The forest on a sunny December day has a magical vibe to it, the low afternoon sun brings that warming golden light i love so much about the Mediterranean.
I feel like I'm falling in love with this place all over again.
I've been trying to keep my fitness up year going for regular walks, longer and more challenging one.
I love walking as a way to exercise it just feep so natural to me.
I like also being up high, where there are views and perspectives, I just love mountains...I think they speak to me alot because they are in my blood, I'm a mountain girl by birth and genetics, I feel at peace at high altitudes.
Seeing the world by foot is my preferred mode of transport after that trains, I can't stand car and the petrol guzzling lifestyle.
I like to see the places cars can't reach but unfortunately they can actually get up here, its not that remote, there are van lifers parking up, and local with their dirt and MTB bikes.
However its still fairly quiet, with alot of nature, there are owls, boars, frogs and probably a fair few snakes.
You don't always see them, ive seen most of them just steps away from my apartment and not out here in the forest.
It was wonderful to see the 2nd spring of December flowers the yellow wild ones in bloom, it makes it feel warmer than it really is
There is alot of natural biodiversity but I get the sense alot of these pines may have been reforestation at some point. Now the forest is regenerating itself.
There are alot of oaks, along with carob trees (a wild syrup bean)
Alot of strawberry fruit trees, now ripe (see my last post)
There is wild asparagus and Cork oaks which have been removed from the trunk.
And of course there were many mushrooms in the shaded undergrowth I don't know what these are but they looked beautiful growing from the moss.
It was also a magical moment to watch this pollinators basking in the sun, the photo does not do justice, in real life inspection there are textures and colors that just do come out on the photo.
So that's it, a 3 hour hike in the local forest. It was a beautiful time, so healing and refreshing.
I hope you also have a place in nature to retreat to..if so let me know in the comments below!
