Basecamp beyond Vegarredonda
We wake up into a clean sky kind of day. After a relaxed breakfast our walk to refugio Vegarredonda, the entrace to the heart of the massive, can start. First, we cross a bridge over a small river, which stops in several small ponds formed in a solid rock. With the clear water and curvy beech and oak trees all around it really invites to have a dip. As we learn later, it actually WAS a favourite bathing spot for Marquess Pedro Pidal, who popularized Picos de Europa as a treasure of nature....