Monesterio to Fuente de Cantos Stage Flooded - UPDATED

[bsewall]

About 10 km into this stage you have to turn left off the path and walk 80 meters to the road to avoid flooding on the remainder of the path. The road goes directly to Fuente de Cantos.

Also, the stage out of Almaden de la Plata is open again.

 

[jirit]

Re: Monesterio to Fuente de Cantos Stage Flooded

Hi bsewall

Thanks for the update.

My wife and I were suppose to start our walk yesterday from Seville but she has developed a knee issue that may prevent her from walking the route, at least until we reach Salamanca. Do you know what the route from Seville is like? I heard the first two stages were also flooded out too

Neville

 

[bsewall]

First- An update on the route.We walked the route to Fuente de Cantos today and it actually is open. You do have to walk through 2 feet of water, but it is doable. So the original information I received was not completely correct.

Neville, I'm sorry to hear about the delay. The segment between Santaponce and Guillena was closed last week when I went through and I had to walk the road all the way from Santaponce. Plus the route to Guillena was a mass of mud. The Amigos office can give you a current update.

I do hope your wife has a speedy recovery.

 

[jirit]

Hi Bill

Thanks for the update. It looks like I will be doing the walking or some cases the wading, while my wife takes the bus. The doctor here in Seville thinks she has a knee problem (she has wobbly knees and something she did a week ago has triggered something causing the swelling around her knee. She now has some medication to help reduce the swelling and help with the healing.

So for now I will walking while she will bus and we can reassess the situation once we reach Salamanca.

We have decided to leave Seville on Friday and bus to Monesterio to start our respective journeys.

Other than the water and flooding situation how is the route so far for you?

Neville

 

[bsewall]

Neville, I'm glad you found a way to make it work. I'm in Zafra now and spoiling myself with a very nice single room at the Hostal Carmen.

"What has the Camino been like so far?" Some incredible highs, some depressing lows, some of the warmest and most welcoming people I've ever met, learning to accept a room of 20 snoring people as a human symphony, and I've gotten lost more times than I can count. If we do cross paths on the VdlP ask me to tell you the story of me, the German and my underpants.

I look forward to hearing about your first week.