El Perro Negro's Day to Day Ramblings
"You can see the pub from here" 😃 well maybe not the pub, but you can almost make out my house.
An unusual image showing the location of the town of Lanjarón (700m) nestled on a small hillside. The Tajos Colorao cliffs are beyond with the Lanjaron valley dropping down to the Rules dam and eventually the Mediterranean sea.
I know it's not anymore but this was taken yesterday morning on a local dog walk with some friends.
A big sky view with the mountains of the Sierra de Almijara and Malaga province in the distance.
This quiet dirt road reaches 1700m altitude above the town of Lanjarón in the Alpujarras and has been recently renovated.
Hard to believe this is December!
Arko certainly enjoyed his time splashing around the waters edges
Today we've been walking down the lower Rio Guadalfeo as it approaches the Mediterranean sea at the Costa Tropical. A very different environment to what we are used to. These images almost remind me of some gentle pastoral scenes from the UK.
I feel very privileged. Today we spent over an hour in the presence of two very rare Bearded Vultures (Quebrantahuesos/Lammengeier).
They rode the thermals, dropping bones to extract the marrow. The process repeated itself throughout the encounter. This mating pair from Cazorla seemed to be really enjoying themselves and certainly put on a display for us. A rare treat for us to see.
I've travelled this road from the Sierra Nevada mountains down to the village of Nigüelas many times. The final kilometers enter a spectacular gorge, but the light has never been right for an image. Either no shadow in early morning or directly into the sun late afternoon. Frustrating.
Today though, I was lucky. I arrived there with some beautiful light conditions. It's a dramatic place!
I love the sunsets at this time of year.
After a month of marinating some of our lemons in alcohol, today I completed the final steps and added sugar water before bottling. Home made Limoncello. Salud!
Beautiful late afternoon hazy sunshine highlighting the rooftops of Lanjarón in Granada province.
I hate colds/flu, especially those coughing fits that seem to last for weeks. Got infected by a hiking visitor from Plague Island during the week. I should have known better. That's written this weekend off for me then 😤 😭.
All those heading for the hills this weekend, enjoy yourself and I look forward to seeing the snaps from my perch in front of the TV.
Playing around with GotoSocial on a VPS. Love the idea of a simple, self hosted, low resource entryway into the ActivityPub Fediverse.
We've bitten the bullet and decided to spend at least all of next November in El Chalten, Patagonia. Mountains, glaciers, photography & wildlife for at least 4 glorious weeks!
Exploring the quiet Toril valley in the Sierra Nevada yesterday. A moody day with cloud over the snow covered peaks but some spells of sunshine pushing through during the afternoon.
The head of the Toril Valley is a magnificent and dramatic place presenting a wall of snow covered mountains disappearing into the clouds.
Access was via Capileira and Cebadilla. 13km and 700m ascent.
Thanks to my mate Ian Tupman who, on the 10th anniversary of the trip, has just re-edited some footage from our Patagonia Expedition in 2014. Additional footage, photos and a new soundtrack.
He's probably just cost me upwards of €5000 as I shall have to return now 😤.
Seriously, superb images that brought back some of the finest memories of my mountain life. Music combined nicely with the footage. Thanks for that Ian
View from the morning dog walk. Snow from 2700 metres upwards on the south side of Cerro de Caballo, Sierra Nevada
We collected 240kg of olives from our land over the past couple of days. Today came the exciting part when we took them down to the local mill.
Here they do the first press of the olives and in return we receive back our very own oil. 40 litres of thick, dark green extra virgin olive oil. No money changes hands. Olives for oil.
A friend just sent me this short video from her house in the centre of Malaga.
Storm clouds are rolling in and heading this way.
Sometimes I despair of the human race. Friends of mine have a small B&B in the hills above us. They provide a homely service so the apartment has full drinks cabinet & honesty box for people to leave money.
A weathy couple of Realtors drank €38 & then left €6. When asked politely for the remaining balance response was...
"Write the balance off as a learning experience. Next time present a bill in a timely manner. Get yourself organized and focused."
Hangs head in disbelief!
Not quite a blue sky day with some afternoon clouds building. Tomorrow we are on alert for rain. Much needed still despite the tragic events of Valencia
