I've always enjoyed the direct (but steep) ascent up behind the village onto the Peña da Sella. However, for me, the descent (via the same route) has never held either the same appeal or pleasure! The other option is of course, is to do the walk up and then be met at the top of the Tagarina Valley by a willing party in an automobile and then be conveyed with great haste back down to the village - unfortunately this option does not sit well with my sense of fair play, so therefore has always been an option that I have discounted.
I have I believe, come up with a solution which I was able to prove out this morning and does indeed seem to resolve all the above issues. One simply walks up on to the top of the Peña, drops down into the Tagarina Valley and then jogs on back down to Sella along the road! A fine little circuit that has a bit of everything - a 7Km walk, a 10Km run and even includes 1087m (just over 3500ft) of total ascent, total time 3 hours 30 minutes - and back in time for breakfast! (I left at 06:30).
