Greetings. 17 miles today, bringing the total to 142.
Castro Urdiales is a beautiful Seaside town with a very large tourism industry. Many of our Pilgrim friends who stay in hostels we’re forced to move on to the next town because everything including the hostels what were full of tourists. Fortunately, Diane and I had a reservation and so we’re able to spend the night.
This day started with a walk along the hills that meet the sea.
for about 5 miles, the path followed in this fashion. Thereafter, a river inlet forced us to turn inland.
to the left of this photo the river goes into a valley for several miles. At this point, we needed to make a decision. Continue into the valley and had six more miles to our walk or, follow the highway for 15 kilometers to reach our next destination of Loredo. We opted for walking along the highway. It was a backwoods Highway and so wasn’t crowded it was still very forested, but it wasn’t a natural Trail.
We arrived into Loreto with a classic sight, rooftops!. Yes, at this point all but one of our entries into our final Town required a steep descent into town. Loredo did not disappoint.
After recovering from the walk, we explored the old town of Laredo. It seemed Queen Isabel after commissioning Columbus comma chose this town for her summer vacations.
This town also has the longest continuous Beach on the northern coast of Spain. And great sunsets 
and sunrises.
This would definitely be a town it to consider visiting just as a tourist.
I find that every day no matter what I’m doing, I’m constantly looking at the clock and thinking OK, what time is it where Bill and Diane are, and what might they be doing? It’s interesting that when I’m going to bed you’re getting up and getting ready for your walk. And, what I’m getting up, you’re hopefully just about done with your days walk. I love following you in my mind as well as in my heart and on your blog! I have noticed however, that the Camino français’s seems to be quite hot right now. 90° in Sarria!
It is interesting in getting used to the time changes. Most of our email communications occurs while we sleep, because everybody in the states is awake then. And vice a versa. Not a big deal though. It is getting very warm here along the northern coast too. It is expected to hit 90 tomorrow. The consolation, if you can use that word, is that it will rain the day after. As that is projected to be a 20-plus mile walk, slogging in rain will make it even more interesting!
The thing that would be interesting to know besides the amount of miles that you walked is how long it took you to walk it. What time do you typically start in the morning? Do you stop much along the way, and when is your typical arrival time?
These look like some great locations to sketch and paint. Thanks for taking such nice photos!