Post by Wynette: Whew, Day 2 was a hard day for me. Charlie did fine except he was anxious about me. We thought it would be an easy 6 mile day while we got broken in. We thought we’d get to Cudillero, a cute little seaside town, with lots of energy to explore. We took a scenic headland-above-the-ocean detour, not realizing it took us a few miles extra and that there was some grueling up and down. By grueling, I mean walking about a half mile on steps. And the same coming down. There was more up and down in between. Steep up or down is no fun, but steps kill me. We finally made it to Cudillero at 4:00 just in time to eat a delicious restaurant lunch before the restaurant closed. After that … crash in the hotel.
It appears this section of the Camino del Norte, while never at very high altitude, is rarely very flat. Constant rolling hills, some quite steep.
Above photo looking down into Cudillero. A bit more downhill at the end of the day.
Our track:
https://www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/2018-04-05-soto-del-barco-cudillero-34905089
Sorry you had such a rough day.
Lovely, tiled roof homes that ‘flow down’ the hill side. Exactly what I would expect in Spain. Picturesque, but I think I would feel claustrophobic if I lived in one of the houses.
Yes, they are very close to each other and piled on top of each other. Pretty amazing. The streets of this town are very steep. People must have very strong legs.
Yes, like Carlsbad!
Having spent most of my life in California, I look at scenes like that and think “What are they doing for siesmic (lateral resistance)?”
Very good point. It didn’t seem very earthquake proof. Maybe they don’t have them there. The whole town is in a V-shaped cut in the rock.