My guide tells me it’s 35km to Seville, now classed as a modest day on my wheelchair Camino.
I’m still checking out the capabilities of Genny with its new high capacity batteries and yesterday I finished with 2 bars left out of 8 on the charge indicator after 53km. It’s not a linear scale, so 1 bar can mean different things depending on terrain, speed and how aggressively I drive. I now feel very comfortable to expect 50km on 1 complete charge.
I’ve also got my navigation well sorted. There is little detail on the Camino Via Augusta and the signage is sparse or just not there. Also the downloadable mapping files are out of date or wrong. In places I am completely making it up. Saying that it did get better approaching Seville.
I have used mobile mapping tools in my work monitoring bats. On my wheels I have a dedicated android phone with the route showing over a downloadable map. It displays speed, time, distance to destination and % of route covered. This takes a bit of the stress out of navigating. I just need to concentrate on the kerbs and pavement ramps which are often not there.
Scenery changed a lot today starting from big old olive groves in the rising sun, to huge open fields filled with sunflowers. Closer to Seville the big suburbs are filled with traffic. Bit of a shock from the deserted Camino.
The city is currently mobbed with more English on the streets than Spanish. Big snaking tour groups everywhere, horse and cart rides , the usual.
I found accommodation on the 3rd attempt in an albergue full of young city visitors. Doubt if there are pilgrims here but will check. The building has a great roof terrace with a small pool, lots of shade and a bar. Will need to come back here as too much to see in the hot sun of early summer. Plan to start the Camino Via de La Plata in the morning, 1000km… I may also just fly home.
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