On the Road Again!

Leisurely breakfast. For €3 each there was no meat but loads of pastries and even the famed Spanish 'Donuts'! Then we packed, paid the bill and set off. We had  gone a few yards when the Scala headset stopped working. A quick stop and restart and reconnect and it was okay for the rest of the day. The plan today was to get to Ávila and our  overnight hotel. I programmed TomTom to go via Burgos and thereby increase the mileage a bit but at least keep us off the autovias that are replacing the N roads everywhere. The N623 takes you from Santander to Burgos through villages and on the Michelin map it is mostly a green lined or scenic route.  It also takes you through the Cantabrian Cordillera. A range of mountains at about 1200 to 1500 metres. Gentle grades and a few hairpins to keep you on your toes. There are three main "puertos" and all are about the 1000m mark. We stopped at the first, the Puerto de El Escudo at 1011m. It was quite chilly up there. Further along we c...

Whilst tinkering with the route I made a change to the hotel in Burgos for what will be our last night. And the knock on to that is a change in the route out of Madrid that will allow a visit to Segovia. Döra needs to be safe on the rest days and the boutique people would have had her in the street and not in a proper parking area. No way José! Enter a Parador.