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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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CBBH Photo Challenge - Blue

This month´s CBBH photo challenge theme is Blue - not a difficult theme when living in the land of Blue Sky (she says tongue in cheek as it´s been grey and wet for a week or more). My gallery of photos says differently.

Marianne, CBBH host and writer of East of Malaga says that “Over the ages blue has become associated with steadfastness, dependability, wisdom and loyalty..."

It´s is such a solid colour from the mass of blue ocean and sky we get such a feeling of revival, awakening and peace. Here are a few of my offerings.


Vivid blue waters of the marina and sky in Fuengirola on a July day.


I love the way the deep blue in the above this statue in Puerto Banus fades to pale blue almost white in the distance.


Here their are different shades of blue in the sky and the reservoir contrasting with the green olive trees in the foreground.


Elegance and style Flamenco dancer in blue in this painting by the English artist Margaret Merry who lives in Spain.

I´m going to share, as requested, two blogs I like to follow one is a Spanish food blog, Al Sur de Sur which translates to the south of the south written in Malaga.

The second is Sevilla Tapas who does fantastic tapas tours and more recently flamenco and tapas tours in the heart of Sevilla.

You might well imagine from the above I like food - it´s true and especially Spanish food. Read my Tapas Cooking Course post or visit my holiday home page and see the cookery classes my Spanish brother-in-law runs.


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