We have not updated our location for a while, at least not in the good old fashioned way with a map, so here we are:
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The white misty looking bit just below and to the right of us are the Picos, and are white as they are high enough to be snow covered for a lot of the year. You can find all sorts of folks up there, some looking for snow:
Skiiers on their way home, after a long walk in ski boots.
Of course, there are also cyclists:
He didn't get to the top in the lift like we did....
and no trip up a mountain would be complete without some lunatics:
on top of the world
But enough about the mountains! This little town makes a great stop for anyone going through. It’s got some nice touristy pubs on main street selling the local Cider. We tried that, did’nt like it and went to find a beer in a “local” place. We found it. It was down by the river and sold beer through a window. Perfect – Just like “the blue light” at home.
4 locals getting their beer through a window
We figured this would be great, so got 2 beers. However, there was one small issue.
Either these are the biggest napkins I have ever seen, or....
Small beers. it’s no wonder all these Spanish folks are so fit, they must be going up and down to the bar 4 or 5 times more often than anyone in Ireland!
no wonder they look fit, running up and down to the bar every few minutes.
and now the culture bit. There is a superb old bridge in the town. It seems it’s a bit like Trigger in “only fools and horses” who declared that in his 20+ years as a street sweeper he still had the same brush. It’s had a dozen or so new heads, and a couple of new handles, but he still loved that brush. The Bridge has been rebuilt a good few times, but it’s still the old bridge…
a good high bridge, and then go hanging a cross from it. Ah well.
There are a lot of these types of buildings on stone or timber stilts. Built to keep the contents dry.
no damp getting into this house
They have a super new bridge, which I really liked the look of.
I just loved the light on this bridge.
The mog contemplating the world, while overlooking the village of Potes.