Ghost Roads and bridges in the air

This is a day to appreciate Spanish Roads.   The N634 has been messed around with to make it faster, smoother and quicker. It is possible to see the remnants of the ghost road.  We are also pass under the 592m long Viaducto rio Barayo.  What more could anyone ask for?


The N634 is the road of Northern Spain. It is 726km long, running from Santiago to San Sebastian.  It has a wiki page.  Well, it has several in Spanish, Asturiana, Basque, Galego and Dutch.   None of them add much to the sum of human knowledge.  Eastwego are obviously fans.  They said ‘There are two types of people in the world. The first one are people who prefer driving a car on an elegant paid highway, speed 130 km/h or more, put a hand outside the window and make a “wave”, go straight, not look around and not worry about signposts. The second includes the fans of  secondary roads with interesting views, a bit holey, narrow, where you need to watch the map closely if order not to get lost and drive with at least half of the speed comparing to a smooth highway. ‘  They do not cover this section.  https://eastwego.com/4072/ 




While not overwhelmed with houses we will pass the Casa de Aldea Playa Barayo.  It has three, five star reviews.  Only Daniel says anything and he said ;We went in summer, it was really good. Reondo 69.’  




That’s it for today.  Enjoy the roads.






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