Gijon-Tabaza-Prenedes-Guinaran-Aviles                   Walk Day 21

15.8 miles, 235′ elevation 

Gijon Bon Voyage. Ugliest day of walking yet. The industrialized side of Gijon, through the shipping and port area and then more of the same and worse all the way to Guinaran. Factories with their smoke stacks spewing chemicals all over the place. Warehouse after warehouse and factory after factory. I struggled today psychologically. Nothing interesting to see and this has been the longest trek without meeting anyone. The town of Aviles is along a river inland.

It’s weird roaming the streets of foreign cities. I see familiar faces. People who look like someone I know from the states. Aviles has a neat historic old town. I sat and people watched much of the early evening. Saw 3 weddings take place in the Plaza de Espana outside the main municipal building. They then would walk in procession to the major Catholic Church beyond the plaza.