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The autonomous region of Andalusia (Andalucía in Spanish) is in the southern part of Spain. It spans from Atlantic coast in the west to the sheltered coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the east and from Málaga's Costa del Sol to the borders of Castilla – La Mancha the famous flat lands and Don Quixote windmill country.  With an average of 300 plus days of sunshine a year the coastal area is an all year round destination. Not so in the inland provinces of Cordoba, Jaen and Sevilla which ha ve baking hot summers that can reach +40c and cold winters which can be 0c or less overnight. The Mezquita, Córdoba Andalusia is divided into eight provinces, each with a provincial city of the same name. Some of them are far more famous than others: Almería , Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Sevilla. The three land-locked provinces are Córdoba, Jaé n and Sevilla, the rest are coastal. Each province and city is full of culture, history, traditions, fabulous monuments and cre...

Enough Computer, Get Some Fresh (Hot) Air

When my youngest son (twelve) announced I´d spent too much time on the computer today and needed some fresh air I scrounged an extra fifteen minutes (3 or 4 at a time) and out came the bikes.

Having found an old bike bag in a dirty, dusty, chuckable state and being the horder I am, I washed it. Well as I had to go out on my bike I had the bright idea to take my camera with me and what to put it in?

Exactly, hording pays, but only when it´s recent or I don´t remember I´ve kept it or where I put it anyway.

So camera in velcro-on bike bag off we go, but not very far down the road is my first shot, so a little pause. And then another and guess what? I´m in trouble again!

"Are we going on a bike ride or a bike stop and start"

Here´s the pick of the those I managed to snap, see what a lovely area I live in?




View towards Casa El Regüelo



Old Olive Processing Factory Going to Ruin




Roadside Camomile and Borage




Poppies, Olive Trees and Wispy Clouds in Blue Sky


Old Olive Oil Factory From Above with Pink Snapdragons



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