Blessed with sunny weather we made our way east into the
Picos de Europa from Cangas de Onis not really knowing what to expect. As we travelled on, the roads became
narrower as the mountains became higher -
blue ice-melt rivers snaked down beside the road on most of the route
until at last we saw the snow capped peaks for the first time. Wow!
Our terraced campsite near the small but interesting town of Potes had
wonderful views and we were able to take a circular walk up to a nearby chapel
with almost a full 180° panorama, far too wide to ever capture in a single
photo. The dull clunking ring of
mountain cow bells could easily be heard in the still mountain air…… just one
of the ‘ good to be alive moments’ that happen every now and again.
The narrow Desfiladero de le Hermitage gorge, some 15 miles long had to be skilfully negotiated to Potes and back and thanks to Les’s careful driving I didn’t need to climb out of the van at all!
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| View of Potes |
Bearing in mind how close we are to the ferry ports of
Santander and Bilbao we are sure we will be back to discover more of this
fantastic mountain area.
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| Those lovely cows! |
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