Dunes again

Your 'time flies .....' is very well written, as usual, Silvia. Good use of 'actually' and 'eventually', which so many people get wrong!

The “Nit de l’Albà” sounds like an amazing spectacle - and the 'cart wars' must be a bit dangerous, too, I suppose? I think I'd prefer to watch from a safe distance!

..... because of a work deadline - this is a compound noun like 'project deadline', 'work permit', etc.

On the other hand, it should be the origins of the festivity - or possibly the festivity's origins.

'to let people access to the restricted areas' is a mixture of different possible constructions. You could say:

to give people access to the restricted areas
to allow people access to the restricted areas
(Here, 'access' is a noun.)

to let people enter the restricted areas
to allow people to enter the restricted areas
to allow people to access the restricted areas
(Here, 'access' is a verb - this use of 'access' meaning 'get into' is rather formal.)

to let people into the restricted areas
to allow people into the restricted areas

Three things about the end of your description: ".....they must be well prepared, sober, and carry no illegal cart. For example, you cannot go in wearing summer clothes."
1 I can't quite imagine what these carts are like. What conditions do they have to fulfil in order to be considered 'legal'?
2 It would be more idiomatic to say and not carry any illegal carts.
3 The order of the information doesn't seem quite right. It sounds as if 'wearing summer clothes' might be an example of 'carrying illegal carts'. So it might be better to say:
.....they must be well prepared (for example, you cannot go in wearing summer clothes) sober, and not carry any illegal carts.
or:
.....they must be sober, not carry any illegal carts, and be well prepared. For example, you cannot go in wearing summer clothes.

I've got a couple more photos of our wandering dunes for you. In the first one, a group of people have reached the top and are standing round getting their breath back and admiring the views.



Incidentally, it's quite an exhausting climb, because the sand is very fine, dry and loose, so it's continuously slipping away from under your feet, and dragging you back downhill. Getting back down is easier - you can just slide or roll down.

The other photos are taken looking down from the dunes over the lake.

Jonathan

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