I could have stayed home...

mipiano (79)in Wednesday Walk • 2 years ago

There are walks that bring more fun than you could think at first. Maybe you even go for that walk just because someone called you and half-insisted. Your idea was staying at home, maybe being lazy, writing or reading and leaving the physical activity for another day. I was tempted to say that tomorrow would be a good day for this long walk, as here in Spain there are many occasions you just say mañana and you postponed the thing for at least a few days, or a week. Or more.

In the end, I agreed. We went to conquer the path that leads by the river and reaches the orchards. It takes around two hours to make this round, more than 120 minutes (this seems to give more weight haha) of moving your feet constantly. Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot... (this is faster when you walk or read the words than writing them down 😂). Although it is not as demanding as dancing, playing some musical instruments or doing some sports at the pro level.

Leaving behind the river and mountain part, we entered the world of nísperos (loquats). It is my favourite early spring fruit, especially if I find it in some of the walks like this one. Just to clarify things - I do not take any fruit from a tree that is officially part of someone's garden. No. But I do treat myself with some of these when I find a tree that grows in the land that belongs to no one. You see just bushes around in an abandoned state... so no problem to take one loquat, right? (hmm, two actually, but we don't have to count this time). Yummy.

I was lucky with the fruits but so strange that I was unable to do something I am usually good at. Let me explain. When I see a cat on the street I usually try to cuddle it, many times with a success. They come close to me and I pet them, but during this walk it was impossible.

At least ten cats crossed our path but not even one came close to me. The first one was a cat in the forest. She was half-wild.

The next one, a black kitty just gave me a look. Don't even think about coming closer, human.

The third one disappeared almost completely from the photo when I made a few steps to get closer. Bad, bad luck. And so on, we can count all of the cats I have seen and scared away... though it would just remind me of that unsuccessful experience of taming the cats this time.

Another four-legged creature passed by us and it was so beautiful. I took a photo of this man riding the handsome horse, but it was just a moment and they were gone.

A separate part of the post should come to explain the presence of the mirrors.
Hold on. The explanation is simpler than it is thought. A few days ago someone asked me why there are so many mirrors by the road and on fences so let's try to bring it here.

These paths that are situated in the more rural parts of the towns are narrow and full of curves. When you drive here you don't really see if there is another vehicle coming your way. Because of that, mirrors are placed so one can see if someone is coming and in that case drive a bit slooooooower.

Also, when one has to come out from its yard, and there is no good visibility, on the other side of the road there are mirrors to show the road. They prevent the traffic accidents.

Once we passed the mountains, the orchards and loquats, the scared cats, the horse, the mirrors, we entered a calm neighbourhood. There is still just one narrow path, it is at the same time the road for the cars but for the pedestrians too. We could see some mirrors here too, but I already showed a few, no need to spam the post with them hahah. Anyway, they can easily break, so let's pay attention to the plants. Some of the pots with succulents by the road:

...and more plants and flowers on the windows's sills. The houses in this area are white and the flowers behind the grids make a nice contrast.

All in all, I was happy in the end to make this walk. That is true that I could stay at home and save myself from chasing the cats and climbing the hills, but those loquats and the flowers made me feel that the effort paid off.