Grumpy old mountain man living in Spain
After a couple of mountain bivouacs I am sold on using Sleeping Quilts rather than Sleeping Bags.
Photos ... me & my better half tucked in for the night at our last location.
The going down of the sun west of Granada a couple of nights ago. Taken from Collado de Siete Lagunas in the Sierra Nevada. Straight out of camera.
The summit of Mulhacén 3482m yesterday evening from our bivouac on the Collado de Siete Lagunas 3230m to the north. Milky Way showing in all it's glory. Cold temperatures too with strong wind blowing.
Came across a site yesterday that created a website for me within 30 seconds. Yes, that's right, 30 seconds. All I had to do was enter a website title, the main selling point and location. 30 seconds later I had a beautiful website with photos, text, testimonials, contact form, features sections, footer etc. All AI generated of course and customizable. I have no doubt it could have been hosted and online for €10 a month, for another mere 30 seconds of my time. Amazing!
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Arko reckons he's fed up of summer now and is ready to go skiing!
Tomorrow we have an overnight trip into the Sierra Nevada visiting the spectacular "Vasar de Mulhacen" path across it's north face. An open bivouac at night on the Collado de Siete Lagunas (3230m), with a knee burning 1600 metre descent to the village of Trevelez the following morning. Should be some really good photographic opportunities. Looking forward to this immensely.
Cancelled my Spotify membership a month ago and have been searching for a self hosted music alternative. Now set up a Navidrome instance on a Pikapod server. Very easy to set up (a few mins and clicks of buttons). Uploaded 2k+ songs from my archives. Cheap to run (approx $3 a month). Accessible on all my devices. So far, so good.
Exciting news that Framework products are now available to order in three more countries including my own: Italy, Spain, and Belgium! That includes the Framework Laptop 13, Framework Laptop 16 pre-orders. Better get my planning head on!
@frameworkcomputer
Lots going on in the night skies at the moment, but didn't manage to get any of the Perseids meteors yesterday evening, just the occasional satellite.
32 degrees centigrade at midnight last night! Difficult to sleep. Looking forward to autumn.
I'm quite excited about local-first software development. I've been playing about with Anytype note taking and am quietly optimistic. Good article about how a "local first" approach can set us free from the corporate cloud.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-cloud-is-a-prison-can-the-local-first-software-movement-set-us-free/
There was a beautiful setting moon this morning so whilst my wife was out walking the dogs I borrowed her "good" camera and got this photo.
A tough day yesterday on mainly pathless, steep terrain, but into a wonderfully quiet area full of natural beauty. I'm knackered!
Loma Pua 3226m - Pico Sabinar 2961m - Rio Veleta - Lagunillos del Pulpito - Paso de los Guias - Col de Carihuela
Just backed Cory Doctorow's Kickstarter project "The Internet Con - How to Seize the means of Computation". A DRM-free audiobook to halt the internet's enshittification and throw it into reverse (Amazon won't sell it!). Looking forward to this.
@pluralistic
Author Chris Stewart joined our hiking group yesterday. Here he is hanging on grimly to the short but spectacular "Paso de los Guias" in Spain's Sierra Nevada mountains
N.B Chris's travel books have encouraged thousands to contemplate the move to Andalucia. "Driving Over Lemons" was the first. Soon to be a TV Series.
Arko, chilling after his early morning dog walk. Nothing moving except his eyes
New head torch ... Nitecore NU21. At 43 grams and only €35 it seems like good value on the face of it. Testing it on an overnight soon.
Looking forward to this tonight. A home grown tomato and basil salad with locally sourced garlic and drizzled with a friends olive oil. The simple things in life are the best
Arriving at the ski lifts yesterday we found that the bottom gondola lift was broken and wasn't running. Never mind, one plan closes, gets put on back burner and another one opens. Instead, we dropped into a quiet valley with just a few animal tracks. This valley was full of streams, greenery, waterfalls and wild endemic plants. A beautiful reminder of how the Spain's Sierra Nevada once was.
Facing a Future of Drought, Spain Turns to Medieval Solutions and ‘Ancient Wisdom’
Interesting article - think it's unlocked