Taking the Path of Infinity

Infinity. We walked there today, in the path out of every bound. Last week we had the opportunity to peek into the future, of course, without too much information that I could give you, not to spoil the trace of history. Today I take you to infinity. And it's not that I'm making it up, this is for real. But we will have to wait for a little until that part of the story. Let's start from the beginning, from the starting point of this walking trail in the Serra Gelada Natural Park.

I know this trail very well. And I believe my readers too. This hill has already been visited several times by the citizens of hive through my posts, but for me, every time it is a pleasure to walk here. It is best to walk there in the morning. In the summer, before dawn, because the sunrise is beautiful from here. And because of the heat! Now, while the calendar winter is still in progress, it is not so important to go early. So I didn't choose the earliest time of the day but before lunch.

There are several trails where you can explore Serra Gelada, the frozen hill. That would be an English translation. You can climb to the highest peak, where the transmitters are located, but I followed this our regular route. It takes more time and fitness to top it off, and only if you are in the company. Imagine, many times it happens that people, the elderly ones, go alone and get injured in that hike, because there is no regular way up. Sometimes they slip on the rock, or just the fatigue hits, so help with a helicopter should save them. Sometimes it doesn't end well. We once went to that highest peak, but we were in the company of people who had already done that path before. When I am alone, I always go to the lighthouse, following this road, Far de l'Albir.

As you can see, the walkers who follow this path to the lighthouse have to go through a small tunnel. This is because we are now walking on the new road, the asphalt road, which was built in the 1960s if I'm not mistaken. There used to be another way, a little more dangerous. The lighthouse keepers had to walk that road many times with the help of donkeys who carried a load of food and supplies needed for life. We will talk about the lighthouse and its history in one of the following articles. Today we are just walking and watching the blue sea. However, the sky was not very blue. The air was not crystal clear... there was humidity and a little haze.

Despite that, the day was beautiful, and many people walked there. Some decided to use their powerboat and make exhibitions with it in the bay. I stopped and observed. After some minutes I realized they wanted to do some shapes in the water. I was thinking, is it the letter S they want to show us? A call for SOS? Or course, I knew those people were just playing around, as they also observed how the water reacts when they do those circles. I took a photo. Then another one and another one and... ended up with around ten photos just with that boat and the message they were trying to present.

Oh, it was clear, it was the symbol of INFINITY!!

Do you see the same as I?

I made a gif from the photos. Well, I tried to make it, I am not sure is it a nice one, but to get an idea, of what they were doing. Don't look toom any times, you might be sick looking it. It was the first time that I tried to make a gif. It was a free online tool to make animated gifs and was pretty easy, actually, I don't know why I haven't used it before. I see that it would be better if I would stay in the same spot, or not move the camera. I was not aware of that, so I walked a few steps between taking the photos. For the next time, I will try not to move.

After some minutes, they finished the show and disappeared behind the hill. Anyway, it was cool to witness it, but then I walked away. I made it to the lighthouse, but as it is a whole different topic to talk about, it will come some other day.

The second part of this trail is more interesting for me, and the views are also nicer. I found a hole in one of the rocks, from where you can see the sea. Seems people are passing through it, but I see it as a bit dangerous activity. Or I could not pass through it :)

On that second part of the route, there is access to the old ocher mine. Just ruins are left, and many red rocks. I went there down several times, but not this time. This walk was already marked by infinity, so no other travel in time was needed. As it would be a trip to the past.