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Day 4 - To Parador de Fuente Dé, Picos de Europa - 54.3 miles
Day 4
Day 4 profile
A late start at 11:21 with some heavy clouds in the sky saw us take the P211 followed by a turn to the North up the C627 first alongside the Embalse de Requejada and
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some interesting rock formations as it ascended to the |
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col at 4,452 ft [N43.04240 W4.45693]
arriving in rain at 12:20 (UTC+2)
Compare this with the previous year |
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From there the road drops nearly 4,000 ft up which some mad cyclists were climbing. Me, I rather have 955cc of three cylinder fuel injected power to go up and down mountains like these. |
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Interesting downhill corners made the ride exciting. |
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And then into Potes. The one and only two pump fuel station is on the right of this picture. |
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Then across a bridge onto the N261 |
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And the mountains at Fuente Dé start to appear. |
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And get bigger |
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And some visible in your mirror - they've got you surrounded. |
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We arrived at the Parador at 13:39 again in time
for lunch. By the way it isn't where Microsoft Autoroute or Garmin
Mapsource say it is. It is at 3102 ft N43.14511 W4.81103 |
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