Now here are a few photos of Khumbu when he was allowed to run free. It wasn’t until we put the photos on the computer...
Mum and Dad came for a week long visit and on one of their days visiting we took them on a half day birdwatch trip with bridwatchalpujarras.com...
Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by the bite of a sandfly. When the sandfly bites the parasite is passed on to the dog. It attacks the...
Had a lovely walk along a 4 hour stretch of the long distance path the GR7. Have a look at the short video I took to give you a taste of what...
I took the dogs for a walk this morning and it was rather warm at 29C at 9.30am, so when we got back Khumbu and Bruno went straight in the pool to cool down. I took a few photos of them and got these odd pictures.
Tapa the bite sized mutt just taking off with ears [...]
We took Khumbu and Bruno up to the snow yesterday, probably their last chance as temperatures are in the 30s most days now and its melting fast. We decided to take the skis and see if we could ski in the Sierra Nevada mid June. Turns out you can! We had a great day, Khumbu [...]
Great news for me, Ive been asked by Ian Williams to help out with Birdwatch Alpujarras who offer tours and excursions in the beautiful southern foothills of the Alpujarras and Sierra Nevada mountains. The Alpujarras offer some of Spain’s most spectacular birdlife. Based in the village of Lanjaron, Ian can show you the rich variety [...]
This a picture of my first ever home grown cauliflower, at least it turned out to be one this year and not a cabbage!! I have now harvested it and it shall be eaten tonight, fingers crossed it tastes as good as it looks.
So again whilst out walking this little insect jumped in front of me, now when I looked at it I thought it was some sort of stick insect but it turns out its a Acrida hungarica, nosed grasshopper to you and me, identified by the knowledgeable people on the Iberian Nature Forum!! Cute and strange [...]
I took the dogs for a walk this morning and it was rather warm at 29C at 9.30am, so when we got back Khumbu and Bruno went straight in the pool to cool down. I took a few photos of them and got these odd pictures.
Tapa the bite sized mutt just taking off with ears [...]
We took Khumbu and Bruno up to the snow yesterday, probably their last chance as temperatures are in the 30s most days now and its melting fast. We decided to take the skis and see if we could ski in the Sierra Nevada mid June. Turns out you can! We had a great day, Khumbu [...]
How is it the Chinese Government is able to dictate to other country’s whether to allow the Dalai Lama to speak in their country?
Recently he applied for a visa to travel to South Africa to visit the Nobel laureates peace conference but the South African government refused his visa application as they didn’t want to [...]
Great news for me, Ive been asked by Ian Williams to help out with Birdwatch Alpujarras who offer tours and excursions in the beautiful southern foothills of the Alpujarras and Sierra Nevada mountains. The Alpujarras offer some of Spain’s most spectacular birdlife. Based in the village of Lanjaron, Ian can show you the rich variety [...]
I took the dogs for a walk this morning and it was rather warm at 29C at 9.30am, so when we got back Khumbu and Bruno went straight in the pool to cool down. I took a few photos of them and got these odd pictures.
Tapa the bite sized mutt just taking off with ears [...]
We took Khumbu and Bruno up to the snow yesterday, probably their last chance as temperatures are in the 30s most days now and its melting fast. We decided to take the skis and see if we could ski in the Sierra Nevada mid June. Turns out you can! We had a great day, Khumbu [...]
Sarah and Ali our friends and the rest of the crew at Caballo Blanco Horse Trekking have produced a nice 5 minute video showing the delights of horse trekking in this wonderful part of Andalucia, so I thought I would share it with you.
The stables are situated on a small plateau at a height of 1200 [...]
At last your chance to see the video of when we went to Patagonia in 2006 and traversed the icefield which circles the famous Cerro Torre and Fitzroy massifs. The quality is not great in places as the video was rescued off our scratched dvd.
You can view more photos in my gallery section or you [...]
Now here are a few photos of Khumbu when he was allowed to run free. It wasn’t until we put the photos on the computer that we could see the crazy facial expressions from Khumbu. They will make you laugh.
This is not a daft one but a nice one of Khumbu and Bruno together
These are [...]
Mum and Dad came for a week long visit and on one of their days visiting we took them on a half day birdwatch trip with bridwatchalpujarras.com run by Ian and Steve. They are a fairly new company that have set up their birdwatching tours base in our spa town of Lanjaron.
We met at 10am [...]
Here are a few nice photos of Khumbu (Siberian Husky) and his best friend Bruno (Leonberger) on the day they played in the acequia.
Bruno showing off his big tongue.
Khumbu running free off the lead
A happy bouncing Khumbu
An acequia is a community operated waterway and most were established more than 200 years ago. The Arabs brought the technology to Spain during their occupation.
The acequia is how we irrigate our land and is a source of great entertainment for our dogs. Our water comes from the snows in the Sierra Nevada and is [...]
This a picture of my first ever home grown cauliflower, at least it turned out to be one this year and not a cabbage!! I have now harvested it and it shall be eaten tonight, fingers crossed it tastes as good as it looks.
Living in the Alpujarra spa town of Lanjaron in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, follow the adventures of life in this part of Andalucia
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