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3 days Covadonga, the cradle of reconquest, a land of mountains, forests and
waters, roads hoyados by horses conquered and conquerors, all roads should tread
horsemen loins to their mounts. Exit Gijon is a privilege in itself, a city
with a history lost in time, where the past mingles with the present. Since the
council of Deva, beautiful in its simplicity, the hulls of our horses resonate
in roads and caleyas. Music makes us think of the journey ahead of Asturias across
the central part of the East. Returning
to the present shawls and admire the houses that surround us while we go out of
the district of Deva path of high Curviellu. Gijón and a good portion of
the Asturian coast fill the view that our backs are. From the high Curviellu,
Pawn valley fills us with sight. Its great prairies surrounded by small mountains,
rural its nucleus, which makes us feel that the city is back and front with our
adventure and Covadonga Santina. Moves to calm step of our friends and colleagues
horses by the Royal Pawn Camin, crossed the caserías gives Barcena, LLlantau,
Spain and the river. After we leave this channel and we hoped the climb to Alto
de la cruz. Our horses rush passage for themselves as intuyendo what awaits
us on the other side, and turn our eyes to fill accompanied by our imagination
that galopa before the immensity of the beautiful Picos de Europe that are crowned
by the first snow. There is the cave with Santina. Go Nievares, impressive
with its medieval tower house and an authentic panera, perhaps from there we get
the smell of sausage flavoured with smoke. After the descent, the valley of the
river Valdedios, their peoples; Grases Riva gives and gives Low, with the Chapel
of the Animas, San Vicente where a trail is preserved in stone from the time of
the Asturians lugonni being considered the oldest of Asturias. Do not forget
the Palacio de la Mota with its windmill and llagares cider that always accompany
us throughout the journey. Intuimos Villaviciosa to 3 km. To the north, we and
our horses look in the direction of the bridge southeast encaminándonos
Roman Amandi, where there is a Romanesque church of St John of Amandi, declared
a monument of medieval art. And the night goes with us. The first horses,
water, grain, grass and rest. Now us; dinner at the llagar Curtain, by honouring
its Q quality, we serve the best fish and grills. All watered cider and wine,
delicious desserts. If this is Mr can call the rest of caballista, sleeping
in Bridge House Amandi that with his excellent home for their kind treatment and
rest as we are in seventh heaven. Good night!. Morning
our horses are in tip-top shape, a good feed and walk among peoples. Valducar,
on the banks of the River Bridge Choir arrived at Malpasu. Forests of riverfront
that open when reaching the plains with its prairies. Villaverde their quintanas,
mills that bring old memories, the ascent to Mount Sama leaves us in the sale
of Coro, the Hermitage Romance of the Martyrs, Breceña, district del Cueto
where cider is to quench your thirst for walkers , Buslaz. And climbing
Mount Tandion, arrived at Sevens that we receive, their houses typical Asturian
Indians, his church Santu Medero of 1555, its centennial raised granaries. Here
Villaviciosa leave to enter the council of Piloña, another town LLares
and our stomachs are revealed in the fabada thinking ahead in Zule House, the
people of Anayo that in view of what we have and have cabalgado riding mountain
- Ques, and the valleys Piloñeses comforted us with his good eating. Mention
that you have an authentic bowling Asturian. We entered the parish of Borines,
retuerta, Brixon, the slope, his palaces rural its mineral water, its ancient
spas, the former leprosarium of Vallobal. Other people are Miyares, La Goleta,
La Trappe, Sorribas, where we can admire the mountain of Sueve where horses graze
the mythical asturcones. Codiciados by the Romans for his bravery and endurance,
when the steep trails of the peaks of Europe wore on their loins, two by two,
the riders Asturians and Cantabrian. We see these horses with pride, because today
is still famous in the whole of Spain while riding schools teach children and
the difficult discipline big jump on horseback. With our eyes impregnated black
color of his pelambrera recall that in the bowels of this land there is a jet,
as the black mineral asturcón. We continue across villages, which
already belong to the council of Parres by the plain of the river Piloña
by Camin of the Queen we approach Llames of Parres Gaspar House where we can eat
eggs or meat, good spirits and jam the most bohemians, the last rural drama of
Asturias, small and smart, lead us to see and remember the old troubadours of
old habits educations sociales.Dormir is needed and who you Llames not lack of
a bed, sleep!. The next day draws us relentlessly toward the heart of the
Picos de Europa and deservedly heart of the reconquered Spain, that Santina, the
basilica with its red stone off the sun in the autumn sunsets. Our horses
and companions, ready to face the pass Llames, continue through the forests of
riverside Piloña, where salmon last rite of what life gives everything
spawn and give continuity to their genes. In the summer we will see their cages,
marked by perfect circles, where frezan male and female in the ritual dance of
the continuidad.Llegamos to choirs from where we still protects the Sierra del
Sueve already divisamos Cangas de Onis. We entered the ancient capital of
Spain by Vega of Loving, Villanueva with the old Romanesque monastery of St. pedro
today become hostel. We entered in Cangas de Onis and the first thing his chapel,
where the monolith buried in their entrails tells us that Mother Nature is something
that invaded human hearts from the most ancient beginnings. Its streets where
tourism is obvious, we opened our route loins tireless friends arrived at famous
Roman bridge "from Cangas de Onis. We admired him, and of course what we
look crossed and whether the stones feel revivirían thousands of ancient
battles that occurred there. We return to the right bank of the River Sella
salmon par excellence, its salmon preserves its frezaderos (spawning salmon) more
people, Cangas de Soto, La Riera, Muñido, where is the "Museum of
Ceramics," and "the House of Watches. " Following
the Camin Prince at the foot of the Basilica we at the foot of the Holy Cave,
hipnotizándonos and sound with the collapse of its waters. Stairs that
seem to lead to the summit of the world, we put at the feet of this small and
galana Santina. The Basilica, at dusk invades everything with its immensity dyed
red, Pelayo with sword held high seems monitor the cradle of all Spaniards. Our
mounts seem to perceive that this is tangible spirit of the reconquest. Good
to eat and enjoy what lived livened up by any new adventures.
And as always
thank our 8 mounts that lead us to our goal, their names are: Flemish, Torbe,
Bribona, XX, Coal, Jarpo, Cimarron and Helmut
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wolves cows horses. Tuña rural tranquility at the foot of the mountains
oseras, steep paths that lead us to lost people, which will give us shelter way
from our goal, reaching the first forests depending on the season embriagaran
us with their green or yellow red brown oranges. 
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