A potter around Asturias/Picos etc

Arsey

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Been ages since I’ve done a bike trip ......


Got the ferry from Plymouth-Santander

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Only 25 bikes onboard including our 6.
Lovely smooth crossing .
Spoiled by waiting an hour to get off as they had issues with the ramp .

Legged it to the usual rendezvous in San Vicente de la Barquera to meet up with Enginerelight then lunch and the usual blat down the AS-114 to Cangas De Onis for a coffee /beer by the Roman bridge

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Then another blat to the coast to pick up the N632 from Ribadesella to Villaviciosa.
Absolutely stunning road. Not ridden before .

Then we picked up the motorway to crack on and get to our usual base in Oviñana.

Usual dinner in favourite restaurant . Wine by the litre at €6 !!

Mucho seafood and then cachapo. Utterly delicious.

Sitting here in the village cafe watching the sun coming up .

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Simply the best way to start the day .
Cafe con leche , fresh orange juice and croissant with apricot preserve .....

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Probably the only food pic of the trip , though we are going to visit Diego’s bbq by the beach in next few days and he does cracking fresh octopus and ribs etc ....

I’ll post up some ViaMichelin screenshots of the roads we ride , all planned by Enginerelight who was born in this village .

Won’t be very photo heavy as it’s more about the riding . Plan is to play here for a few days then head west before cutting in to Portugal for a night then back into Spain and staying in a parador or two before the boys ferry home and I head to the Picos then Brittany.
 
Looking good. Have a good trip. Matlock Au Bath for me today. :D
 
Very nice and possibly the best time of year to visit the area. Good breakfast too, only let down by what looks like a 'warmed up' croissant? :eek:

Andres
 
You’d like lunch :

Fabada with black pudding and chorizo

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Absolutely, in a former life I'd've wolfed that down and can still appreciate it now :thumb2

Andres

PS Those roast peppers look remarkedly like ketchup on your chips ;)
 
What happened to ‘probably the only food pic of the trip’ ? :blast
 
My lunch today at Hotel del Oso ( cocido lebaniego ) plus half bottle of red, and a lemon sorbet.
(Not riding today)
 

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Cracking day out today.
Did about 190 miles.
The basic route was this :

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Broken down into more detail :

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The route incorporated mountain passes up and over about 7000 feet,the gnarliest hairpins you could imagine, wide open sweepers and back roads through deserted villages.


There’s no bad road in Asturias and Leon.

A few pics

Coffee stop in Belmont :

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Up and over the AS-265 from La Riera

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Down by Los Barrios de Luna

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The backroad to CV-103-3 to Villamanin for lunch

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Lunch stop

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Unassuming but packed.
As above, three course meal with beer for €13.
HUGE portions and delicious.

Blatted back on motorway as all knackered and stuffed.

Quiet night then beach and bbq lunch tomorrow.
 
You’d like lunch :

Fabada with black pudding and chorizo

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Slow roasted lamb ( that serves 2)

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Set menu at €13 with beer.
Nobody could manage the included cheesecake dessert :)

Come on Martin, name that place you had that lunch, I want to go there..... soon!��
 
Quiet day today.
Plan was to head to Luarca for a coffee on our fav road then on to Plaia Os Castros for a swim and bbq lunch before blasting over to Cudillero for a quick cider etc..

The N632/634 is literally on the doorstep of our base village.

It’s utterly stunning and literally snakes around the mountains under the motorway :

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Luarca coffee stop :

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On to Plaia Os Castros for a dip:

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Then bbq lunch.

Diego is Argentinian and owns Chiringuito Os Castros.

Amazing bbq ribs,sardines,sausages and octopus .

More food pics . Sorry :)

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It’s here

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Then blat down the motorway to Cudillero for a coffee and a cider

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Heading west tomorrow into Galicia.
 
Headed west into Galicia today:

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It pays to have a local with us .

Cracking spot for lunch by the beach

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Stunning tapas , mainly seafood .

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It’s here

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Then a blat down the AC-862 to stay at the Parador de Ferrol

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I'm interested. Like to see where people go .Good ideas for future travels.

Me too. Thoroughly enjoy these threads.

Bit of a surprise comment from you, Mr Arsey; was drink involved?:augie :comfort

Keep it coming please.
 


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