Jo’s Monday walk : A sally through the salt marshes

Grey is not my favourite colour for sky, but sometimes there are compensations. (not cake- too soon for that!)  A friend had suggested a sally through the salt marshes, and I’m always seduced by the fusion of sky and sea.  I hadn’t reckoned on a grey day, but it was warm, so, no excuse!

The light on the water here is special on all but the glummest of days.  Passing by the fisherman’s huts there’s always a cat or two, trying to appear disinterested in today’s catch.  Down in the salt pans, birds wade, flap their wings, and glide across the still waters.

A pomegranate tree clings to the last of its fruit, and the reeds rustle and sway, bleached beige by the sun.  Small hillocks of salt gleam, white, against the sullen sky.  A mysterious pink has appeared in the salt pans, not reflected from the dense clouds overhead.

The light is changing and, looking to the hills, I realise that the clouds are beginning, ever so slowly, to roll back.  The water darkens, inexplicably, to a rich magenta and I watch, transfixed, as grey gives way to blue.

I’m rounding the marshes to reach Fuseta for lunch.  If I’m lucky the sky should be clear by the time I get there.

It’s almost unreal, the transformation in the skies as I head towards the sea, and I can only be a grateful witness.

I wander along the quayside, peering at the tiny fish milling around the boats.  If they were bigger I’d think they were pushing their luck, but it’ll be a while before they make anyone a decent supper.  Well, perhaps a ship’s cat?

Which brings us, of course, to the inevitable subject.  Does anyone have space for cake?  Someone’s been eating mine, again!

Not such a grey day, after all.  Replete, we sat in the sunshine, gazing out across the bay.

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Not so many walks this week.  Huge thanks to my regular contributors. Please visit each other, if you can, and don’t forget to get out there walking off all those cakes! Join me any time, here on Jo’s Monday walk.  You know you’ll always be welcome.

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  9. I don’t mind an occasional gray day if it’s warm, but your photos, moving from a bit glum to so blue and sparkly are really nice. I love the salt marshes, and the expanse of sky, no matter what color, is glorious. 🙂

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    1. We had a couple of weeks where it was a bit cooler and overcast with a fair bit of rain, Debbie. Our Winter, I guess, but we’re back to 20C+ and blue again. How can you ever complain here? 🙂 🙂

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    1. It was a long but easy walk, Draco, and it paid much bigger dividends than I expected. this morning we’ll be in the hills chasing almond blossom. I’m tired before I start but I know it will be beautiful up there. And yes, there’s always cake! 🙂 🙂

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    1. I wasn’t planning to. It always strikes me as a very grey place, architecturally? I still have a couple of cities on my list… Madrid, Rome, Stockholm, Copenhagen… oh, I’d better stop! 🙂 🙂

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