[1/2] Ruta a los Lagos de Covadonga (PR.PNPE-2) was our second trail in Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa. The road to reach the trailhead is fairly long & winding; it closes to private cars at busy times (replaced by park & ride). En route we stopped at Mirador de la Reina for stunning views back over the still misty lowlands we’d driven through (📷1). There in the morning chill we were in turn observed by roosting Gyps fulvus | griffon vultures, perhaps waiting for thermals to form (📷2). We drove on to Lago Enol, the first of a pair of glacial lakes (📷3); 🅿️ at Aparcamiento Buferrera. We noticed fire on an adjacent peak & latter watched a helicopter drop a bucket of water on it. There’s a short detour to Minas de Buferrera, where manganese & iron were extracted intermittently between 1868 & 1979 (the road to the lakes is a legacy of mining activity). “ #Flower of the day” goes to Narcissus bulbocodium | the hoop-petticoat daffodil, a native to ES, PT & FR (📷4).

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