Date: 23rd July 2019
Travelled: 55 kilometres from Llanes to Llastres both in the province of Asturias
Visited: Playa St Martin and Llastres
Stayed: Llastres Municipal car-park #4 (P4N), free +B+W. N43.51691, W05.27012
Budget: 44 days @ โฌ91 per day
We had another quiet evening in the aire at Llanes. The day gets started with a FaceTime call from Indiana telling us all about Fiji and her trip on the plane.
We have a coffee and some fruit before getting the scooter ready. Our daughter Alix has recommended Playa St Martin, west of Llanes. Itโs an isolated beach some 2 kms west of Llanes, our guide book states its a 15 minute walk from the car-park but the scooter reduces that to a 100m.
Map of Llanes, the icon on Playa Saint Martin.
From the headland above the beach, looking east. 
Directly above the beach, this ruin. The Spanish donโt seem to worry about such things so there are no signs to indicate what it may have been.
Returning the aire at Llanes we re-load the scooter and service the Hymer before continuing west on the A8. The mist closes in again and the sun disappears. The mountains of the Picos flank the road to the south. Whilst Iโm no Spanish weather expert but it seems the Picos create a weather phenomenon along the Asturias coast.
Thirty minutes later we turn and drive in Llastres. The lower car-park is full but we can tell itโs our sort of place.
Map of Llastres, the icon on our parking place.
Parking is the usual drama but we find a free bus shuttle from the carpark high above the village to the Porte. 
We park up and take the bus, walk the Porte, the beach and enjoy a drink in a little taverna (โฌ4 a round) before catching the free bus up the hill.
We take the Hymer the last 500m to the top of the hill to a small carpark (P4N) and settle in with several campercars. 
Forgot to mention we stopped at a supermarket at Ribadesella early in the day for a quick shop. We purchased a whole squid which they cleaned and sliced (โฌ6). With a nice salad Pam prepared it was a home cooked treat.
A morning photo from our overnight park. The mountains of the Picos in the distance. The cloud and mist trapped in between. 
The Church of Saint Sabaday looks down on the town.
We wander down the narrow laneways of the old town, suddenly finding this 17th century clock tower. 
Finally almost to the beach and porte. Llastres has been a great overnight stop.
After spending 5 minutes cooling down we pack up the Hymer and continue west…
Michael and Pam
