Spring is officially here, in the northern hemisphere that is, and a walk in the countryside is a must. And if you can't be physically in nature, a virtual walk will have to do. A walk like the one I am offering you today, with pictures of the beautiful Cretan landscape and flora!
Living in a tiny village, like the one in the picture below, gives you a major advantage when it comes to walking in the outdoors. You just have to step out of your doorstep and in a couple of minutes, you can find yourself among trees, herbs and flowers, growing voluntarily and abundantly all over the place!
An old national road, out of use for many years, offers the perfect hiking ground, on a terrain that is more suitable for wild goats rather than humans :)
A dirty road very narrow for cars but extremely wide and comfortable for hiking. And with an amazing view too!
Marcos (the dog) has never complained about a hike, he is always more than happy to keep us company in every single expedition. But especially that day he was thrilled, running back and forth like a frenetic black demon :)
An old stone sign, a fallen traffic pillar and the new road, way downhill, are reminding me that I am close to civilisation, although the landscape is so rough and wild!
The sea though, far away in the background, was particularly calm and alluring :)
I may not live in that village any more but I still remember fondly the countless walks that we had around it and the wonderful views it offered us daily!
I took those pictures in 24/3/2020, in the middle of the pandemic lockdown, feeling so fortunate that we had decided to leave the city before the outbreak of all this madness.
Here is the post that I wrote four years ago about that same walk with different pictures and different words but both as my contribution to the #wednesdaywalk challenge, hosted by 
The camera that I used is a Canon EOS 6D mark II with an EF 24-105mm f4L lens attached. I edited the photographs in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
All the pictures and the words are mine.
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