Medellín to San Pedro de Mérida
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Gerard: We did not walk this part. It looked ideal going through Yelbes and taking the river road. The officer advised not to do it, He telephoned a colleague in Santa Amalia who confirmed. There is aLeer más
Gerard: We did not walk this part. It looked ideal going through Yelbes and taking the river road. The officer advised not to do it, He telephoned a colleague in Santa Amalia who confirmed. There is a water speed bump in the river that pushes the water up. He expected it to be waist deep this time of year. Such a bummer, if i had a rope i would have gone for it,
But if you go and the water appears to be impassable you do a lot of extra kilometers. We have to take the advise seriously.
So what to do now… we concluded to take a cab.
A last look at the castle. In the street they were doing archeological research..
Dit gedeelte hebben wij niet gelopen. Het leek ideaal om door Yelbes te gaan en de rivierweg te nemen. Men had ons geadviseerd om te vragen op het politie buro of de rivier doorwaadbaar was. De agent adviseerde ons het niet te doen. Hij belde een collega in Santa Amalia die het bevestigde. Er is een waterdrempel in de rivier die het water omhoog duwt. Hij verwachtte dat het deze tijd van het jaar heupdiep zou zijn. Zo jammer, als ik een touw had, zou ik ervoor zijn gegaan,
Maar als je gaat en het water blijkt onbegaanbaar, dan maak je heel wat extra kilometers. We moeten het advies serieus nemen.
Dus wat nu te doen… we besloten een taxi te nemen.
Een laatste blik op het kasteel. Op straat deden ze archeologisch onderzoek..Leer más
D: And, more quickly than expected, it was over! We were informed in the morning that we should not attempt to cross the river as the water would be waist deep and there would be a current. G wanted to walk on to Torrefresnada, but I balked at the prospect of the highway walk, esp. Given my Achilles problem. We asked the fellow behind the bar at the hostel to call a cab for us. Someone showed up and drove us to San Pedro de Merida for 30 euros.
The walk to Trujillanos was along the side of a highway, or on a parallel road. We listened to music/podcasts to block out the roar of the trucks. The remainder of the way in to Merida was along a red dirt path, which was fine. Certainly the last 2-3 days of the CM are missable, unless you want to walk every step. If you want to walk into Merida, as we did, walking from Trujillanos is a good option.
We stayed the night in the Albergue in Merida, a place where (as we also found during our last stay here on the VDLP) peregrinos take advantage of being in a city and stay up late. We rushed back from the city so that we would not disturb others who were sleeping, but were the first in the bunk room. After so much of the CM on our own, It was also a reminder of the more typical Albergue experience (chorus of snoring)!
We are now waiting for the bus to Seville. We will fly home to Amsterdam on Monday evening. There is possibly time for another very short walk, but where?
G: gestart in San Pedro. We hadden ons net zo goed nog wat verder kunnen laten afzetten want de eerste zeven km loop je parallel aan de lawaai snelweg. In Trujillanos een korte stop en daar zie ik een kerk met minstens tien ooievaarsnesten. Het kunnen er nog meer zijn ( in het midden) maar dat kan ik niet zien. Dit is het meeste van wat ik tot nu toe gezien heb.
Het laatste stuk naar Mérida is over onverharde weg dus dat is wel lekker voor debi haar voetjes. Voor een laatste keer in de herberg, er zijn drie andere pelgrims. Een van hen, een Italiaan die op de fiets is laat ons binnen want de hospitalerio is r er nog niet. Morgen vroeg met de bus naar Sevilla. En dan is het plots over… Dat komt altijd met een beetje een droevig gevoel … Buen buen CaminoLeer más
Viajero
A record, never seen that many big birds on one building. On this church in Trujillanos there are at least ten stork nests !!
Viajero I’m sad to read it’s over. What a great camino you’ve had .. so now that you’ve reached to destination for this section… would you recommend the walk from Córdoba to Mérida? im interested mainly in the difficulty of the climbs with a problematic knee right now. i am in spain right now and trying to decide on finishing what i started on the Mozárabe or staying safer? on the vdlp. anyway you two - thankyou & safe travels home.
Debi Brock Good question, and not sure. There is a long climb soon after Cordoba that you might find too challenging for your knee. The walk remained generally pleasant for a number of stages, but the closer we got to Merida the less interesting it became. Too much pavement in the final stages.
Gerard: The end, nothing more .. nothing less .. It has been quite a journey.
Viajero I've really enjoyed following behind you. Congratulations on reaching your goal, maybe our paths will cross sometime. Ultreia.
Debi Brock It’s been nice to share our ongoing dialogue. Hoping we meet in person on another Camino. Also hope that your bus trip home was not too brutal! Go well!
Debi Brock
Crème de la Crème makes excellent almond croissants. A fav stop in Seville.
Debi Brock
Quite a decent backpacker hostal in Seville. Pilgrim rate 15 euros per night including breakfast. Privacy curtains and individual lights on bunks. Lovely interior. You can pick up a pilgrim passport here as well, for 2 euros. Located just across the river in the lively Triana district.
Laurie Reynolds Hi, Debi, my phone tells me that you have posted footprints from the Serrana, but I can’t see them because they are private. If you’re going to post more on the Serrana, I’d love to see it - C Clearly and I will set off from La Linea in less than a month!
Debi Brock How odd! This is the firmest time we have used Find Penguins! Nothing for the Serrana, unfortunately.
Laurie Reynolds Weird, it tells me you have posted two footprints, one to Sentinil and one to Jimera del Líbar.
Laurie Reynolds Oh, wait, it says that the author is Gerard DeWitt and Debi Brock, so this must be Gerard posting?
Viajero I'd heard that it could be an interesting crossing. Someone else I had followed had to turn back and it added a huge amount extra to the day. Stay safe.