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Ruta Bancos Gigantes or Huge Bench Route in Andalucia

A new rage is slowly spreading across Andalucia with its beginnings in the province of Malaga and that is huge benches are being installed in beauty spots across the region. The Huge Bench Route or  Ruta Bancos Gigantes #rutabancosgigantes can be found on Instagram  where they are more active with updates on the new installations of these enormous benches and they have a   Facebook  page too. Map of the Ruta Bancos Gigantes The initiative started by Forest Green an agrobroker company that supplies and works with treated wood to large construction and environmental companies in Spain. The huge bench route is steadily growing, with constant new installations spreading across Andalucia. The enormous handmade wooden benches are 4 metre long and 2.3 metre high, with the seat being 1.3 metres above ground and needing steps to get onto them, appearing in natural beauty spots hopes to encourage people out into and  enjoy the views and of course take photos to be ...
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Another Black Bull for my Collection

Another Black Bull spotted and photographed. I really don´t know the why the compulsion to get the camera out but there is just some draw to those massive guys that make me yell "ssstop".

Unless I´m driving of course, then it´s "What are you doing?" from any other occupants. Yep I´m a pain, best to escape on my own really.

Black Bull, Almayate to Torre del Mar
Black Bull between Almayate and Torre del Mar


Did you know there are twenty Black Bulls in Andalucia? And that three of them have become national monuments? The other seventeen are in the process of being registered.

The 13,13 metres tall signs were put up between 1958 and the late 70s, when the government banned advertising on national roads in the 1990s they were to be taken down. So but for the huge national protest they would no longer adorn our roadsides. And I would be not the wiser and have less things to spot and snap.


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