The way out of Jerez was several miles long and we spent the first 10kms walking along main roads. The next 10kms was along a dirt track alongside the AP4 motorway up to the El Cuadrejon service station. We were told that we would be unable to access the service station as the whole path is fenced in for security reasons.
When we reached the service station we found the path completely flooded as a consequence of the heavy rains that fell the previous week. We managed to find a spot where we were able to climb over the fence and so ended up having a couple of cokes in an air-conditioned shop! The service station manager told us that a few days earlier someone else doing the camino had swam across! He then very kindly opened a private gate that gave us access to the path a little bit further on. The path continued almost all the way to the town of El Cuervo, a total of 27 kms or about 17 miles. We arrived at around 2.00p.m
When we reached the service station we found the path completely flooded as a consequence of the heavy rains that fell the previous week. We managed to find a spot where we were able to climb over the fence and so ended up having a couple of cokes in an air-conditioned shop! The service station manager told us that a few days earlier someone else doing the camino had swam across! He then very kindly opened a private gate that gave us access to the path a little bit further on. The path continued almost all the way to the town of El Cuervo, a total of 27 kms or about 17 miles. We arrived at around 2.00p.m
After checking in to a small hostal we went round to the local church of San Jose, where the local priest very kindly signed and stamped our "credencials".
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Tomorrow we have another long day with some 20 miles ahead of us.
Buen Camino!
Later in the afternoon we bumped into three gentlemen who appeared to be doing the Camino. They turned out to be from the Friends of theCamino in Cadiz, whose map we had been following that very day! Their President, Luis, has promised to keep in touch and he is very interested in getting in touch with the Friends of the Camino in Gibraltar. They are currently planning a route starting from Tarifa, which unfortunately comes a bit too late for us!
Tomorrow we have another long day with some 20 miles ahead of us.Buen Camino!
Hi Ana Maria and Robert, well done, 100 miles and more!! You have done well and met some nice kind people on the way, lovely to know they still exist. Sorry about the blisters, have you still got enough blister plasters??? Please try the vaseline, it does work.
ReplyDeleteKeep smiling and taking the lovely photos.
With love and God Bless to you both.