Strolling around the fields of La Trinitat.

 

 

The Autumm and Early Winter that we're having in Menorca this year is being abnormally warm.  

 

An invitation to walk through fields and beaches. Both the coast and inland paths are filled these days with people, mostly Menorcan, enjoying their time walking or cycling.

 

"La Trinitat" is an agricultural area east of Ciutadella dedicated to the cultivation of cereals and fodder for livestock. There are some vast farms with large and old houses.

 

 La Trinitat.

Sant Llorens

Binipati Nou

Some trees and plants in the island are blooming, victims of the mirage  of this false spring.

 

 Myrtus Flowers.

 

Myrtus Communis, the common myrtle or true myrtle, is native across the northern Mediterranean Region. In the ancient Mediterranean Cultures, myrtle was symbolic of either, Love and Immortality.

 

On the other hand the weather conditions in parts of the UK are, as I read in the press, really rough. I do hope that you have not been affected by the floods.

Happy New Year.

Cala Morell. December 2015.

There is something in the air...

...It must be Christmas time!

A walk through "Ses Salines de Mongofre"

The Cami de Cavalls, the ancient path that encircles the island took us to Mongofre today and we found these old salt ponds, no longer used for decades.

Althought it is believed that the salt is extracted in Menorca since ancient times, these salt evaporation industry had a short life. It began operating in 1845 and by 1950 they close down due to the lack of profitability and low demand. But they left a very curious landscape of marine shallow ponds that are now a sanctuary for waterfowl.

 

 It is not unusual to see small groups of flamingos in Menorca during the winter

Grey Heron (I think) looking for her dinner.

Cotaina Gran.

Cotaina is an old farmhouse area which have been growing cereals and fodder for many years. In the area where it is located there are many paths and trails that are used for cycling or walking.

Megalithic burial chamber at Momplé.

Clematis cirrhosa var. balearica is an evergreen climber with small, very finely cut, dark green leaves turn bronze-purple in winter. Slightly fragrant, cup-shaped creamy-yellow flowers to 6cm wide, spotted purple within, produced in late winter and early spring followed by fluffy seed-head.

It was first listed in the second edition of Species Plantarum by Carl Linnaeus in 1763.