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In the Salt del Cabrit the stream of Sant Martí Sescorts rushes into the pools and the swamp of Sau, in front of the monastery of Sant Pere de Casserres, which, unwittingly, is becoming another symbol of the drought in Catalonia, since the meander of the Ter that surrounds it comes without any water.
The Sau reservoir has reached a historic low of 5%. It has almost no water and at the tail of the reservoir, in the meander of the Ter, this drama is staged in broad daylight around Sant Pere de Casserres, as we see in these snapshots in La Vanguardia’s Readers’ Photos.
The meander is a curve described by the course of a river, whose sinuosity is pronounced, as can be seen in the images. They form more easily in rivers on alluvial plains with very low slopes.
Next to the Sau reservoir we find the Ter meander viewpoint, from which you can see Sant Pere de Casserres, an 11th century Romanesque monastery of the Benedictine order and which has an origin closely linked to women.
It is known that in the year 1006, Viscountess Ermetruit de Osona-Cardona, together with her daughter-in-law Engúncia, raised money for the foundation of the monastery that they wanted to convert into the family monastery.
now to get to Salt del Cabrit by car, you have to go in the direction of Esquirol along the BV-5207 road. And there, take the C-153 direction Manlleu.
Just before reaching the Sant Martí Sescorts turnoff there is another one on the road on the right if you are arriving from Barcelona (on the left if you are arriving from Cantonigròs or Rupit from l’Esquirol).
