San Pedro circular

I started this circular tour from the centre of San Pedro: Plaza de Bujaz. I got the #20 guagua there, but you can also use the #35; I think the #20 is the most direct.
Most of the route is on the PR-LP-19; the way is also called “Camino de las Fuentes”. It is well-signposted along the way with occasional yellow and white flashes on rocks. It is also well-trodden so you will be following in the footsteps of thousands of others. Although the walk is circular, I think it is best done anti-clockwise for that way you are out of San Pedro faster and starting to hike in the country.
The first sight is the “Miracle of the Two Holy Crosses” on your right as you are walking out of San Pedro. You will later see more crosses on the route.
Only five minutes or so outside the town the trail starts with the signpost PR-LP-19 leading towards El LLanito; this is the destination you will be heading to all along the way. The path soon begins climbing, first up a tarmac track that leads to a stony path as it enters light woodland. I found it was a 30 minute climb. After this I saw the remains of an old waterway. There was then a short flat section before the path made a sharp descent. At one time, steps had been made here faced off with wooden risers, but most of the wood has long gone. I found it slow going to climb down safely here. Eventually the path goes over a little wooden footbridge over a now dry river bed.
Fuente Espinel I found to be a hole in the ground, though under the cliff overhang, there were two cut stone benches where one could sit.
By this stage, the path is quite broad and continues to be for the rest of the route. It climbs up and down and one problem I found that since it was in light forest I found orientation a bit difficult and found it hard to judge how far I had come and how far there was to go.
A particular highlight for me was a small home-made wayside shrine under a cliff overhang. There were a couple of chairs where one could rest and meditate.
The track does show there are several springs on or just off the route, but at this time, I think they are mostly dry.
Eventually, I left the woodland and as I started walking down a road I saw ‘The Cross of Piety”; later on I saw “The Cross of Union”.
When I got to the main road in El LLanito I followed it along back into San Pedro. Where the road bends left, I should have taken a small road leading down, which would have taken me past another cross and so on back into town. This meant I would also have avoided having to walk on the fairly busy road that did not have pavements.
This is good hike to do on a hot day for you are mostly in shade. There is also a lot of history to see along the way.