Note – 2023-03-28 19:15
@breitensteinart last year was the worst I've known for Sahara dust and I have lived here for 20 years. It was followed by light rain which formed a hard thin mud surface, difficult to remove. It's in...
Tag: weather
Note – 2023-03-24 09:52
A year ago today the Sahara Dust arrived (Calima). The whole of the south of Spain was affected. Our town Lanjarón, was turned dirty orange, almost like a Sci-Fi movie. After a week we were left with...
Note – 2023-03-22 17:14
Loved this frontage to a house in the village of Izbor, Andalucia. Despite being covered with remnants of the Autumn's Sahara Dust storm (Calima) the owner has decorated with plants in beautiful ceram...
Note – 2023-03-01 11:26
Just had to be my luck, didn't it? My first time hiking in the Gorafe Desert Badlands & temperatures were forecast to be below freezing. Now in my eyes, the words "Desert" & "Freezing" shouldn't go to...
Note – 2023-02-22 18:07
Eerie sunset tonight in Lanjaron, partly due to the Sahara dust still lurking about
Note – 2023-02-14 09:14
@tapasinthesun Start at Collado Sevilla only 20 minutes from Granada ring road. We did the "Arenales" approach to Trevenque and returned via Cortijo Rosales and above the Dilar valley. 4.5hrs. Superb...
Note – 2023-01-27 11:32
Good job I wore bright colours! Driving snow and 80km wind gusts. Would struggle to cope with that these days.
Lazy ways to paint the house
After many years of neglect our outer walls and cortijo walls have been repaired, re plastered and repainted.
Car Cleaning on a Weekend???
I've never been one for spending my weekend cleaning cars, preferring the mountains to that thankless chore. After nearly 20 years in Spain my car cleaning was both seasonal and eco friendly ie when it rained.
Memories of Blizzards
Blizzards, snowdrifts, gales, frostbite, snow blindness, buried tents, floods, hardship, cold, sleepless nights. It must be summer then in deepest Patagonia.
Record Breaking High Temperatures today in Lanjaron
The previous "high" was in July 2017 when we reached 41.7C. Today we have been closely watching the rise in temperature and late this afternoon we beat our record. Highest recorded temperature since 2006 is now officially 42.1C!
Surviving Blizzards in Kamchatka
Kiersten and I were packed close together for warmth, huddled in a tent in the middle of the night. Outside the blizzard was raging with air temps -30C and winds of over 100kph. Our hopes of climbing Klyuchevskaya Sopka were dashed. Welcome to Kamchatka