Step 22: Lleida – Castellnou Seana (32.8 km)

Accum. height uphill: 167 m. Accum. height downhill: 39 m.

Lleida: Km 0. Highway: Km 6.7. Bell-lloc: Km 15.3. El Palau d’Anglesola: Km 24.8. Castellnou de Seana: Km 32.8.

To leave town, we follow the River Segre. Walking along the river path with the Segre on our left, we pass under the railway bridge and the Pardinyes bridge. After the bridge, stairs take us to street level.  Yellow arrows on the wall to our left once again tell us that we are going against the flow, not realising that our destiny lies elsewhere. We leave the Segre behind us, heading in the direction of the Pardinyes bridge.

Following the direction of the bridge and yet moving away from it, we come to the first roundabout; we go straight over it and at the second roundabout, turn left. We cross over a railway track and find ourselves in an industrial zone. Having walked for 1 km along the Avenida de la Industria, we turn right into Mies Enginyer Street. After 750 m and after crossing a road bridge, we find ourselves at the end of the industrial zone, once again surrounded by ploughed fields.

We are on Miralbó way. We keep on the asphalt road and we leave a stone and sand quarry on the left. We carry on walking on the road, without taking any diversion. There is a junction in our path: we turn to the left. We arrive at a bridge to cross A-2 highway. Once we have crossed the bridge, we turn right on a road, in right angle, just before some huge barns. The way takes us again to A-2 highway and to another bridge, but we do not go up, we carry on walking some metres to find the path that turns left. We take it and continue walking straight on.

There are some long barns on the right. Reaching an electricity post, our path leads us to another way, but we continue straight on. We cross a path. We carry on in order to find another asphalt road that we turn right. We leave some little ponds behind, on the right; our path continues on the left. We arrive at a junction: we take the right way.

Crossing a road perpendicular to ours, we pass a small dam on our left. Going straight ahead and ignoring adjacent roads, we pass another small dam to our right before arriving at a bridge over the A2. We cross and leave the A2 behind. Our path leads to another that we take to our right, and that leads us to Bell-lloc d’Urgell.

The road ends in the street called Vilanova de la Barca. 50 metres to our right we can see the railway line. We go down this street, but to our left, in about 60 meters, we turn right into Sant Jordi street. We continue straight along this road, which leads us to the edge of the village and the road to El Palau d’Anglesola, after crossing the road LV-3311.

The asphalt road takes us to a bridge above the A-2. We cross it and after going down, we turn 180º to the right to take a path running parallel to the A-2, which always runs on our right. Another bridge that crosses the A-2 appears before us, but we will not take it, on the contrary, we will keep on walking straight on. 500 metres away from this point we turn right. A little further from the right, on the other side of the highway, a large sculpture made of iron and concrete representing a traveller waves us on our way.

We carry on straight away, in a parallel way to the A-2. Our way merges with another one that we take on the right. Junction at 400 m: we turn right. We leave a farming construction behind us, and the way leads us to El Palau d’Anglesola. Keep always straight and we will reach a roundabout that we cross in a little angle on the left; we have already arrived at Palau d’Anglesola.

We enter via San Roc Avenue, which becomes Font Street and leads directly to the main square. We turn 90° right and in 500 metres we turn left in Nou Street. We’re on the edge of the village:  we cross over a canal via a small bridge and turn right at the first track that appears just after the bridge and a house.

The road runs parallel to the canal, which is on our right. In 400 metres we take the left hand fork, away from the canal and heading for Castellnou de Seana. In 600 metres we cross a road and in another 1 kilometre we cross another one.

We follow our path, without veering left or right. Sometimes, the road crosses others, but we continue straight ahead. After 1.7 kilometres we cross another road. Take care here: after crossing the road, we don’t take the first road on the right, but the second, which is almost facing us.

We follow it and shortly we pass three farm buildings on our left. Continuing straight on, we can already make out Castellnou de Seana ahead of us. The trail forks before reaching the village: take the left track, thus avoiding the roundabout and we are better placed for the main road and the church square. The City Hall is nearby.