I stopped for a photo and a local fishermen offered to take a photo of me near a little stone bridge. He couldn't speak English but I understood enough to work out he was fishing for Salmon.
Today was turning out to be just great. I had a good night's sleep and the temperature was at 14 degrees with no traffic. Steve had decided to take what he thought was the shorter route with the team leader( we later discovered it was the same long route he did with the others too) leaving me to enjoy the solitary ride. I knew Kit was ahead of me somewhere and when I reached the allocated coffee stop cafe at La Lastra high on a ridge no one else was there however the parking was awkward but I stopped for a quick coffee anyway. Soon Kevin, Gerry and Sean went passed so I drank up and met them as they stopped at the top of the mountain pass. Kit was just leaving so we all agreed to meet for lunch at the planned stop.
After a small Tapas lunch on the CL- 626 at Cervera de Pisuerga myself and Kit headed into a national park that looked like a mini grand canyon. Like a scene from a western movie. I can't find the location, but noticed a large motorcycle cafe stop. Kit stopped, I carried on to get some photos.
Later, after refuelling at the foot of the mountain, I stopped at a Cafe for a quick coffee. Soon Steve F, and the others came in to fuel up so I joined them for the final section into Santander and the ferry port.
The end of a superb trip. My wrists aching from endless turn after turn and great fun, Northern Spain and Portugal really does have the edge.
Our final dinner together on the boat was fun, and a few drinks in the bar later to celebrate great company and wonderful roads, along with weather that couldn't have been better with only a few hours of rain in 8 days. 👍
