Fire 2009

The good news is that the canaries appear to be improving from the viral infection and no new cases. After the dentist yesterday we went shopping and bought a case of six bottles of red wine for €6 which is about £5. The wine is a young Jumilla, the grapes are Monastrell, grown on the dry ground of the neighbouring region of Murcia, perfect wine for making tinto de verano. A year ago today, temperatures here reached 42˚C and fire raged around the hills of Mojacar, generally the vegetation has grown to hide the ravaged land, but it is difficult to ignore the charcoal burnt corpses of the trees seen from the road between Turre and Mojacar pueblo .

Mojácar

Mojacar Beach 15Jul2010

We took the opportunity to do some shopping and have lunch, in a restaurant, by the beach in Mojácar, it was very hot, so we had the air-conditioner on in the car on the way back. On July 16th we will be taking part in a prayer day for Spain.

Enjoyable Sunday drive

Sunday Drive – 14th March 2010
Going up the road from Cantoria towards Oria:
BlossomRamblaOria14March2010The almond blossom is later here
AlmondBlossomOria14March2010From Oria towards Chirivel – over 1000 meters ASL now…SnowFallingOverChirivel14Mar2010You can see some snow falling over Chirivel and snow still on the tops of the Sierras de Maria
FuenteGrande_SierraMaria_14Mar2010We drove along the autovía A92 to Fuente Grande (above) where we had our lunch.
It was cool in the mountains but nice and warm in the car.
Sierra_Maria_14March2010After driving through Velez Rubio we climbed South towards Taberno and looked back at the mountains. This cyclist was finding it hard work as it started to sleet.
VelezRubio14Mar2010farThen we could see the town of Velez Rubio beneath the Marias.
Velez(3)14Mar2010and looked again and took some more pictures…
VelezRubio14March2010We then headed south towards Taberno
WindingRoad14March2010The road was winding over the hills and there was rain falling to the South-West
SkyEastAlthough the sky to the East looked mostly blue and it was a sunny day on the coast.