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Cats are funny things aren't they? This is Sweep who this morning decided to open an old wardrobe full of smelly hiking gear and aged boots and settle down for a morning nap. Gave me a right start when I opened the door 🤣

#cats #caturday #catsofmastodon

#Meshcore Repeater set up on roof. Contains a Heltec T114 low power consumption development board based on nRF52840 and SX1262 and supports #LoRa and bluetooth 5.0. Has powerful long-distance #communication capabilities.

Made weatherproof using an old water bottle. Attached using cable ties and a rusty pocket knife 🤣

Attached to a 4w solar panel with 2000 mAh battery charger (IP65)

#mesh #networking

3/ To the north we could see the Sierra Magina and the Sierra de Cazrola. To the south west the Sierra Almijara and to the south the Sierra Nevada. Out to the east beyond the imposing Peñon de la Crux the badlands stretched past Guadix to the Sierra de Baza. Just wonderful!

And of course this excursion gave us the opportunity to see things from different angles, including a very inviting rock ridge. We shall return and investigate further in the near future. Should give excellent scrambling.

2/ Between the jagged, rocky ridges of the Sierra Arana at the extreme north of the range and the much visited Peñon de la Mata and Majalijar ridge to the south lies a group of relatively high, whaleback mountains. From a distance, Cerro Telegrafo, Cerro Tejera and Cerro Orduña may not be the most inspiring of hills but their broad summit ridges at over 1900m make for delightful hiking with superb views in all directions.

1/ Over the years we must have had over a hundred days walking and scrambling in the Sierra de Huetor just north of Granada. Yesterday, though we filled in the final piece of our Sierra de Huetor jigsaw!

#Hiking #Backpacking #Walking #Mountains #Spain #Photography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Outdoors #Andalucia

Got lots of ripe tomatoes donated by a friend that need something doing to them quickly. Passata Rustica it is then, flavoured with basil from the garden. Simple, quick and very tasty.

#recipes #tomatoes

Continuing quest for de-googling & less reliance on big-tech ... just bought a refurbished OnePlus 6 from Ebay (75€). No SIM, it is after all just a small computer. WiFi or hotspot for connections. Flashed LineageOS (de-Googled Android). Installed FDroid & a few necessary apps/PWAs from there ... Proton, Tuta, Element, Jerboa (Lemmy) & of course Mastodon. Turned off notifications. Zero bloat.

Used it for 6 hours navigation in the hills yesterday using CoMaps & location on. Battery 91%. Result

Hiked down the San Juan valley in the Sierra Nevada yesterday. Surprised to find the waterfall at Piedra Resbaladiza still flowing quite well even towards the end of a long, hot, Spanish summer.

#Waterfallwednesday #Hiking #Backpacking #Walking #Mountains #Spain #Photography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Outdoors #Andalucia

Cerro Torre Winter Solo - Colin Haley

Wonderful report from one of the world's leading mountaineers on probably the toughest winter mountain to solo climb. Respect

https://colinhaley.com/cerro-torre-winter-solo/?amp=1

#mountains #mountaineering #patagonia #cerrotorre #climbing

Another hot day so we settled for an early start and a short hike to the magnificent viewpoint of Coros (1305m) in the Sierra de Grazalama mountains via Puerto de las Palomas. Great scenery 360° views. Must come back in the winter.

Loads of vultures overhead probably looking at us as a prospective next meal 😆. Think @khusky may have some incredible images in due course.

#Hiking #Walking #Mountains #Spain #Photography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Outdoors #Andalucia

Deserted Spanish street in the hot afternoon sun. Montejaque, Ronda

#blackandwhite #photography #bw #streetphotos #streetpics

Tough hike in the mountains south of Montejaque (Ronda) today because of the high afternoon temps. Superb views though with plenty of Griffon Vultures passing overhead, probably eyeing us out as a likely evening meal? Some steep pathless descents added interest. Must come back. In the winter!

#Hiking #Backpacking #Walking #Mountains #Spain #Photography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Outdoors #Andalucia

Today a visit to the northern sector of the stunning Sierra de las Nieves. Circular hike from the village of El Burgo. Enjoyed it. Tomorrow we head into the Sierra de Grazalama mountains

#Hiking #Backpacking #Walking #Mountains #Spain #Photography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Outdoors #Andalucia

Quiet serene river waters reflect the surrounding vegetation and trees. Patches of sunlight filter through

The banks of the Rio Guadalfeo during our dog walk today. This river quietly makes it's way to the sea at Salobreña in the Costa Tropical.

#Spain #river #hiking #walking #nature #photography #LandscapePhotography #landscape

Love the final line of this article

"You finish reading "This Is for Everyone" wishing that somehow the Cleggs and Zuckerbergs of this world would vanish, and that Facebook and the rest of social media could be run by Berners-Lee – who would immediately give them away to the users, because he really does believe that this is for everyone."

https://observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/nick-clegg-and-tim-berners-lee-the-battle-for-the-soul-of-the-internet

4/ "Ruta Nocturna - Sierra Nevada"

Only needed head torches close to the end of the walk when the moon disappeared behind the mountain. Beautiful sky! Good to take our minds off the arduous track and tired weary legs 😅. We knew we were getting closer when we saw the orange moon dipping into the Med Sea

3/ "Ruta Nocturna - Sierra Nevada"

After sunset we headed into the darkening night sky on our long journey to Capileira. Our finishing point, 28km and nearly 2000 metres of descent later. We had the moon and the milky way to guide us.

2/ "Ruta Nocturna - Sierra Nevada"

Sunset delivered as expected, especially the alpenglow eastwards to Mulhacen/Alcazaba.

1/ "Ruta Nocturna - Sierra Nevada"

Started with a 6pm bus uplift to los Posiciones del Veleta. Hiked to Col de Carihuela and hence to our dinner/sunset viewpoint on top of Loma Pua at just over 3200m. Amazing location with views in all directions

#Hiking #Backpacking #Walking #Mountains #Spain #Photography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Outdoors #Andalucia

Inside This Clay Jug
by Kabir

Inside this clay jug there are canyons and pine mountains,
and the maker of canyons and pine mountains!
All seven oceans are inside, and hundreds of millions of stars.

Last night #SierraNevada #Spain
#stars #milkyway