Note – 2026-04-24 09:43
The, not very imposing, immigration office in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, capital city of Kamchatka. Had to go here as I had lost my entry permit to the Russian Republic and without it I probably couldn...
Tag: photography
Note – 2026-04-20 13:23
13 years ago to the day ... caught in a blizzard in deepest, darkest Kamchatka. Fortunately the relative safety of base camp wasn't far away
Note – 2026-04-17 16:25
Out hiking today with a Solos group from the UK who were enjoying the warm sun and stunning scenery of the Taha del Pitres. Hiked from Fondales to Ferrierola and onwards to Busquistar, and Portugos. A...
Note – 2026-04-15 08:01
Street scenes from the "Pueblos Blancos" of Capileira and Bubión in the Alpujarras a few days ago.
Note – 2026-04-15 07:54
The stunning waterfall of the Tajo de Cortés, Rio Bermejo above the town of Pitres in the Alpujarras
Note – 2026-04-05 07:29
Images from our Tabernas desert hike last Friday. I never fail to be inspired by this landscape and can see why it is used so much by the movie industry, set only some 25km inland from Almeria city.
Note – 2026-04-04 07:30
Yesterday we were hiking in the footsteps of Clint Eastwood in this amazing place
Note – 2026-04-02 06:16
This morning I rushed half naked out of bed. Must have been a funny sight! Why? For just a few minutes pre dawn we had this amazing lenticular cloud sat above town in the Alpujarra.
Note – 2026-04-01 15:40
Yesterdays fine hike in the quiet and underrated Sierra de Huetor just north of Granada. Lots of interesting mountains, hillsides and forested areas.
Note – 2026-03-29 08:35
It's a beautiful morning here in the Straight and for the first time this week we have light winds and a calm sea
Note – 2026-03-28 16:01
After a hard week watching the bird migration it's an afternoon off from watching our feathered friends. Beer, sun lounger and distant view of Africa it is then
Note – 2026-03-18 17:29
Well it's my 7th Heart Attack'Aversary. If you'd have told me, as I lay, wired up, in the ICU, that 7 years from now I would be still playing about in the snow of the high mountains, I'd have laughed....
Note – 2026-03-18 07:02
Its a white, very white world! From yesterdays excursion on Veleta 3394m in the Sierra Nevada
Note – 2026-03-01 10:29
View from the morning dog walk looking down the deep valley of the Rio Lanjarón. The cliffs of the Tajos del Colorado are to the left and small cortijos (outlying settlements of Lanjarón) on the sunli...
Note – 2026-02-28 10:46
The stunning winter mountain scenery of the upper Lanjaron valley looking towards the peak of Veleta 3394m. Taken from the Cerro de Caballo summit 3009m, a few days ago.
Note – 2026-02-25 10:59
Entertaining hike yesterday following a circular trail up the peak of Peñabon 2000m, overlooking Trevélez. Beautiful vistas to the Sierra Nevada. Trevélez is one of the highest villages in Spain and i...
Note – 2026-02-18 10:59
Always nice to discover a new hiking area, especially after 24 years. Yesterday we did a circular walk around the hills surrounding the village of Lagos near Motril, on the southern slopes of the Sier...
Note – 2026-02-16 10:53
The Cerro de Caballo (3009m) in Spain's Sierra Nevada doesn't look like it's summit is 2400m vertical above the town of Lanjarón in the Alpujarra. Its deceptive, but nevertheless a lovely mountain tha...
Note – 2026-02-14 09:53
Winter is back. Snow on the hills above our house this morning. Snow level about 1600m