☀️ “Walk around the Iznájar Reservoir towards the Dam with me” ~ IZNÁJAR, Cordoba province in Spain 🇪🇸

Come along and join me on a walk around the Iznájar Reservoir towards the Dam ~ in IZNÁJAR, Cordoba province in SPAIN 🇪🇸
We will join some members of my Iznájar walking group on this beautiful and sunny day in February 2018. ☀️ yep, it’s a while back and I needed some sunny vibes today 😁
When I lived alone in the countryside of Iznájar (in 2015) I joined this walking group at least once a week. We had loads of fun and we saw of course a lot while #exploring new areas and walks.
I wanted to share one of those walks with you today. So come along… 😊

With this post I’m joining in at the #Wednesday Walk #challenge. That is hosted by @tattoodjay every week on Wednesday.
‼️Have a look: Here in the Wednesday Walk Community if you want to join in!… the community is run by @tattoodjay
Look at his last #Wednesdaywalk post. It will tell you also the rules of joining in at the Wednesday walk posts 😁 come join us!

Today’s photographic selection will be of 40 PHOTOGRAPHS
The date is: 18 FEBRUARY 2018.
All Photographs in this post are taken with my (late) #Canon550D and 18-135mm lens. 📸
I will follow the time stamps on them. So it looks like you are experiencing my #adventures on this #walk, to 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 #discover everything what I saw, like the little #details seen through my eyes.

The trail we followed you find on this screenshot from Google maps marked in yellow:

On this day hubby (back then not hubby yet) joined me for the first time and we had to drive 1,5 hours inland to get there as we had moved towards the coast together after we met.
An earlier walk (3 years before this walk) from me alone joining some members of my walking group you can find here if you missed it 3 years ago: My Wednesday Walk “Walk around the Iznájar Dam and through the Pine Forest, Cordoba province, Spain” (hahaha there must be something with the number 3 today it keeps popping up for me 😋)

What is rather #interesting to see in my #photographs is the change of #water level in 3 years between this and above’s post… the area is turning slowly into a #DESERT 🏜️. Even back then you could see it already. 🫣 One of the reasons we moved out of southern Spain 🇪🇸

But let’s not get lost in memories… are you ready to walk with me? 😊

Let’s start our walk.
After we parked our cars we walk first through the pine forest 🌲🌲🌲

The path goes up and down. In some areas we can walk towards the embalsa de Iznajar, the Iznajar reservoir.
In the following website you can read more about this reservoir: The Iznájar Reservoir!

It tells you;

The Iznájar Reservoir, also known as the "Lake of Andalusia," is located in the middle course of the Genil River, being the largest reservoir in Andalusia and the second largest in Spain in terms of extension.

Here you can see it through the trees and shrubs.

As we walk a bit closer we see this beautiful view. The mountains in the distance are very soft. A haze is making them slowly disappear.

An artistic capture… i loved the softness of the colours around us that day.

It was very early spring this middle of February. We see some blossoms already came out. 🌸🌸🌸 Like on the #almond and #olive trees 🌳

We walk slowly further and take in the views. We see more from the reservoir now. The water level is very low… the yellow sandy parts you couldn’t see a few years ago.

If you look closely in the distance you see the church on the top of the mountain. That is the little village of Iznájar. Where I lived about a 30 minutes drive (with my classic mini) from in the countryside.

The reservoir is very large as you can see. Do you see the little cars at the edge below us… Yes, now you can see the dimensions better. The cars are TINY 🚗🚙

We walk further around the waters edge. Here you can clearly see where the water level once was. 😳 scary… but still the views are stunning 🤩

The ground under our feet is very very dry.

We reach an area where they let boats in the water. Here are some poles with measurements on. Once… long ago the water would have been this high.

As we walk further we come along the #abandon cabins. It used to be a camp site. Now it is regularly used by military to practice.

At first I thought… it was a tripod, but looking closer it is a barb wire fence pole.
One of the cabins from higher up. As our walking path goes still up and down along the mountains ⛰️

We see in some areas some wild #orchids… almost flowering. They will be abundant in the spring in this region of Spain 🇪🇸

We continue our walk… it is so lovely… the perfect temperature 😊

We are getting closer to the dam now and see some old structures like this wall next to the path.

Some tall plants, these agave’s are very spiky.

In some of the trees above us we see caterpillar 🐛 nests, yes… these were the ones you have to look out for. Processionary ones.

Finally… are you still with me? We reached the large #DAM. You can see it through the trees here:

The other members of my walking group 😊

This area close by the dam has more flowers around us. We take a closer look at them 🥰

Little paths up the mountain ⛰️

Like little railways to bring up things.

The closer we get to the dam the more we can see 😊

Beautiful grasses along the edge.

Wild herbs…

More flowers 🌼🌼🌼

I had to share some beautiful flowers with you.

The men standing on the edge observing the dam closer by.

We walk towards the edge and take in the views of the reservoir towards the left.

The road below us over the dam.

If you want to see more photographs of the dam itself, see my other post (link above 👆🏻)

We can walk a long way on this plateau.

Above us some birds of prey… they are too far for me to capture with this lens.

Walking a bit further we see towards the right, next to the dam.

Looking back where we came from.

And we turn around and walk back. We have been walking for 1 hour and 15 minutes. So there and back we will have walked about 2,5 hours 🤓

This time I focus on the flowers around us… and we talk and enjoy the views 😊

Some more blossoms on the trees 🌳 🌸🌸🌸

Beautiful… I can’t wait for spring.

Once back at the cars, we say bye bye 👋🏻 until next time. Thanks for joining me today 🤗

…and here I say that’s all for today’s post my friends.
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