Loop: Puerma to Los Barrios de Luna

Today was all about the food and the mountains! We took some faster sweepies up into the Parque Natural de Babia y Luna via Villablino. The first part of the route was pretty boring but as soon as we got into the park it was beautiful, we likened it to Norway, the Midwest America and even Wales. The views were out of this world and the roads were easy going and relaxing, which was great because our riding was hard going.

Our lunch stop was the best pizza this side of Naples and all home made before hitting the gorge road back to base. Our final stop was the most eventful with the locals warning us about the bears, the possibility of a rock fall and I even dropped my beautiful BMW! No harm done though thanks to the brilliant crashbungs. Weaving back down the mountain was stunning and we headed back to base for the famous cachopo for an evening meal. We went to bed stuffed and ready to face a long day over to the Pyrenees tomorrow. On to week 2!

Good: beautiful gorge road coming back down from the natural park
Bad: dropping my bike
Roads: CL626, LE481, AS228Read more