lot of asphalt and concrete surfaces along with some nice trails through the woods and by the river. But it does seem to be dominated by asphalt. That was in part my own fault because as I got close to Grado completely missed the turn into the trail. So I came into town on a stretch of industrial wasteland kind of like walking into Burgos if you miss the river trail… Like we did when we were on the Francés!
Well the day wrapped up with some fun. I was walking along and caught up to a man and son. I immediately recognized the father from his profile picture on the Ivar forum! So of course I walked up and said I think you’re from Cumbria England right? He looked at me and said, “is it that obvious?” And I then told him how I knew They’re staying at San Juan de Villapañada as well - there are just 6 of us there.
We spent a few hours chatting with the hospitalero Domingo who was great. Gave us our stamps, lots of stories, and was really a very gracious host. One of the girls was given tasks by her family and friends to do while on Camino. Fun things for the most part. So they decided that they would give each of us a task drawn out of a hat. I get to order food that I have not eaten before.
Left Oviedo around 7:30. That seems to be my routine. Oh my how perspectives change. I saw 13 peregrinos by 10:15 - it’s crowded out here
About 15 km into the walk my feet were starting to bark. I was hoping that I’d be able to stick them into the river that I could hear. Sure enough about 1 km later there was the river bank and my feet were happy. But of course the Camino always provides a bit more . There was a group peregrinos also at the river and they offered up their bota bag with wine and an empanada. What a nice break!
I caught up to the same group a little bit later. We were walking together for a while and they were going to take a left when Camino was going to the right. I said see you later and they said, “no no come with us”. That was great because it was a short detour to ancient Roman hot springs that also happen to have skulls and bones imbedded in the side. Very cool!
As far as the Camino itself goes, the stage had a lot of asphalt and concrete surfaces along with some nice trails through the woods and by the river. But it does seem to be dominated by asphalt. That was in part my own fault because as I got close to Grado completely missed the turn into the trail. So I came into town on a stretch of industrial wasteland kind of like walking into Burgos if you miss the river trail… Like we did when we were on the Francés!
Well the day wrapped up with some fun. I was walking along and caught up to a man and son. I immediately recognized the father from his profile picture on the Ivar forum! So of course I walked up and said I think you’re from Cumbria England right? He looked at me and said, “is it that obvious?” And I then told him how I knew They’re staying at San Juan de Villapañada as well - there are just 6 of us there.
We spent a few hours chatting with the hospitalero Domingo who was great. Gave us our stamps, lots of stories, and was really a very gracious host. One of the girls was given tasks by her family and friends to do while on Camino. Fun things for the most part. So they decided that they would give each of us a task drawn out of a hat. I get to order food that I have not eaten before.
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