AJ, I don’t remember a lot of road walking. I think it may be for the same reason
@trecile doesn’t remember the industrial slog from Gijón to Avilés — I was too engrossed in good conversation. A close friend from Madrid had come to walk a few days with me and we had just met a certain
@Krimpa who thought he was on the Primitivo and just decided to keep walking.
But even if it is road, it surely wasn’t busy road, and I am sure there was no industry at all unless I was hallucinating. I used to be accutely sensitive to asphalt walking, and I still don’t like it, but with my switch to trail runners and silicone orthotics, I may be less aware of the asphalt.
But it is definitely true that I have clearer memories of my surroundings when I walk alone.
Just checked wikiloc, and it looks to me like there is hardly any road walking — maybe you got on the wrong road?
Oviedo - Avilés -
Camino de Santiago Hiking trail in Oviedo, Asturias (España). Download its GPS track and follow the route on a map. Record your own itinerary from the Wikiloc app, upload the trail and share it with the community.