alansykes
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Except the Francés
The camino was under water by the torre de agua about 2 hours north of Santiponce. I went in a few yards but when the water got up to my waist gave up as the thought of slipping and soaking everything in my rucksack didn't appeal.
The detour was fairly horrible - I spoke to the farmer at the cortijo de Palmaraya and he said my only option was to go by the motorway. I expect it's illegal to do so, but I climbed over a (5' high) fence and walked along the autovia until the next service station, perhaps an hour.
It was not a pleasant walk, even tho' most of it was the other side of the crash-barrier from the traffic. Several cars blew their horns at me, but it is impossible to tell whether they were "get off the motorway, you blithering idiot" toots or just friendly "buen camino" ones. Either way, other than going all the way back to Santiponce, or swimming, I don't see what else I could have done.
The detour was fairly horrible - I spoke to the farmer at the cortijo de Palmaraya and he said my only option was to go by the motorway. I expect it's illegal to do so, but I climbed over a (5' high) fence and walked along the autovia until the next service station, perhaps an hour.
It was not a pleasant walk, even tho' most of it was the other side of the crash-barrier from the traffic. Several cars blew their horns at me, but it is impossible to tell whether they were "get off the motorway, you blithering idiot" toots or just friendly "buen camino" ones. Either way, other than going all the way back to Santiponce, or swimming, I don't see what else I could have done.