El Perro Negro

Grumpy old mountain man living in Spain

Tag: photography

Note – 2024-03-06 17:01

Note – 2024-03-06 17:01

Snowshoeing Picos de Europa. Day 2. Beautiful day again today. Headed for the hills and forests around the high road pass at Puerto San Glorio. Glorious snow conditions. Maybe change in weather for to...

Mountaineering, Spain, Photography

Note – 2024-03-04 18:53

Note – 2024-03-04 18:53

Visited the quaint, medieval town of Santillana del Mar today in Cantabria. The town is famous for its three lies ... 1. It's not by the Sea! 2. It's not flat! 3. It's definitely not saintly!

Spain, Expeditions, Photography

Note – 2024-03-02 11:23

Note – 2024-03-02 11:23

Although my diet is primarily plant based food, sometimes I wake up in a morning and ... well, you've just got to do it don't you? :sablobsmilehappy:

Photography

Note – 2024-02-24 08:47

Note – 2024-02-24 08:47

Dueling Ibex, La Campiñuela

Wildlife, Sierra Nevada, Photography

Note – 2024-02-23 15:08

Note – 2024-02-23 15:08

A tiring but worthwhile day today watering our olive trees the old way by flooding the land via the ancient system of irrigation channels. Fulfilling!

Garden, Andalucia, Photography

Note – 2024-02-20 18:53

Note – 2024-02-20 18:53

A few images from the Tajos Campanario ridge in Spain's Sierra Nevada today. Some hard neve on sheltered slopes made for a great crampon ascent. By the time we came to the steep descent gully the snow...

Mountaineering, Photography, Weather

Note – 2024-02-20 18:08

Note – 2024-02-20 18:08

Been out in the high mountains of the Sierra Nevada with this lot today. A superb day with great snow conditions. Photos later when I have been fed 🤣

Hiking, Sierra Nevada, Photography

Note – 2024-02-16 18:06

Note – 2024-02-16 18:06

Stunning sunset lenticular cloud over Lanjarón this evening.

Photography, Alpujarras

Note – 2024-02-14 16:56

Note – 2024-02-14 16:56

Day 1 we arrive at the place where we hope to see the rarest cat in the world, the Iberian Lynx. Immediately Mick spots a lynx. We pour excitedly out of the car, grabbing binoculars & cameras. 1st att...

Wildlife, Photography, Spain

Note – 2024-02-07 09:10

Note – 2024-02-07 09:10

If I ask Graeme, my fellow hiking buddy, to go stand on the edge of a huge drop, he always does, bless him. He is my go-to poseur when I need a bit of scale in photos. One day I will make an album of...

Photography, Spain, Hiking

Note – 2024-02-07 09:03

Note – 2024-02-07 09:03

The Desierto de Gorafe badlands yesterday. Magnificent walking country!

Hiking, Photography

Note – 2024-02-05 14:51

Note – 2024-02-05 14:51

The dark recesses of the beautiful waterfall below Conchar today.

Photography, Andalucia

Note – 2024-02-04 08:39

Note – 2024-02-04 08:39

The Acequia Mezquerina waterfalls in full flow yesterday

Photography, Alpujarras

Note – 2024-01-31 08:41

Note – 2024-01-31 08:41

The Cerro de Caballo (3009m) in Spain's Sierra Nevada comes out of the cloud above the hills between Albuñuelas and Lentegí.

Hiking, Photography, Sierra Nevada

Note – 2024-01-17 10:03

Note – 2024-01-17 10:03

Our husky, Arko, is a bit of a clown, especially when he's pinched the sofa! 🤡 😂

Dogs, Photography

Note – 2024-01-16 17:37

Note – 2024-01-16 17:37

Practice day on crampons and ice axe for us today. No matter how often you have done this, it's still good to practice. Enjoyable too. Coming up the slopes out of the Barranco de San Juan, Sierra Neva...

Mountaineering, Photography, Gear

Note – 2024-01-15 11:05

Note – 2024-01-15 11:05

Huge lenticular clouds building up in the mountains. High winds and possibly some bad weather to come

Weather, Sierra Nevada, Photography

Note – 2024-01-13 09:18

Note – 2024-01-13 09:18

First tracks in a winter wonderland! 🙂

Photography, Hiking, Sierra Nevada

Note – 2024-01-12 20:47

Note – 2024-01-12 20:47

As a young lad I was very lucky to be here. Bowies last but one ever concert as Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Seems a long, long time ago. And, look at the price 🤣

Photography

Note – 2024-01-12 15:49

Note – 2024-01-12 15:49

A few from today's excursion into Spain's Sierra Nevada mountains. Once away from the ski area we saw nobody all day and had to make our own tracks through the snow. Varying conditions, some hardpack,...

Mountaineering, Photography, Gear