Monday 02/05/2016
Had a good night on the boat and slept well. The boat arrived as planned, but as always it was carnage on the motorbike parking deck... Hundreds of bikes packed in so tight that it was almost impossible to walk over and get to our bike. Anyway, the weather was good and within minutes we were on the back roads heading for the Picos. Weather was nice and warm but there was still snow by the side of the road at 1500m. Met some cross country ski guys who were down from Leon for the weekend. Lots of snow high-up.
The twisty roads were hard-work on an under-powered and overloaded bike. We got to see the bronze deer statue though which was nice but were flagging after skipping breakfast. We stopped for a late lunch in a little village in the mountains which was nice and gave us the energy we were missing.
Got to Riano where we planned to camp at a nice place overlooking a big lake. Apparently the snow had only just cleared a week ago so the place was shut. There was nowhere else to camp so we rode on about an hour and checked into a nice rural hotel above a pub full of old boys. Nice enough but no idea what it will cost as nobody speaks English! Have a feeling that we won't be camping much as it's not really on the main tourist route and it's only because of the pilgrims walking the Camino de Santiago route that there are any places at all to stay at.
Despite not really being hungry, we ordered another set meal. We got a ridiculous amount of food - proper US portions! Bread, fried bread cake thing, a massive bowl of salad, all before the gargantuan main courses. €12 each - total bargain!
Tomorrow we may try and make-up some time and try to push on to Camino, if possible. The small mountain roads are epic..... as long as you don't have to cover any distance.
Mileage: 330
Beers: 6 + wierd coctail + 3 big vodka's + 3 big red vinos
Ass pain: 4/10 (Krysia) / 1/10 (Me)
Mechanical issues: 0
Accidents: 0
Coldness: 1/10
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