Monday 23rd January 2017

The rain in Leon cleared up overnight and Monday dawned bright and frosty. We set off north and soon approached the high mountain chain which lies between Leon and the northern Spanish Coast.

There were marvelous views along the way. The railway line and the road ran close together as we approached the Pajares Pass.

There are a few small villages high on the pass.

We crossed over from Castile and Leon into Asturias region.

After a (deliberately) long journey we reached the north Spanish coast and headed east to the town of San Vincente de la Barquera crossing from Asturias into Cantabria region shortly before arriving. We headed for a parking place by the beach which we had seen on the Wild Camping database but when we arrived we were confronted by a number of these very unfriendly signs.

There were quite a few surfers and their vans parked at the beach but we decided to head into town.

We parked on the seafront in San Vincente. Here's a view from our parking place.

Here's another.

And yet another.

We saw this ? White Heron.

We also saw these cormorants which we initially thought to be people sitting in a small fishing boat.

There is a nice view of San Vincente Castle from where we are parked.

We took a walk around town. Here's the main square.

Here's the fishing port.

As dusk approached there were some nice cloudscapes.

Today we traveled 154 miles (248 kilometres). We are at N43.38288 W4.39746