The bus took us to Covadonga in the Pico National Park. It
turns out that Covadonga is a hugely significant place, consisting of a
magnificent church, a cave with a statue of “Our Lady” and a museum telling the
story of the Kingdom of Asturias. These it seems, are must see things to the tourists that throng there in such numbers that the roads are closed for parts of the day. Fortunately a narrow footpath zig-zags up the side of the mountain leaving the crowds behind; an hour later we were almost alone in high meadows and fantastic scenery. The footpath takes you on an 11 hour walk, so reluctantly we retraced our footsteps to Covadonga a few hours later.
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| Dave and Mary at Covadonga |
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| Lovely scenery away from the crowds |
The 13th was Mary’s last day with us so we celebrated with a 17km kayak trip down the river Sella in sunshine and blustery showers. Ribadesella is big on kayaking; there are plaques to each year’s champions in the pavement by the river and lots of companies who will rent you a kayac and all the gear and take you by bus up the river. It was great fun to be out on the river with lots of other people even more incompetent than us, lots of collisions, people falling in and occasional moments to enjoy the peace and beauty of the river.
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| the launch into the river at the start of out canoe trip |
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| down river |
We will have dinner in town tonight with Pete, a lone sailor from Bristol then wave Mary off at the bus stop.
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| Cara Mara at Ribadesela |
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