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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 ...

Let There Be Light - Photo Competition

January can be a depressing month and even though here in Jaen, Andalucia we often have blue sky there are grey days too. We've had quite a few of those. So when I saw a competition entitled 'Let There Be Light' I thought it a good pastime on a grey day to browse through some photos.

Personally views and city excursions are my thing but when you're learning about photography from your teenager then sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone (and noise level, allbeit briefly!)





Natural sunlight pouring in through a window in a dark ruin.



This competition is being run by the fabulous lighting company Urban Cottage Industries  based in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, UK.

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