FIRST DAYS

Finally we decided to leave, in spite of the bad weather; though it wasn’t raining too much at the beginning, after half an hour the rain join us during all the day.
We left Santillana del Mar by walk, we went across Puente San Miguel, Torrelavega, and we took the road to La Montaña.


For a while we felt comfortable with the weight of the backpack, we were worry for that before start; anyway when we arrive to La Montaña we decided to try to hitchhike but it didn’t work until we arrive to Las Presillas, where a baker from La Vega de Pas, so-called Joaquín, picks us up, and who gave us some biscuits and a bread.
We continue walking from Sarón, but we didn’t walk a kilometer and the rain started to be very heavy, we had to refuge under small house for a while.
But we had to continue, and again hitchhiking, a Portuguese guy picks us up and brought us to Colindres, where we walked little tired to Laredo.
The day wasn’t really good for the bad weather, therefore we thought to camp in a camping, but everything was close at this season; finally we camp hide on the forest with the sunset.

Next day we felt the effects of the weight of the backpacks, so we decided not to walk a lot and try to hitchhike more, also to cross Spain fast.
We were lucky and brought us to Castro Urdiales a weird man who had discover a effective product against rats mixing old bred with fried sardine… And from here one more to Bilbao, a man who we have to be grateful for his kindness, and his good travel advises, Manu, and for the big lunch that we are going to eat in his honor with his economic help.
Manu left us in a good place to hitchhike, but at this time we weren’t lucky and the rain started again. So we gave up, and we took a bus to Irún, us I said before, to go out Spain soon.
In Irún the rain hits strong again, and we spent the night in a Youth Hostel.