Beautiful light coming through the clouds above Lanjarón this evening
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Arko enjoying his autumn dog walks now that the air is cooler and he has a steady supply of water to swim in
Connected the LilyGo LoRa32 board to the app of an old phone. Now to get a second and then start testing the range it can achieve.
These type of floods happen every autumn but I can't remember a year with the damage and loss as bad as this. Thoughts with all those people affected
And just like that, the "acequias" are starting to flow again above Lanjarón 🙏
The forecast was poor with low cloud, mountain mists, cold winds & rain arriving later. We planned an easily escapable, short 3hr hike up Peñon del Jorobado, Sierra de Huetor.
The day was predictably grey but approaching the summit the strong winds opened up a gap in the cloud cover to the south. We were rewarded for our efforts by some fine views of the snow covered Sierra Nevada. I reached home as it started raining.
Hiking in t shirts and shorts last week. This week it's full on winter layers with a -7 windchill! At 1744 meters on the Peñon del Jorobado in the Sierra de Huetor today with @khusky and @chriswright
Lanjarón this morning from the dog walk. A fine day but rain is forecast this afternoon and for the next few days. Good news for the land. Snow above 2000 meters.
Productive first full day back in Spain 🇪🇸
Homemade granola bars for hiking trips and a large batch of homemade limoncello on the go. Just got to process those magnificent pomegranates
A visit back to middle England for me this week. It's nice to see friends and family but I don't enjoy the crowds, costs and stresses, which are somewhat alien to me living in rural Spain. What England does have though is an interesting, beautiful and historical network of canal waterways. A heritage from its industrial past. Here's a couple of shots from a short walk I did today with @khusky
Somewhere over the rainbow. Lanjarón, Alpujarra.
Came across these old building remains during my Tabernas desert hike. Turns out they were part of a film set, originally built to portray a small village in "Chino" (1973), a spaghetti western starring Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland.
Also used in "Straight to Hell" (1987) starring Courtney Love, Joe Strummer, Sly Richardson & Shane MacGowan.
Better go and watch those movies I guess 🤔
Photos from the Tabernas desert badlands hike I did a few days ago. The whole area is a a chaotic mass of broken rock and battered, crumbling cliffs
A strange thing to come across yesterday whilst hiking in the Taberna's desert badlands of Almeria! Any idea what this was and why it was here? 🤣
@alan @TimKStanton
This is the Restaurante Alfaro seen today. It's situated next to the Repsol petrol station at the A92 / Tabernas exit. It was used as the bar/disco in Kaos run by Eddie Izzard. Also used a few times in the Black Mirror series (see Black Museum)
@lpryszcz Sure. A little hard to figure out the approach when close but its only 25m from the dirt road. https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/37.010296/-2.453068
Today I hiked in a place close to my heart and stood in the exact same footsteps as Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach in "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly". This view never fails to stir the senses, I love it here. Tabernas Desert, Almeria, .
Been experimenting with Sideband app on a couple of phones. Utilises Reticulum Network Stack to create cryptographically secure mesh networks, useful in disaster areas. Can also see many outdoor world applications for this. When I understand the protocol further I might add a Rnode modem which creates a LoRa signal to extend the mesh. LoRa encodes information on radio waves. Early days yet for me but fascinating and interesting technology.
A very welcome cool 15c on today dog walk. Very autumnal but stunning in the morning light.
Many people over the years have taken the mickey out of me for being totally useless at DIY. And, quite rightly. Anyway the tables turned today as I took out a ceiling beam and cemented all the holes. If it can be hit with a hammer or have cement thrown at it, I'm your man. Just waiting for the roof to collapse tonight 🤣
Another use for the Nitecore NU21 headtorch too!