Apartmentos Collarubio, Cercedilla, Manzanares el Real to Cercedilla, 20Km 29 April 2025

Last night due to the unexplained country wide power outage, Phil and I were only able to obtain an ice cream for our evening meal. Eventually the power was restored around 10:00pm at which time we were in bed asleep.

Following breakfast at the local panderia we headed off towards Cercedilla which is one of the most spectacular stages on the Camino de Madrid running parallel to the Sierra.

Following coffee at Mataelpino, Jen and Dave abandoned ship and took a Uber the Cercedilla leaving Phil and I to continue on alone.

The stage was fairly straight forward apart from some confusion at a roundabout which was eventually resolved after consultation with another walker. The only other point of note was the very steep 100 meter climb out of Navacerrada.

Arriving in Cercedilla we met Jen and Dave for lunch at La Maya before heading to the apartment.

Tomorrow is the 31km walk across the Sierra de Guadarrama to Segovia

Stone Pines

Ermita de San Isidro

Sierra de Guadarrama

Phil contemplates a bridge