The walk today was just plain long! Good weather, great temp, just long and with lots of assents and descents. The walk up Alto de la Cruz was a real burner almost 2,000ft, I keep thinking that I have got to get out of the mountains soon! How can it be that there seems to be no end to these ravines! Never have I seen this kind of topography in the United States. I am not in pain, the weather is good, so shut up and walk! Walk I did, after 6 hours I can finally see Gijon! Yes, 1-2 hours more should do it. As I close in on the town I pass what looks like some sort of Abby with a huge clock tower, and what looks like a church, need to investigate that.
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