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Day 5 - To Parador de Fuente Dé, Picos de Europa - 158 miles
Stats
Actual distance 156.3 miles
Moving Average 38.2 mph
Total Average 22.5 mph
Moving Time 4:05
Stopped Time 2:51
Total Time 6:56
Minimum Temperature 67.8°F
Maximum Temperature 94.0°F
Day 5
Day 5 profile
Day 5 temperatures
10:45 this time (it's getting harder to get out of bed) and we were off with a very steep climb (1,700 to nearly 5,000 feet in 12.6 miles) grateful for the cooler air. Some excellent stretches of road (As253 - Le332 - Le331). Fast, wide, good surface, lots of bends, hairpins and sweepers and, most of all, wonderful scenery. Because, although we didn't know it, the weather was about to deteriorate, this was probably the best ride of the week.
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11:12, 4941 ft 68.3 °F, N43.06416 W5.37820 at this ski resort. |
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Embalse del Porma 11:48, 3635 ft 71.4 °F, N42.93463 W5.27523 |
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After Guardo we circulated north of the Embalse de Compuerto
on the P210 and stopped at this restaurant on the western tip of the Embalse de
Cervera. 14:20, 3478 ft 77.9 °F, N42.88002 W4.55993. I left
the GPS running and the thermistor on. The engine heat brought the temperature
up to 100.2 °F after 5 minutes. After an hour it had steadied up at
86.2 °F with the bike parked in the sun (but the thermistor in the shade
of the fairing). It was hot. It must have been the heat that
caused me to ask for un litro de agua sin plomo - duhhhh. Not
too much sea-food, Daryl only had to endure the grilled octopus (which he
confessed to liking) |
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16:23, 79.1 °F, N43.02809 W4.46708 on the
C627 |
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Another photo opportunity, "back a bit, Neil, just a bit more." And then the descent to Potes. As we descended below 1,000 feet the temperature climbed to the mid nineties, whew. |
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But once at Fuente Dé it reverted to a civilised 80 °F |
The meal at Fuente Dé was a great disappointment. They had obviously overbooked in the restaurant and were trying to get two sittings in and were rushing us so much that the main courses came before we had finished the starter. When the waitress tried to clear our main course plates before we had finished these I blew my top. I was not impressed. This is a shame because it is a wonderful setting.
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