Recap of Primitivo, day 5: Berducedo to Grandas de Salime (updated: day 6)

 Hello, everyone.

After a busy week-and-some, it's time to return to the Camino Primitivo walk.

We woke up in Berducedo and everything was enveloped in a cold fog. We bundled up and headed out. It was so foggy that when we passed windmills we couldn't see them. We did hear the WHOOMP WHOOMP sounds they make.

The fog lifted a little and after a couple or three kilometers we came to another albergue, which had an open bar/coffee shop. We settled in for some toast and coffee, the toast was oven made and huge and very welcome. We did meet some other pilgrims while there, a couple of ladies who arrived after we did. After enjoying a few words with each other, as we were through eating, we left, donning our huge blue ponchos and headed out into the cold again. This was probably the coldest day of the pilgrimage.

When the fog lifted we came to the descent to the famous dam: Embalse de Grandas de Salime, which seems to take its name from the nearby town of Grandas de Salime. The en-route post discussed the strong winds, I think. 

A view of the canyon from the top of the descent. The path left the road here, and went on "well marked forest paths"--clear path but not much in the way of forest due to a forest fire some years back--zigzagging down to the level of the dam, then returned to pavement to cross over and after that for quite some way. We elected to stay with the pavement when the path left it again as the grade was much more comfortable than the climb we saw from the road. We did, of course, keep well to the left of the road and walk single file on the twisty pavement into the town.

These are some more photos from their Ethnographic Museum there. 

A detail shot of the traditional footwear of the region, which is both elevated above the mud and water resistant.

And a look at some of the soda factory equipment from the past. 

The church in the town was under major refurbishment. As it was now past October 15, very few places to stay were open. We slept in the albergue at the entrance to the town. They have a kitchen and a good-sized eating area.