A Postcard A Day - Tuesday 3 March 2026 - T for mountains and rivers

Hello lovely peeps,

Happy Tuesday! 

It's Monday as I write this and I have just come back from a day-long hike in the mountains with a friend. But before I show you the photos, let me show you my postcard:

It comes from The Netherlands and it shows the window of a book shop where the sender, called Yvonne, buys her postcards.

The shop is called Alternote:

I would love to visit that shop!

The stamp is a special Postcrossing stamp:

Today I went for a long hike with a friend. This region is very dry and usually there is no water in the rivers, but after the latest bout of rain and storms, the rivers are flowing and the waterfalls, spectacular. There is also a lot of damage and sometimes the path was interrupted by a landslide and we had to find an alternative route, but it was a wonderful day.

We went to the source of the river Castril.

We left at 9 a.m. and it took us more than an hour to drive to the location, and by the time we had safely parked the car and started our walk it was 11:00

The river at lower level was wide and full. 

The top signpost was our route (to the source of the river).

Trees and bushes had been uprooted during the latest storm and floods.

We came across a small weir where they I think had a turbine to create electricity.

This is an image of where we walked. The red arrow is where we walked up the valley. The black arrow is where we found the river coming out of the rocks.

And here it is! I had expected a small trickle, but it is literally gushing!

On the way back we took another track which led us to a waterfall, which is part of the same river.

We got back to the car at about 3 pm and I was hungry so we decided to drive to Castril, the village named after the river, and have some lunch. 

This is a little side street in the village:

That is all for today. 

Those of you who live in wet countries, won't find the sight of a gushing river very exciting, but here in this arrid country, it is a sight for sore eyes! It was the best hike I have done in a long time. (Even though I now have sore feet and legs).

Now I have just remembered I need a drink or drink related image. I don't think the river counts (although it was very clean water).

So here is the fish dish from Saturday night when I went out with my friends:

A beer bottle is visible. That is my ticket to the T-Party hosted by Elizabeth and Bluebeard.

Wishing you all a Happy T-Day!

Lisca