Miles walked: 9.77, -32 to 396 feet, up 791 feet, down 743 feet, 5.5 hours on the trail, including stops for coffee and breakfast
Miles Charlie said it would be before we left: 6.5
Major European mountain ranges spotted: 1
Other pilgrimages intersected with: 1
It would have been a short walking day except for a data entry error in the travel app I put together before we left. Instead it was a longer than usual day, but it wasn’t that hard. Wynette’s knee did not bother her while we were walking. Still hard for her to get up and down out of a chair.
Another beautiful walk in “nature” (this is, farms). Different from yesterday since this was all inland, but just as impressive. In the distance, we saw the Picos de Europa in their full glory, one impressive mountain range!
I’m surprised that there is so much snow on the mountains this late in the season. After all, the maximum elevation is just under 8700 feet.
We have an affection for the Picos ever since we saw them in 2018. It was one of those “look at that!” moments. I’m not sure why there’s still snow. They were snow covered when we saw them in 2018 also.
We have a few extra days and we were thinking of going up there for a day or two. I think it would only work if we rented a car though.
So lovely!
Hi Lynne, great to see you here. Are you guys still in Portugal?