Post by Wynette: We walked 7.2 miles today. That includes 2 km round-trip to/from the laundry after we got to Navia. And we didn’t get lost or anything, so it was an easy day. Mostly on quiet roads like above photo. A little was on muddy trails through a pretty bosque and about 100 yards was through a field on an 8 inch wide trail pushing through what we are pretty sure were stinging nettles. (Photo below.) Our legs were stinging a bit at the end, even though we had on long pants. Still feel a little itchy. I can’t imagine going through there in shorts. Surely they mow a larger path through this section in the busy, warmer season. As Charlie said, it was very nettlesome.
Navia is a little town of 10,000. Towns this size in this part of Spain are so vibrant and alive. Of course, they seem huge to us after the tiny villages we walk through. Below is the ayuntamiento, or city hall.
We checked into our hotel then walked to restaurant for a delicious menu del día and then walked to the laundry which was in a large supermarket. The sign in photo below says While you do your shopping or have a coffee, do your washing.
Happy that you knew where to find the path and were not needlessly nettled by it.
Silly me. I thought you did all your laundry by hand.
Looks like you had a much nicer walk today, except for the nettles. Yesterday’s looked like the hike from hell. Getting lost is no fun.
Yes, much easier day!
Needlessly nettled. Ha ha, Robin. You are funny. I don’t think I realized till this experience how much nettles are a big contributor to our vocabulary. We did do laundry by hand the first camino but then discovered it isn’t too hard to find washing machines and sometimes dryers. Very luxurious. Charlie brings a few extra undershirts and we can wash out other undies easily by hand. So can go about 4 days without doing laundry. Always good to get every thing squeaky clean.