04-Aug-2026 -- Today was another long drive - this time from Burgos to A Coruña - and there were two Degree Confluence Points close to my route. Unfortunately [42,-4] seemed rather boring (a farm field), and would add more than an hour to my drive, so I decided to skip it. Instead, I decided to visit this point, in part because I was intrigued by Rainer Mautz’s mention of a "famous medieval bridge” in the nearby town of Navia de Suarna, which I passed en route to the point. This bridge was, indeed, very photogenic; I’m glad I got to see it.

As I approached the point, I could tell that it lay on a steep slope between two narrow paved roads. The left-hand road passed about 30 meters West of the point, but above it. The right-hand road passed about 35 meters East of the point, but below it. Which approach should I take? I decided to start from the right-hand road (i.e., the lower road, from the East), because it looked slightly less steep. Also, I found the traces of a path - perhaps used by previous visitors - starting at [43.00034,-6.99984]. As I climbed the slope, I had to battle blackberry vines and gorse (I wish I’d worn long trousers!). Unfortunately I didn’t see any chestnuts on the ground; perhaps this is the wrong time of the year.

I was able to get within 1m (+/- GPS error of 2m) of the point, which lay next to a large downed tree trunk. (Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted my usual GPS screenshot before I could save it.)

The tree canopy at the point was far too dense for me to fly my drone, so instead I flew it from the road, about 40m to the Northeast. Here is a remote-controlled aerial video of this confluence point.