Today was always going to be a slog, I had planned the previous day as a short run in case there were any ferry issues & because we lost 2 hours with the time difference.
So today was all about pushing north and covering ground to get within a days ride of Santander for the ferry back to the UK. So after packing the tents away we set off past the village and towards the main roads.
The main roads had larger than life steel cut out bull's every so often - they reminded me of the cut out police cars that adorned some of the roads in Usbekistan - though presumably with a different purpose in mind!
The main highway was pleasant enough and very empty, but I was no longer enjoying the trip as much now it was all about hetting home rather than seeing new places.
Then the road left the hills behind and spent a long time thrusting its way through the dry plains and it became hot. I was longung for some of that rain that 'in Spain falls mainly in the plains' but there was none about today.
I got bored with the straight flat roads and saw an alternative route opening up in the map, so took the next junction off and headed to 'the green bits'
A good decison, and the ride immediately became more interesting and I began to enjoy it again.
Distant mountains, greenery, smaller roads and picturesque villages - this is more like it!
This rather random looking house was for sale ... the main building was shaped like an old boot and the entrance seemed to have a hat!
Then I saw a lake in the map and so skirted round in that direction.
It was startiing to look a bit like northern England ..... they even had dry stone walls!
The road then climbed for a while and I stopped in the top for a look around and what was that in the distance? ..... snow!
A quick ckeck on the Satnav revealed that this point was about 1500m, but even so it felt too hot for snow to still be around.
Whilst I was stopped a local man and his son turned up in a 30 year old BMW that they were restoring and we had a nice chat about my travels and the local area.
We were in Extremadura, just south of Candelario, where I had booked a B&B.
Candelario turned out to be a lovely little viilage, & quite popular, although the B&B was almost completely empty.
Once checked in and changed, I ventured out into the village for a cold beer or two ...
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