Woodlife

We’ve been here since Saturday and so far it’s been a great holiday. The weather hasn’t been as good as UK but that doesn’t matter too much when you’re surrounded by so many different sights, smells and sounds. Not only have we been visiting the usual tourist areas, but I’ve been lucky enough to explore with bushcraft in mind.

We’ve been lucky enough to get a hotel literally on the doorstep of the S’Abufera National Park, a large wetland area of national importance. We walked through yesterday and my camera didn’t stop clicking. It will take months to ID all the wildflowers. The highpoint was a sight of an extremely large bird, which I’m going to tentatively call an eagle of some kind. Other sightings were made of Egrets, Purple Herons, and a host of other wildfowl.

The woodland next to the park is wonderful bushcraft land, mainly conifers. Of course fires are forbidden because of the tinder dry land. Use could be made of the abundant materials laying about the woodland floor.

I’ve just come back from a few hours sea fishing off a small pier. Caught absolutely nothing of course. Never mind, there’s always the restaurant. I don’t think I’ll bother with the Trangia tonight!

Tomorrow’s outing is to visit the mountains, which again aren’t too far away. The highest peak is over 1400 meters. I don’t think I’ll be walking all the way.

I’ll be putting up pics and posting a full report when I get back next week Until then, adios from the Balearics. Pablo.