18 days in, approx 536km done, 327km to go. The weather has been generally pretty good – I´m working on my south side tan – although today has been a day of constant drizzle with some big cloudbursts.
It has been a day of two halves, in the morning, out of Oviedo and up into the hills on back roads, lanes and tracks. It looked as though the heavy showers of the early morning would pass and I´d get away with dry feet.
Mid morning, I passed an old lady, who, with thunder crackling above, told me “va a llover” – it´s going to rain. Must be some old country lore or some such. Ten minutes later, I was sheltering in a copse watching the road flow with rain.
On through the town of Posada de Llanera (with a brief stop for cafe and boccadillo de lomo) and up over the hills and through a eucalyptus plantation and it was down to the AS17 road, for 10km along the road. Head torch on on blinking mode and a long slog along the road, dispensing kind words and driving advice to passing motorists.
I survived to get to Aviles, which has a nice old arcaded town centre, great for sheltering from passing showers. Best get off now to find a restaurant with a decent cheap menu de noche to get some food in before head down.
