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My camera lessons with Chiz Dakin
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 [...]
Bob
It is with a sad and heavy heart that I have to write this post, my good friend Bob Redwood passed away on 31st August 2009 after suffering with brain tumours for 2.5 years. I had the pleasure of knowing Bob for 10 years and had many happy and eventful trips into the mountains with [...]
My good friend Bob Redwood
My good friend, mountaineer and skier, Bob Redwood, has recently died of a brain tumour of a type known as “Glioblastoma Multiforme” the most common and aggresive type. This has led us to this fundraising effort. The aim is to raise awareness and funds for the Brain Tumour Research Campaign. Brain tumours affect people of all ages. There [...]
Close call with fire
Last night as we left the house about 8pm we saw the unmistakable sight of smoke billowing down the mountain side, can mean only one thing at this time of year, FIRE! Luckily for us it was on the mountain opposite so our house would never have been in trouble unless the fire came down [...]
Lanjaron – Fiesta de San Juan – La Publica 2009 video
Yes that time of year arrived again and the 6 day fiesta in Lanjaron took place 19th – 24th June. The town comes alive during these few days, with street stalls, street bars, all sorts of activities during the day, even concerts in the evening and includes the famous “noche de agua”, which is a [...]
Twitching times ahead
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 [...]
Horse Trekking in the Alpujarras with Caballo Blanco Horse Trekking
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 [...]
Bird watching with birdwatchalpujarras.com
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 [...]
Our Experience With Canine Leishmaniasis
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 immune system which leaves the dog unable to fight infections and disease’s as well as a healthy one. The maximum risk of infection in our part of Spain is [...]
More from Semana Santa – Holy Wednesday
So ive managed to find a video of the Holy Wednesday procession in Lanjaron. This is the bit that shows Jesus and Mary crossing and bowing to each other. Below the video is an article written by a local resident about Holy Wednesday in Lanjaron. It’s Holy Wednesday and there’s a buzz of expectation in [...]
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