hey, laurie!
this is my variant, starting at Puente de Gallegos spanning rio Nora. to Escamplero is easily doable in one day from Oviedo (20km). if you want to go there from Escamplero, follow PR AS-172 Ruta de los Lanceros down to Raneces and san Pedro de Nora (4.3km). san Pedro is actually south of Escamplero.
A via s Pedro de Nora to Escamplero or Valdunu: Join AS232 up to the end of the wooden fence, cross it, turn sharp L down and immediately turn R up a minor road with PR AS-239 Senda verde El Pedreru. The road becomes a gravel track up through woods then a minor road up to a T crossroad. Turn L up with a pedestrian/bike lane, ascend to a T crossroad in QUEXU/QUEJO (221m; ä L; N panorama), go SA up a dirt track that soon levels (230m) then join L down a lane that descends into a small valley then down the slope almost to AS233 in 2.9km CAMPANAL (118m). Turn sharp L down a lane that passes F then swings back above río Nora and leads under A63 motorway to cementerio where it becomes a minor road to AS233. Cross it to raech 9/10C 4.6km s Pedro de Nora (mentioned 905, burnt 1934, windows, poor remains of murals, 20C campanario, key in village).
To go to Escamplero on PR AS-172 Ruta de los Lanceros, turn R up AS233, rise through SAN PEDRO DE NORA (83m), under A63 motorway, through 0.8km CAMPANAL (118m) and past a red house and a blue house with a small parking lot L, before two electricity lines cross the road. (If no dirt track, a minor road veers L further up.) Veer L down to a dirt track that becomes a path below wall of a house, then a walled lane, veers L then R, in a forest bends R down across reguero Valle (106m) and up below lavadero to a minor road (+0.1km R down is lavadero de La Fondona (F)) in 2km RAÑECES (134m). Turn R then L up a minor road, swing L then R up, and on top (why not L down for a lane as on IGN?) R up to AS233. Turn L up, at two round mirrors and No.56 (247m) turn L down a minor road, it becomes a track down then up to hórreo, turn R up to a T crossroad, turn L up for 5m then then veer R up a gravel road, facing a wall with panorama fork R up a walled dirt track that becomes a steep street to a T crossroad with yellow houses, turn R up past hórreo and ascend to municipal in 4.3km 19.4km/5h45 ESCAMPLERO (246m). Key R on AS234 in ä.
To go towards Grado, turn L across río Nora (78m) with AS233 and PR AS-183 Ruta Priañes, bend R up and pass a round tower on a massive wall to a L bend with an info board above embalse El Furacón (94m). Turn sharp R up a minor road, higher up it becomes very steep and cement, then on top (178m) gravel to a minor road. Turn R down, level, rise, descend, join a minor road SA/R up, at the start of the village veer L down to a triple fork below hórreo and with modern igl. Santiago ahead R, in 1.5km PRIAÑES (134m). Veer L down the lower most street, three old and one new house later turn R down (L down is also good), 50m later turn L to a walled lane that bends L before a football pitch, fork L then descend in a more or less straight line across pastures then down through woods to a picnic spot where it becomes a path along río Nalón (65m) then up to a minor road. Leave PR and go L down to a power plant, before it turn L acorss a metal footbridge over río Nalón (55m), ascend a path up to pastures then follow a track SA towards a railway line, cross the railway L, ascend a minor road to the first house R, with a brick façade, after it turn R up a walled path that ascends to a fork, fork R up a street and on top turn L to reach a crossroad with multi electricity lines in 2.6km BARRÉU (107m). Fork/veer R up, out of the village the road becomes gravel up to a ridge (151m) then down above a power plant to N634. Cross and turn R across río Sama (68m), rise past LLERA (86m) then descend to the first ä in VEIGA D'ANZU (85m), turn sharp R down GR6 towards Valduno, swing down to the train station, cross the railway there to descend a street on the R side down to GR6, cross río Nalón (55m) and reach a round mirror and a street L, in 2.9km VALDUNU (81m; L are +0.1km termas romanas de Valduno & s Eulalia). Go SA up, up past a road L (which is A with arrows), ascend past the estate with a brick barn and a palm L then veer L to a lane that after a house becomes a path and fords arroyo Llonga to 7.6km CP. Turn L. 30.5km from Oviedo to Grado.
that weird ä is in word file a sign for a restaurant or a bar. F in bold is a potable fountain.
hopefully in time!
