a walk in the snow

Following a couple of weeks of really wintry weather, Monty and I set off from Santiurde de Reinosa to make the most of a sunny Saturday. After an hour or so the snow was deep enough for me to be wishing I had snowshoes.

Despite evidence to the contrary it was a lovely mild day:

Monty drew my attention to two deer moving through the woods just above us, so I followed their progress as they made their way towards the left and into the open:

It was pretty slow going as well as very tiring

We eventually made it to Paguenzo though, which is the pass to the Saja Valley

After admiring the views we changed direction and headed east



Here are the woods we trudged through earlier on

As you can see Monty was having a great time

A couple more photos taken on the way down:

We passed through the village of Rioseco, with its 12th century church,

All that remained then was a muddy track which took us back to Santiurde