Field trip - Montmell from the other side.

When our children were small we had a seven seater, all terrain type vehicle which took us everywhere. And when I say everywhere, I mean EVERYWHERE. One of those places was round the back of the mountains we can see from our house. Basically, it means taking a dirt track into the middle of nowhere.

Last Sunday afternoon we tried to get as close as possible to one of our favourite old haunts, la masia de Torrossolla. As we had to leave our little car quite a way off, we decided we didn't have enough time to reach the 'masia' on foot so we opted to walk instead to Can Magí Vidal.

Here are some photos:

Our idea was to go around this mountain to visit the other side

Going up Sugar Mountain

Typical fern from the north face of the mountain

Fonoll (I don't know its English name)

The Masia de Torrossolla - from a long way up!

Can Magí Vidal through the undergrowth

Large, unidentified mushroom

Large, unidentified beetle

Jay

Prunus Spinosa - otherwise known as Sloes

Well, as you can see, this was quite the nature walk. It was lovely, once again, to get out and enjoy the area we live in. Although the afternoon was scorching hot, much of our walk was in the shade of woodland and big, bushy plants.

Note: the photos of the fern, the flower, the sloes and the jay were taken from internet. I often forget to take photos as I am too busy enjoying the real thing :)