My last post about the weather here in Andalucia “Whats with the weather in Andalucia” was written before the great deluge that arrived on our town of Lanjaron on 24th December, yes Christmas Eve. We recorded a massive 81mm of rain on that day! Needless to say there has been damage in Lanjaron with our [...]
We had this idea to take a photo of Lanjaron with the peak of Cerro de Caballo behind when it had snow on it, of course its been a long time coming, with the late rain and then the never ending rain. We knew this dry sunny day was coming, all the forecasts said so, [...]
Having basked in temperatures of 18C for the first 15 days of December and having a never ending summer, its now been raining here in Andalucia since the 16th December! To start with we in Lanjaron thought great, the long awaited rain has arrived, time to get the land rotivatord, crops planted, snow will arrive [...]
Vultures, they are not the prettiest of birds, well some are, but their sheer size has me in awe of them. How can an animal have a wing span of up to 9ft and such a tiny head? When you see them flying on the thermals they make it look so effortless, just the odd [...]
I found this spider hanging out at a friends house above Lanjaron, its been identified as :- English – Cross Spider Spanish - Araña de la Cruz Latin – Araneus diadematus This species of spider is “Spider of the year 2010″ and is being studied by the Iberian Aracnologic Group who are collecting data and detailed pictures. [...]
Spanish Highs Mountain Guides has joined forces with award winning professional landscape photographer and travel writer Chiz Dakin to run outdoor photography courses here in Lanjaron, so when she phoned to say she was coming over to check out some locations, I volunteered to drive her around in return for some lessons with my camera. I have a [...]
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