Portugalete-Ortuella-Playa de la Arena-Pobena- Castro-Urdiales      Walk Day 8

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17 miles, 1008 feet elevation

“Morons. I’ve got Morons on my team. No one is going to rob us going down the mountain. We’ve got no money going down the mountain. We only need to worry when we’re coming back!”  A new theme emerges, I climb up every day out of these towns and descend into the next one and at the end of a day’s walk.

Still in my second state: Guipuzcoa (San Sebastian, Getaria & Deba), then Vizcaya (Markina,Gernika, Lezama, Bilbao, Portugalete & now CastroUrdiales.)

Leaving Portugalete I took 4 city blocks of escalators moving up the hill. The best climbing I’ve done yet. Then a series of 1000 stairs and this followed by 2 miles on a paved bike and walk way.  Then, I climbed a peninsula to rock hop down to a little surfer beach Playa de la Arena. The second half of the day I worked my way up and down along the coastal grass pathways. The sun attempted to break through the coastal mist but failed. The final descent into Castro Urdiales would have been breathe taking if not for mist and the low level clouds clinging  to the town. 

  

   

      

   

  

  

 

5 thoughts on “Portugalete-Ortuella-Playa de la Arena-Pobena- Castro-Urdiales      Walk Day 8”

  1. Hey Mike,

    This is Paul D. I have been following your posts each day with much envy. Isn’t technology wonderful?! I have also been checking out your journey via Google Earth and its ‘street view’.
    Seems that you are about 75 miles away from a spectacular mountain range…can’t wait for the next few days!!!

    Cheers,
    Paul
    P.S. I meant ‘cheers’ literally since Cherie brought your beer card out last night!

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    1. Hey Paul! Thought of you yesterday. 3 Spanish soccer fans arguing about FIFA in a restaurant. They brought me into the conversation because I wore a Liverpool soccer shirt. Mostly pigeon English but they were saying how embarrassing the corruption was that it was making a mockery out of sport.

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  2. Is it going to be an uphill journey the entire way? The pictures again are lovely. You haven’t been mentioned pain in a while, so is your body adjusting to the daily pace?

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    1. I will skype tomorrow from Santander. It’s a bigger city and better connections I think. I’ll skype at 6pm Spanish time. 9am yours. If your around!?

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