Our Albergue was right on the Camino today, which was nice. It was a smaller one, just 16 bunks, I had the top one this time. 😐 I’m serious, getting up there is tough, there was also no rail on the side, I was a little concerned about rolling out.
If your not up and already moving the lights come on in most Albergues at 7am, whether you like it or not. They want you out the door by 8am, most times as today, we were the last ones. It’s not me, just so you know. (Note from Allen: just remember who is narrating)
We walked around the beach a bit last night before bed. We are now in Cantabria having left Basque Country when we entered Castro-Urdiales.
We started up out of the town heading to Santoña. First we have to pass through some residential areas, past a camp ground, down farm lanes and 5 km later we arrive in Allendelagua.
We have some sun for a little bit.
We walked a couple more kilometers to Cerdigo where then 3km more into Islares. After about 10km of road walking we caught a city bus to the next bigger town, Laredo. Another coastal beach town.
Here is Al’s Relive link, he separated today into two video logs.
https://www.relive.cc/view/vE6JnZd7yx6
After we got off the bus we started walking on the sidewalks through town leading to the ferry point.
We finally got to the El Puntal, the beachhead and had to walk over the dunes on wooden planks to the beach on the other side. The ferry pulls right up onto the beach and cranks out a gang plank to board the ferry.
It was a busy day in Santoña when we arrived, very crowded with people everywhere. The cafes spread out into the side walks and we tried to find our way through the throng.
We finally found our Albergue, which was tough it in was in Plaza San Antonio and looked nothing like the picture. It was wedged between two restaurants.
Al’s video log below showing our 2nd leg of today’s journey.
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