Paths around the Pedrera Water Reservoir

Welcome to the past!

This sign could undoubtedly send us that message.

To the eighties, to be exact, so we only have to go back in time about forty years to be able to participate in this Wednesday Walk.

Oh, we need the location too, so observing the photo, we could draw the conclusion that we are in a desert... or in an abandoned place, probably isolated from civilisation and that we could die in a few days if we didn't find fresh water or food. Just the letter and the numbers on the concrete road sign could help us locate the place and call for help... almost, as this road doesn't exist anymore. 😂

We need to take a distance from it and search for more clues.

Ok, the ruined road can still be seen, the one that officially doesn't exist anymore since 1980, although there are still parts of it where the asphalt was not destroyed completely.

However, it only gives false hopes because after a few bends, the asphalt also ceases to exist. More precisely, it turns into a dirt road, and if you dare to pass these prohibition signs, where you are warned that this road is not safe and leads nowhere, you will drive directly into water. Into the Pedrera Water Reservoir.

There are paths that are not safe to use!

That is why it is better to use just our feet to circulate here, be careful while exploring the surroundings and find some shade. Hmm... at this moment, it seemed like a failed mission; no tall trees on the horizon that could provide shelter.

Some taller bushes could maybe serve to find some shade, but we will see that part later. I wanted to present you this place that looks like a desert, with dirt roads, sand, clay and rocks, with very little vegetation, but guess what!?! The lizards like this climate!

I saw again the same type of lizard that I had already seen while walking around the Crevillente Water Reservoir. And once again, it didn't want to wait for me to take a photo of it. 😂

The other interesting feature about this place is the contrast between the dry surface and the quite big water reservoir. Its capacity is 246 hm³ of water and serves for irrigation.

As it was noon when I walked here (I know, it should be forbidden to walk in the sun at that time as heatstroke is granted), in the end I had to find a "shelter". The chilling time happened under the few trees I found and bushes, but it was ok, I was even responding to some comments on Hive through my phone while chilling in the shade, on the purple Milka blanket that I usually have in the car.

This Hiver never goes unprepared for these adventures - it means that I also had a swimsuit!
_{Oh well, we planned to go to a beach later, so of course I had a swimsuit, not really because I was so smart to have it just in case 😂.}

The water was good, not too warm and not too cold. A recommendation if you decide to swim in a man-made lake like this one - it is better to have a pair of beach shoes or similar footwear suitable for water, as coming out of the water could be challenging on the slippery clay. Of course that I also had those with me. 😉

When the walk, chilling time and bathing here were finished, walking all the way up to the road was still waiting for me, passing again by the old road sign. What could it say to us now, at the end of this post?

Congratulations, you survived this desert adventure.