Today is our drive round the Picos de Europa Mountains and,
as hoped for, it was a nice bright start although (as you will see) once we got
into the mountains it did cloud over somewhat. We can thoroughly recommend this
drive, taking the N625 south to Riano then N621 back to the coast at Unquera,
although it should be noted that for long sections at the beginning and end of
this route the roads travel along river gorges and are both narrow and twisty,
often with rock faces on one side and a drop into the river the other. Not for
the faint-hearted!
But when we got to the top the views were worth it. 133
photos taken and here are a small selection:
Lunch was taken once we got back to the main road as there
were few stopping places accessible due to snow. From there we continued east
along the N634, which is the alternate to the motorway, a lot of which is not
yet finished, towards Santander. For our overnight stop we chose a Nature Park
in the hills just behind Santander which had plenty of room and, to our
surprise, more British motorhomes – and only British motorhomes – parked here
than we had seen in a month! We realised of course that this was a very
convenient spot to wait for a ferry booking on the Santander-Plymouth route,
but nevertheless was in a lovely location.
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