Hello, dear fellows in the Hive Universe!
I hope you are doing great, after a couple of weeks' busy schedule I am again in the Hive universe to share my weekend's experience of a walking festival during the last period of the autumn and on the eve of the coming winter this was the last weekend for to have a warmer temperature over 15-degree celsius which was at the end of October and today the maximum temperature is 8-degree celsius here. And maybe the temperature will not cross 15 degrees anymore and hopefully over 10 degrees. So winter is almost here and lowest the temperature is below freezing nowadays. And such walking opportunity is now officially over in this area.
So, my journey starts early in the morning around 7:15 when the event organizer's buses come to my institutes to take us to the location as the walking festival starts at 8:00 am and the first several hundred are going to grab the finisher certificates. I was time on the bus and our group members were on the spot in time.
We have taken some group photos there but unfortunately, I am still waiting for those photos we have group photos after we finish. The walking way was alongside the complete Yanqihu lake which is really an amazing lake and I have some posts already about that but I have never rounded it before to the far as of this day. I wondered why I hadn't come to the end which area is more beautiful than the area I have discovered already.
Most of the tract is in the mountain area and most of the leaves now started becoming yellow and brown which makes the environment a completely different one just before the winter season. Still, there are green leaves but the mixture of attractive colors in different trees makes the surroundings more scenic and enjoyable. Definitely, the surrounding beauty will captivate any unrest heart to feel a soothing moment to calm down from the busy city life in this modern life.
Actually, there were more people than I thought and a lot of children with their parents. As the total distance is 14 km, but the location and the climbing mountains in the way which is more than a km is really challenging. So the overall distance was published as 16 km for the safety mark for the weak people. Though less than a half marathon it is not an easy task for people who do have not a good habit of regular walking.
I have not walked too much for the last several months due to many personal kinds of stuff and I was fearing about my completion. But the extremely beautiful surroundings and the comfortable weather never let me feel that I was getting tired. But for the whole way I enjoyed the scenes from the heart and the soothing weather was really amazing. And luckily the view was very clear today which made the day more energetic for every participant!
The organizer set down the emergency health issues center after each kilometer and there were two drinking zones on the complete way with several toilet facilities which made the event more comfortable for such a large number of people.
After each 2/2.5 km we crossed, we were supplied with some colorful bracelets that made us feel happy to complete the session as soon as possible. The volunteers' cheering sound with " 加油 (Jia you)" means something to encourage you and was enjoyable for the participants.
But, now the mountains come which are not so high but longer than a single mountain, and we have to climb them and climb down on the way to finish. But after more than 7 km walking, it is very difficult to climb up a tiny mountain but the way to the mountains is more than a km, I think more than 1.5 km in total to climb up in high altitude!
Meanwhile, we crossed the mountains and a part of the lake and entered the Yanqihu lake scenic spot which is one of the most visited tourist spots in Huairou City. And we were awarded a ticket to the park including 5 free rides.
I have planned to visit the park but when the weekends come, the weather is rainy one and I can't go, maybe my ticket will expire on 11 November if I can not go there as now, may weekdays have already started!
But the park area is beautiful but not as big as the other areas where much more mountains and many more rides in other areas of Huairou city. it is really one of the largest districts of Beijing, and there are a lot of scenic spots for tourists here.
And finally, after walking for 2 hours and 50 minutes and covering 14 km of the tract, I completed the walking session and got the first-ever certificate for walking!
It was an amazing sunny day for 2023 and now I need to wait almost 6 months to have some great days like this.
I hope you like my participation in such an amazing event on my weekend. It was amazing to have such tours to an amazing place like this with the beauty of nature to enjoy and lose myself away from the whole busy life! If you have any queries, let me know in the comments, and I will try my best to answer them.
Thanks a lot for your time and attention, I will catch you at the next one.
Wish you a great day!
