I walked a lonely road, a green one as the info board showed me. Didn't know where I would end up, but that is what I chose for that day when we went to the city of Alcoy, Spain. To spend half of the time somewhere in nature, and the other half in the city. I knew where the starting point of this green path was, everything else was still in the realms of the unknown.
You can say - reading the map and the board can help you. It can... for sure. Those who read it probably knew the length of the path and that it would in the end lead back through the city to the starting point. What we did is that we almost arrived at that point where the path makes the curve to walk toward the city... Almost, but chose to go off route and reach the city on our way, not following the path anymore. Free to bee, as the sticker suggests. But until then we indeed walked the established green path where I can take you too, those who fancy to come.
The beginning of the green path looked nothing special and out of this world. Just a straight line, even the limit speed was established. What? I can't walk faster than 20km/h anyway. Ok, ok, one can go by bike, so because of that, I know.
The landscape started to change. Green areas predominated as we were walking toward the hills covered by a forest carpet. From here I spotted a bridge and I knew that we would have to cross it. After all, I looked a bit the map and saw we would cross several bridges and many tunnels.
The first little bridge appeared and also a tunnel could be seen at the end of it. The path started to be more interesting...
The tunnel was there, staring at me. Dark, if it would swallow me in one second. Do these holes make people disappear?
No, I don't think so, unless this is a story of dangerous, hungry tunnels (but it's not). The easiest answer would be that tunnels like this one serve to help people, vehicles or trains get to the other side of a hill.
Trains here?
I was surprised too!
Seems that this path was made to establish a railway line that would connect Alcoy with Agost (and Alicante) almost a hundred years ago. The project was never completed... The works lasted for a few decades and in the end, the idea was completely abandoned although the tunnels and bridges were made.
After passing through a few little tunnels and enjoying nature we arrived at the bridge we were seeing from the distance a few photos ago. The bridge of seven moons, which was also part of the old railway track that was never finished. The length of the bridge is 230 meters and its maximum height is 50 meters. At first I didn't think what 50 metres of heights was, I just enjoyed the breeze and what I was seeing.
The views toward the forests were very nice. Relaxing. Wide.
Then I dared to stand on the edge of the bridge and look down into the depths.
A sweet feeling of dizziness... and I felt holding the camera tighter! I already imagined it falling down and breaking into small pieces.
The bridge is also used for bungee jumping. I knelt down to get a better look at these hooks fixed in the concrete and saw some shadows...
I guess not from a ghost. It was me and my braid that flew in the wind.
Are you brave enough to take another look from the edge of the bridge? To be honest, I have a strange feeling in my legs when standing on the edge of high buildings or bridges. I found a drone video footage of this bridge on YouTube... For a complete feeling click me.
The bridge was crossed successfully, I didn't fall and my backpack and camera were still with me. The path in the forest continued, with a lot of bushes, trees and greenery around. The sun was already pretty strong but it was a pleasure to walk in the shade.
A new tunnel appeared in sight. It seemed short, I saw the light at the other side of it, even from this distance. Nothing to be afraid of! I will stay on the same path and forest, that is what I thought. There were no signs that something strange would happen...
... like landing in another place, on the other side of the world!
I found myself in Tokyo!
Who would think... these holes in the hills had some powers that we were not aware of. To teleport the Wednesday walkers to a green path in Japan.
