Day Dos (Sun) La Vega - Riano - Los Barrios De Luna - Sena De Luna (112 miles)

Not a great nights sleep last night for my 1st night in the tent, colder than expected but then I was up in the hills. Up at 9.30, packed up my gear, a campfire coffee and some porridge and on the road for around 11.
Fantastic road out of La Vega heading towards Riano, quite a climb and some lovely twisting curves and a few hairpins.

Checked out the campsite at Riano, its open, looks fine so all set for a stop off on the return leg. Also spotted a massive white headed eagle circling just before Riano followed by a Maribou stork type bird sitting on a huge nest ½ way down the road to Los Barrios de Luna.
Some fairly fast straights roads out of Riano with not much of note scenery wise until the bit before Los Barrios De Luna. About 10miles short of Senna de Luna heard a few claps of thunder in a nearby valley so stopped and put the waterproofs on. Next thing I know its pissing down with a proper downpour, can hardly see where I’m going so look for a place to stop off and eventually find a bus shelter to wait out the worst of the rain for 15mins or so. Set off again when it looked a bit lighter only to get caught in another heavy thunderstorm 7 miles short of Senna de Luna.
Got to the campsite and set up in the rain only for it to clear up and the sun come out once I was finished. Campsite is ok, nothing special but the view from outside my tent to the hill behind the village is amazing.

A shower with hot water! Then time for a café can leche and some nosebag, all that was on offer was a bocadillo with chorizo and queso so took that, can’t complain for 4 Euros. After tea went on the hunt for petrol and smokes, found petrol 3 miles down the road and was served by some old Spanish guy going on about something - turns out they had no change and needed exact money. Petrol at 1.19Euro a litre is ok.
No Tabac’s in evidence in any of the small villages but the bar in Senna de Luna has a vending machine at 2.65 Euro a pack so looks like I’m back on the Nobel with a quick cerveza at the bar to wash it down with.
Quick run up to the village the others side of the campsite then a couple of beers at the campsite bar before a hot choc and bed. Feeling cold again tonight so time to bust out the silk sleeping bag liner and test the claimed extra 5degrees of warmth.
It turned out to be very cold and misty last good thing I’m of hearty Scottish stock.