Day 6 Leon to Ponferrada

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Today was extraordinary , we left Leon at daybreak from the San Francisco auberge owned and run by monks, an excellent place to stay. We cycled west with a slight following wind and made the first 50 Km to Astorga (what a beautiful city!) in good time. I had further puncture issues so decided to buy a replacement inner tube on very close inspection of my tyre I found a tiny slither of sharp rock had embedded itself in the tyre (the reason I kept getting punctures in the same back tyre!), removed it and replaced the tube. This cost us time but we still manged a relaxing lunch in the town square. We began to notice the flora and forna change as we headed into the hills, it had been a cool start but beginning to heat up. The journey up the mountain was tough, but the rewards immense as we had a 24 Km descent into some amazing scenery in now very hot weather. Checked into our 5 star auberge had and excellent meal in Leon and ready for an early night before attacking the ascent to o' cabriero tomorrow morning. We are now about 42 k behind original plan.

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san franciso auberge
Owned by the monks it is on the Camino, has an excellent bike storage area and is very central in Leon, good laundry and dining facilities