Castro-Urdiales

 

Yesterday I walked to a town called Castro Urdiales.. It is along the coast, and I think I am starting to leave the  Basque region.

On the way there I went through a rest stop, picnic area, and met a woman from Poland named Martyna.  We spoke in French.  She is camping out, but had her tent and sleeping bag put away by the time I passed her. She said it’s not legal, but they look the other way if you’re on the Camino. 

When I came out onto the coast she was there again and took this picture of me ( see Castro-Urdiales in the distance) and also this selfie of the two of us. 

I walked a lot of bicycle/ pedestrian rail- trail yesterday which was nice. But at one point I had to choose to take a very steep trail that was 4 miles longer, or walk on the highway. 

In June I did the Maryland Camino, which was 90% highway. So I chose the highway. The difference this time was yhat thrre weren’t any shoulders to the road. After looking at the sign, I sawan elderly woman sitting in front of her house. She said she didn’t think it was bad. “Tiene que tener cuidado,” she said.  “You have to be careful.” Iprobably won’t make this choice again. I was very careful and arrived in town by 3pm  

Then treated myself to gelato.