It has been snowing all day. Disappointingly, it has been very light snowfall so we probably don’t have more than 1 cm new snow. But since the old snow didn’t all melt away during the warmer days, the snow cover is nice enough. I went for a long walk to enjoy the scenery and ended up taking a new trail. I wanted to get to a nearby forest lake and the direction of the trail was right, but I didn’t foresee the trail making a turn at the powerlines. Much to my dismay, I saw the trail follow the powerlines whereas I just wanted to get across. Which I did, and after a while I had to turn right back when the forest floor got wet and I thought it’s not worth trying go forward – I had no idea if I was anywhere near the lake.The strange thing about the powerlines is the noise they make. I have never noticed it before – I mean, I’ve heard them hum quietly but now it was a very loud, it was audible in the forest before I had visual contact with the lines and it got me to look around for rushing water until I realised where the sound was coming from. Does anyone have an explanation for this loud powerline hum? Does the weather have something to do it?
Anyway, having crossed under the lines again, I was able to get on the road via the waterworks. They are probably forbidden area for the public, but what can I do, I came from the back where they hadn’t put up any warning signs, LOL!
When I finally got to my destination and looked around, I saw the powerlines not very far. The wetland forest where I had turned back was right at the end of the lake.
I really should get that GPS receiver.