The HIVE Tour - Episode 65 - I gladly lost my way on this hike

As you might have already seen over my last posts my trip has brought me to this beautiful farm NE of Venice and since the beauty is not strictly limited to the farm but expands to the whole area it's a no brainer to decide to hike around. Even better when the hike starts from the farm itself which is such an eye candy:

The water makes all the difference here powering the local mill as well (hence this "Fattoria" is aptly named "Mulino la Vallina") and offering the visitors its looks and its lovely soundtrack (more on that on the video later):

It's a heaven for kids (of all ages, adults included):

Just in case you wonder how to use all these, there's instructions next to each one 🙂:

You may call this Fast Food for animals:

Sweet little bridge:

With a lovely view:

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This stream's soundtrack is the perfect lullaby - check it out on the video at the end:

What a sweet spot here under the shade of the trees next to the water enjoying the view around:

Same story only a few steps later:

I said it's a kid's heaven didn't I?

The graceful beauty of roses:

The workout infrastructure here goes all the way along the stream:

Tall trees offer plenty of shade for a summer break:

This one looks like it's almost ready to walk of the ground:

I find the mouth of the place at this old tree stomp:

Workout all the way literally:

Time to cross a larger bridge this time:

And enjoy its view.

North:

South:

Not a biker's heaven though, obviously:

It's rather a hiker's heaven instead:

Let's continue hiking around this beauty:

A bit of dilemma here,

but I have to go right since my goal is to circle this farm I'm staying at in a clockwise way. I'm more than happy to walk in the shade of these trees on this hot day:

I'm surprised to see that this path so far seems rather maintained:

It's so lovely to walk this little jungle:

I'm tempted to walk up this slope and see what is what though this will bring me out of the shade:

What I find looks sweet but leads to nowhere:

Out of the blue I find this concrete outlet here in the woods:

Gotta credit nature for painting things the right way so they blend with the environment right?

Some parts are more brown,

while others are more green:

After quite a while walking in the woods the trail leads me up to the tarmac:

Boring as that may sound, I have some interesting meet ups on the way:

Besides, the view is not bad at all:

I guess I shouldn't walk in though I'd love to:

One dilemma,

leads to another:

All tempting but I choose this way:

This trail feels a little vanished at times:

Doesn't lack in beauty at all and gives me the chance to enjoy this day at full coverage from the sun:

Not sure if you can see it in the next picture but this is a switchback, not just a hiking trail so probably this used to be a farmer's road which was left unused:

Some trees are about to fall,

while others are already down:

The pros of walking: nothing can stop you 🙂 - moving on:

Some geological interest here - look at these layers:

Quite an eye catcher - above this interesting rock formation there's trees with bare roots while there's some sort of cave at the bottom:

That "cave" is not deep enough to be promising though:

It becomes greener and brighter as I move on:

Ugly but necessary power pillar on the way:

At this point it becomes clearer that the path I followed up to here was a leftover of the maintenance trail for that pillar. From now on there's not much of a trail left, if any:

Actually some parts are barely walkable:

Feeling like I am walking towards a dead end I take the only way out left:

That brings me up to a point where I can picture the farm I stay at through this dense vegetation:

Still trying to find my way out though:

At this point I feel the need to applaud my safety boots for the grip they offer over slopes with questionable terrain:

Here I can justify the title of my post because as you can see yes, I gladly lost my way on this hike:

While the view at times is really nice I still have to find a way out of this 🙂 There's a very tiny trail going down, something like a leftover from a pipe removed so having no other choice I follow it:

There's times I feel lucky to have my Swiss knife with me cause it looks like I might have to use it:

And it actually worked - things are more predictable now:

I meet a used trail at this moment since I see signs of fire:

I would never try any fire in the heart of this beauty but not everyone is like me for better or worse.

The trail goes on in this local jungle:

Nature, the tireless green painter:

And now the trail is lost again:

However, I see that I'm close to the local river so I decide to shortcut it regardless how hard that might be:

Besides, it's beautiful anyway:

Signs of flowing water on this rock as I approach the bed of the river:

Finally I arrive in the valley where the need for a path is not that high anymore:

What is high is the local vegetation which goes crazy with the amount of water this place gets annually:

As you just saw it almost covers this old barns which as I can tell they are about to be revived soon:

Little white beauties in this green jungle:

There used to be some sort of gate here but that's all that's left today:

An attempt to build something was left at its very early stage here:

I get a closer view to the stream now which probably looks more like a river during winter:

This valley is a gem:

I still have to make my way through all this vegetation:

And the last "challenge" is to cross the water - a rather pleasant one I must admit:

It's all dry and flat now:

And after all this walk I finally meet the main path that leads back to the place I stay:

The trees are dressed up for the occassion:

And the path gets a nice wooden barrier:

This abandoned iron piece looks like some sort of gate:

Now I get a nice view to the Yurta of the farm I stay at:

I still have way to go though:

Looks like someone else also crossed the water like I just did but left their socks to dry a little too long:

The sight to the paved road marks the end of this hike:

Here's a sign about this place:

One more view to the farm from above:

Final steps:

And I'm back to my place - sweet isn't it?

This was my experience on foot around here ladies and gents, you can watch in 4K bits of it in the following video:

Thanks a lot for joining, see you on the next one!