We rested early on and walked up to the Franciscan monastery 2 km up the hill from our campsite, getting there just before it closed for the afternoon, to walk around the austere and simple, but beautiful gothic church which reputedly contains a piece of wood inside the altar cross from the original crucifixion (called the Lignum Christi) the wood has been dated from the same period and region. Many tourists visit this monastery to pay homage to this relic. We swam in the freezing cold campsite pool (it closes in 3 days time). We then went for a short circular walk from the village of Brez, mainly a 2 k slog up hill and 2 k down again in the foothills of the Picos. I was v grumpy and tired on the way up and transfixed by the beauty of the scenery on the way down. So it goes... We went to the bar for a drink with our Gorge walk companions from Munster and invited a UK biker Tony (who comes here every year) who was on his own on the next pitch to us to join us. Listening to Detlef and Ushi talk about the day the Berlin wall fell was very moving, and Tony knew the area they lived in as he had spent time in the mountains near them.
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| Cares Gorge |
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| The church in Brez |
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| Monasteria Santo Toribio |
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| Can anyone explain what this is for? In Brez, recently rebuilt. |
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