Above the Clouds
We’d decided on Spain, 12 years since we had last been there, but as always the first question was, should we ride all the way down or take the Santander ferry? Once you’ve factored in the cost of fuel, tolls and tyre wear the cost isn’t much different. As blasting down French motorways for a couple of days had no appeal and taking the more interesting but sedate N-roads would take too long, we took the ferry.
We had booked a week’s self-catering near Cangas de Narcea in the Asturias, but with a couple of days to go before the rental started, we had also booked a two-night stay next door to a vineyard – 200+ miles from Santander, but an easy run for the R1200RT.
There were 70 miles showing on the trip when we set
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