Note – 2025-04-03 07:13
The ridge leading to the peak of La Concha 1215m in Spain's Sierra Blanca mountains. The cloud kept drifting in and out but this made for some superb atmospheric conditions.
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Note – 2025-03-29 10:20
Spring has arrived so it's time to fire up the sun oven 🌞. Today we are slow cooking a traditional meal here in the Alpujarras ... "papas al pobre" a tasty mix of potatoes and green peppers
Note – 2025-03-25 19:18
Deserts one day, high mountain snowshoeing the next. Today we have been above Capileira on our snowshoes. The snowshoeing is incredible at the moment, even though we had threatening storm clouds aroun...
Note – 2025-03-25 07:13
Some images from yesterdays hike in the badlands of Tabernas, Almeria. A cold day but this made the skies crystal clear of either the heat haze or the Saharan dust that normally plague this area
Note – 2025-03-24 19:09
The Tabernas Desert Badlands today. Stunning scenery and nice 18C temps for hiking. I love it here!
Note – 2025-03-24 19:02
Image from today's hike that make me think of lyrics ... I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand Sweet desert rose Each of her...
Note – 2025-03-23 17:41
Looking forward to the next couple of days hiking. Two very contrasting days too. Tomorrow I'm heading for the arid desert badlands of Tabernas, Almeria. On Tuesday it's high mountain snowshoeing in t...
Note – 2025-03-15 10:54
Mulhacén 3482m this morning from the western side of the Barranco del Poqueira. Looking up the valley towards the Refugio Poqueira, the town on the right is Capileira.
Note – 2025-03-14 17:49
The stormy weather here in Andalucia continues. And isn't it just magnificent!
Note – 2025-03-13 15:24
A close call. We've had a lot of rainfall this past week. Whilst in a local restaurant this lunchtime a tree fell down over my old car and hit the cars opposite. No damage very luckily! 🤞
Note – 2025-03-12 10:55
The clearest day for some time allowed for a glimpse of the Cerro de Caballo 3009m today. Lots of fresh snow, high avalanche risk and gale force winds mean the mountains remain out of bounds. More bad...
Note – 2025-03-05 11:46
I do use online/offline mapping systems all the time on my GPS, phone and other tech related gadgets. But, I have to say, there is nothing quite like getting a paper map arriving in the post. I'm like...
Note – 2025-03-04 17:37
Another poor, cloudy day in the high mountains so we headed south to the sunny slopes of Cerro Toro and Cerro Gordo, just north of Motril. Here we found solitude and some good hiking through forest tr...
Note – 2025-02-26 08:11
The trail to the mountain! Walking yesterday along the GR7 long distance path from Juviles to the town of Trevélez in the Sierra Nevada. Although the summits are out of view the mountain ahead is that...
Note – 2025-02-22 11:33
New lithium batteries for our solar installation. Thanks to my mate Pepe for putting it all together. Need a few more solar panels now!
Note – 2025-02-19 08:50
There are many ways the pilgrims made the journey to Santiago de Compostela. The most well known one is through northern Spain. However there are more. The Camino Mozarabe at 1450km is the longest. Th...
Note – 2025-02-17 08:24
A superb view of the main Sierra Nevada mountain range from the Sierra de Huetor to the north.
Note – 2025-02-07 16:54
The clouds had come in as we headed back down to the cars from Morrón Hornillo. Suddenly the mists cleared and a strange horizontal window opened up below the vast expanse of grey skies
Note – 2025-02-05 08:20
A 90 minute early morning drive saw us sipping coffee in a small cafe bar in Fondón. The mountains we had come to climb were clagged in, the approach difficult under fresh snow. An impromptu vote had...