Guemes

We spent the night in a very clean albergue in Loredo. We had the use of a kitchen so we shopped and made supper. There was wifi so we were set. 13 euros each. We had a lovely double room and George shared a room with a German man.
We had to time our leaving in order to walk 6k and get the first ferry at 0900. It cost 2 euros. It left us off on the other side of the bay in a very beautiful town called Santona. This is a sea port with gardens and lots of shops. The camino then took a very circuitous route past the jail and over a mountain to the sea on a small steep path. The path dumps you on to a beach which you walk for a couple of kilometers until you reach Noja. Noja is also a holiday resort with shops hotels. 

Noja in the background

 The hillside trail to Noja

Rather step and challenging

Walkway out to beach

Santona in the background

The Ferry

We are about to walk the Plank

The walk along the beach to Noja awaites

Once past Noja, we walked through farmland until we finally reached Guemes some 31k later. The albergue here is quite well known There are 60 beds with 10 in a room. They serve 3 meals and it is donativo. This means free or give a donation which they encouraged us to do.

Pilgrims dinner at Guemes

George and Stu

The worn out look

Stu looking out of it

George settling in

Joan and Stu

Stu on the third tier

Stu uses MotionX-GPS on the iPhone and is sharing with you the following track:

Name:		Guemes
Date:		May 24, 2013 7:21 am
Map: (valid until Nov 20, 2013)		View on Map
Distance:		30.3 kilometers
Elapsed Time:		7:27:56
Avg Speed:		4.1 km/h
Max Speed:		10.4 km/h
Avg Pace:		14' 48" per km
Min Altitude:		0 m
Max Altitude:		135 m
Start Time:		2013-05-24T05:21:56Z
Start Location:
	Latitude:	43º 24' 41" N
	Longitude:	3º 24' 44" W
End Location:
	Latitude:	43º 26' 52" N
	Longitude:	3º 38' 44" W

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