Destination Santiago Peregrino 60

 Orito - Montefort del Cid - Novelda - Elda After an excellent online morning devotion together our "Support Crew" took us back from my home to Orito and so we began there at around 7.30 am where had ended the previous day. It was cooler at this time and we followed Avenida San Pascual Bailon towards the west. The first place of note was the Ermita on the edge of the village where San Pascual had received a vision of the Blessed Sacrament. As we followed the road we discovered that there were Stations of the Cross at the wayside along the route to Montefort del Cid. A clear reminder that we were not the only ones to have travelled this way. How easy it is to forget sometimes that usually we are not the only ones to have a particular experience nor had this or that particular problem. As we were entering Montefort, at the side of the road was a reminder of the dangers all can face from time to time. Fortunately this snake was quickly identified as usually harmless... We found ...

 Elda - Sax - Santa Eulalia - Villena NOTE: Please read the Orito - Elda post FIRST then this one. Sadly I couldnt change the order on this blog... oops... An earlier start today we left home just before 6 am and our Support Crew dropped us at the Ermita San Anton around 6.30 am and we were on our way. As we climbed out of Elda up past the Hospital and into the countryside once more we had a fabulous sunrise view. We aimed to make as much progress as possible before the expected 35 degree midday temperature arrived! The guidebook needed to be followed carefully on this section as there a lot of interescting tracks and a little used road or two to negotiate. However soon after we had a limbo experience passing under the pipe show below there was a hitch. By now we could see Sax Castle in the distance so we began to become a little more excited and our steps quickened.  However, w e were dutifully following the guidebook only to discover that the track petered out into a jungle...