A cold morning and heavy dew. We cook up rice pudding in the covered bbq area. A small descent to Pueblo de Lillo, then a solid 300m climb in dry hill country through Isoba to Puerto de San Isidro (1,520m) and re-enter Asturias. We stop at the bar by the campground for a coffee, then […]
Our biggest day yet, in terms of distance x height gain. Up at 7:30am in rain, so the tent and other stuff is either wet or at least damp. We eat our rice pudding on the outside tables under the shelter of the verandah, then set off to Cangas de Onis. It’s a touristy town […]
Much of the morning is taken up running load of washing; the clean clothes situation was getting desparate. Passing back through Cabrales, it turns out it is the annual cheese tasting competition. It turns out Cabrales produces one of the most celebrated cheeses in Spain, a powerful blue cheese matured for up to six months […]
Away around 9am after cooking our regular rice pudding an chatting with a Portugese couple who are hiking. We drop steeply to cheese town Tielve, and to Poncebos, and past the entrance to the funicular railway to Bulnes, to secure our cycles at the start of the Garganta del Cares walkway. We set off in […]
Up at 7:15am and away by 8:30 in order be ready for the cable car. Visibility is very limited but we judge that it’s valley cloud and when we rise up on the Fuente Dé Teleférico (in the second car, separated from Jonathan’s cycle on the first, thanks to some pushy hikers) we come through […]
Away around 9am in cloud. Freewheel from camp down along inlet, and make good time to Unquera and inland through El Mazo to Panes where we pause at an information kiosk for several brochures on the Picos de Europa National Park. We enter a dramatic steep-sided gorge, the Desfiladero de Hermida, and barely perceptably climb. […]
We have a cruisy start and make good time on rolling hills and cool weather through Oreña, Caborredondo, Toñanes, Cóbreces. We climb a sharp hill to see the summer overflow from the campground at Comillas, perched above a sea-cliff with waves crashing below. We stop for a coffee overlooking the beach, then visit the old […]
Eat breakfast in tent to shelter from showers, but Jonathan is happy just to be eating again! Away around 9am to catch the ferry to Santander (been there, done that). Get some supplies and do a quick ‘net session, then head north around the coast beside Playa del Sardinero and out through Santander’s northern suburbs. […]
The chuleta disagrees with Jonathan’s digestive system and he begins the day evacuating from both ends. In any case, we cannot leave until the replacement Monoporter fork arrives, which it does around mid-afternoon. Jonathan spends the day sleeping and reading and doing as little as possible. Lisa does a food run into Somo and to […]
We are increasingly adopting Spanish timings, and sleep in till 9am. We walk to the beach via the nearby town. We lounge on the beach and swim, receiving a fraction too much sun. We stroll to Somo via the beach around 3pm, but the place is packed with Spanish enjoying a big Sunday lunch and […]
Cruisy morning. Ferry to Santander, to do internet with more free café con leche. Go back for a second helping of tapas at El Diluvio. More internet. Ferry back to Somo. Drink cervesa and catch a little bit of the Olympics (we’ve hardly seen any of it, so only know what we read on the […]
Sleep in, then catch the ferry to Santander. Do internet with free café con leche at Cafe Lugano. Lisa spots a good-looking tapas bar called El Diluvio, which turns out to have the best value tapas we’ve experience in Spain. Seven excellent pintxos and four glass of vino for 15€. Afterwards we walk along the […]