Well, ‘discover’ is perhaps a little misleading as, being a large reservoir feeding most of south Extremadura, the chances are other people had also discovered it. Oh, and the Roman spa town on the banks of the reservoir suggests it’s…
We haven’t had any rain now for a few days, which is nice, although there is a 95% chance of rain today. We’ve taken quite a lot of stuff out of my workshop and I won’t worry about putting it…
Tuesday we came within a gnat’s whisker of flooding at the back of the house. Just pure volume of rain – it was one of those rain storms that is not unlike someone putting a pressure hose outside. The rain…
Just remembered that I still hadn’t uploaded this pic from the Three Kings night when, due to a shortage of camels, tractors tow the Three Kings through the village, while the Kings throw sweets to, and occasionally at, the following…
IMGP2438 copy, originally uploaded by vdltorre. If you check out Ian’s Flickr account – , you’ll see more snowy pics!
Well, there’s still snow on the roof and in the yard, so it has remained pretty cold. The fire’s doing it’s job though and it is noticeably warmer in the house this year to last. I had a surprise on…
Ian is taking part in a ‘do a creative thing every day’ challenge, and he is taking a photo a day. He’s posting the pics on his Flickr account. It’s here – Ian’s Pics.
An early morning knock at the door found me staring bleary eyed at Manuel and Felix who had come round to do the finishing that I’ve spoken about. Oh joy. I must admit it was quite nostalgic – flamenco on…