By ricardo on March 20, 2009
Jus had a great day’s ski tour. See video below
Posted in Photos
By ricardo on March 15, 2009
Latest attempt at trying to train our wayward husky, Khumbu. At times he is great pulling the skier uphill but there are far too many distractions at the moment. The whole thing isn’t helped by Bruno, the leonberger, who gets far too excited at the sight of skis and snow! Still, the ski touring at [...]
Posted in Dogs, Photos
By ricardo on March 11, 2009
Panorama photo taken looking west towards the spa town of Lanjaron in the Alpujarras on 11th March 2009.
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Posted in Lanjaron
By ricardo on March 10, 2009
My father, Duncan Hartley, has been researching the family history for some years now. This has been a painstaking and at times difficult task. It has also been a labour of love. There is only one link remaining in a long chain that may extend back to the year 896! Below is his latest research [...]
Posted in Misc
By ricardo on March 10, 2009
Guess dog walking could be worse! No people, lots of space and great views to the Cerro de Caballo.
Posted in Dogs
By ricardo on March 10, 2009
Photos of the town taken from an altitude of 1700m at the Tajos de Posito.
The view to the coast, motorway and Lanjaron
Posted in Lanjaron
By ricardo on March 10, 2009
This walk takes in the southern ridge of Cerillo Redondo above the prominent rocks known locally as Tajos de Posito. It is a simple and trackless walk on a broad but rough ridge.
Take the track on the east side of Lanjaron just after leaving the town. Signs point to Cañar, Caballo Blanco and Chaparra. The [...]
Posted in Trips
By ricardo on March 7, 2009
Some thoughts and observations from my recent trip back to the north of England from Lanjaron.
Parking at Malaga airport
Now this might come as somewhat of a surprise to those of you who hate Malaga airport (and the years of renovation work we have had to put up with!), but we have found the perfect answer [...]
Posted in Misc, Trips
By ricardo on March 7, 2009
Well, we’ve had the busiest February since we arrived in 2002. Spanish Highs Mountain guides have been working hard at the winter mountaineering and alpine courses and ascents of Mulhacen recently. I seem to have been demoted to “office boy” and whilst others have been out doing all the “mountain” fun things, I’ve been running [...]
Posted in Alpujarra life, Dogs, Lanjaron
Mountain and Leonberger loving recluse, now living in Spain's Sierra
Nevada mountains
