Elizabeth2018
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2018 Madrid, Salvador
Arrived Tres Cantos this evening after 8 pm having walked from Fuencarral this afternoon. Sunny and temps of mid 20s although occasionally a nice breeze. Getting into Tres Cantos was a bit difficult. The Camino arrows took us into a hard bicycle track but then we noticed an arrow on a parallel Sandy path which was much more comfortable walking. Then we had the business of trying to figure out what bridge to cross to get in to Tres Cantos. CsJ guide says there are three. One was visible from the track so we decided to try it and see what happened. It is a metal bridge and just as we got across it and realized we should have carried on to the next one there was a flash of lightening and a rumble of thunder. We hightailed it off on the other side in a shot and given the circumstances decided there was no going back across it anytime soon! The Via Pecuria runs along from there Bit looking st the map we reckoned it would take us way out of our way. A bit of exploring yielded a narrow ditch on our side of the highway (thank goodness for cement barriers between us and the road) and got ourselves to the next and what seems like the main entrance into Tres Cantos. With online maps we managed to find our way into the city to the VP Jardín. Great hotel but the wifi isn’t working so I am doing this on my Spanish sim and going to stop now. For those who come behind don’t take the first bridge! Find your way to the next one and you should be able to navigate into town.