Friday 13th November

This morning we had quite some difficulty getting the van started but we eventually managed it. We headed north through the mountains. For a long time we were following this lorry.

At a high pass we crossed from Asturias into Castilla y Leon.

We were not in Castilla y Leon for long! Not too far further on we crossed the border into Cantabria.

We were soon entering the Picos de Europa National Park.

We stopped off at the town of Potes to buy groceries and to consult a garage about our starting problems. The mechanic reckoned that if he diagnosed the problem today (Friday) he wouldn't be able to get the necessary parts till Monday so we decided to take our chances and moved on up the road to Fuente De for the night.There were quite a lot of cows on the road along the way. We travelled 100 miles (161 kilometres) today.