Cabuérniga

A lovely walk for a mild winter's day, leaving the village of Barcenillas near Ruente and following the brook to the S-E.

A slight detour takes you to this waterfall

The track starts to climb until you get to this grazing land, the Braña de Joces, and then you carry on up to the top of the hill .The next part of the walk continues towards the Cdo de Nogalera 

The Sierra de Peña Sagra came into view (photo above)
and the Sierra de Cordel and Peña Labra (below)

Peña Sagra again, from the point where I changed direction, to head back down towards the north

The Cabuérniga Valley, with a fire the other side on the way up to the Collada de Carmona. This is a habitual sight in Cantabria in winter, when farmers set fire to stubble; unfortunately it sometimes gets out of hand if the wind gets up. As it is, today it did little to improve visibility...

A look back up to the ground covered from left to right

the descent to the village of Lamiña, just a kilometre from Barcenillas, which you can see a little farther on