Rambla del Zarzalejo

A beautiful day, broken up into 5 parts.

We left Santa Cruz de Marchena at day break and crossed the río Nacimiento, which was flowing nicely. We then walked to Alboloduy along the road bordering the río, enjoying the plantations. In Alboloduy, the river was wider than we expected, so we took the footbridge across, starting the game we were to play in the second part of our walk.

A little bit out of Alboloduy, the río was winding it's way between its banks and we often had to cross from one side to the other. So we decided to see how often we could cross without getting our feet wet 😄 We nearly won, but on the very last crossing, the water flow was just a little too wide...

The last crossing was the start of a steep but exhilarating climb out of the valley for the third part of our walk. Amazing views, and a sighting of what we think are "capra montés hembra".

At the top of our climb we got to a carretera, where motorcycle riders were revving up and down. The views were still stunning, but we had to watch the traffic.

Last night, Nely sent us a message, saying that the last section of the río into Nacimiento was very wet and muddy. She suggested we contact Santiago who owns the only bar in Nacimiento. He came to pick us up at the point where we would have clambered down to the river.

At the bar, we had tapas for lunch, and for dinner. It's interesting watching the people of the pueblo coming to the bar, and chatting to each other. Everybody knows everybody in these sort of towns.Read more