I wrote this for a friend of mine who is interested in preparing an overnight camp in the mountains but is a bit wary of the weight to be carried. This is to encourage her and give her a place to start the journey of what to bring and what to pack. I then thought […]
Two things have recently got me fixated on my own ability to travel lightweight in the mountains. No, it's not speed either! The first is that I am nearing 70 years of age. How has time flown, eh? Anyway, my time is limited in the mountains, so to make the most of every single opportunity […]
Adjective arse about face (slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand) Placed or arranged the opposite way to the way it should be. "No wonder it doesn't look right mate, you've got the whole thing arse about face". There's something quite appealing about doing things contrary to the norm and going against the grain. In terms of […]
We were at 3000m yesterday in a high, remote valley without cell phone signal. Seemed like a good place to give this device a test. I sent two positional messages and then two text messages to two different people, of which I received one (asked for) reply back. Pros: 1. Turn on, connect to bluetooth […]
The one thing Google always did pretty well was "Search". Now, quality websites are being relegated further and further down the results page, replaced by more and more sponsored sites and Youtube links (again, delivering Ads). Of course the situation will become even worse when the presence of AI becomes fully integrated into Search. How […]
Writing blogs seems to be more and more a thing from the past, I guess partly due to the expanded influence of Social Media and everybody's increasingly busy lives? I know that when I write a blog it gets hardly any interaction from the public, certainly nothing as much as a nice photo of an […]
Earlier this year we decided to update our old kitchen that had been installed sometime in the early 1990s. It was decidedly pokey and was desperately in need of some modernization. How on earth did I manage with that for 20 years! Together with our friend, Felipe, we used a company "down the road" in […]
Just home after spending 5 days in the Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves in Granada having a couple of operations replacing my DAI, "Desfibrilador Automatico Implantable" or Pacemaker to be less exact. I had the old DAI implanted in the left hand side of my chest, below the collar bone) since February 2022. It's […]
Yesterday I found myself at the centre of a dispute between the surgeon and my health insurance company. I had entered the hospital the previous morning. Fasted for 30 hours and had an uncomfortable IV inserted. I needed an operation on a minor infection, namely the removal of a Pyogenic Granuloma on top of an […]
Some photos and comments from the wildfire in the Los Guajares and Pinos de Valle hills which started on 8th September at 14:00. Tragic circumstances and kudos to all those involved but it did lead to some spectacular imagery 
8th September 17:10 – I […]
