The skies cleared this morning (a little) but there was a bit of a chill in the air and windy, too. Nevertheless, after a hearty breakfast, we jumped on our Madone bikes and headed southwest, into the hills of Cantabria. It wasn't long before the 7% - 12% climbs appeared, and we humped it into the mountainous region of northwestern Spain.
We got a bit of rain along the way, but we were dressed appropriately and the scenery more than made up for it - we biked about 70K before we arrived in the gorgeous seaside town of San Vicente de la Barquera and stopped for lunch.
We piled into a great little place right on the village's bay and enjoyed tuna salad, fresh bread, egg & potato omelets, fish & chips, sardines and strong Spanish coffee.
Our bellies full, we jumped back on our bikes for the final stretch of 20K eastward, through the gorgeous seaside town of Comillas (where we'll have dinner tonight) back into Santillana Del Mar to shower and relax a little. Today's total distance was just over 90K (54 miles).
Tonight we'll talk about tomorrow's ride into the mountains, to face the dreaded Alto L'Angliru!
Hasta Luego :-)
John G.
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