Today was a bit of a rest compared to yesterday, being just 10kms with an ascent and descent of 300m. Come on legs, you can do it. đ We started in Mancha Blanca village and began heading towards Timanfaya National…
Author: Franco
Up to Mirador Del Rio
The trip notes for todayâs little jaunt say, Today’s easy 14 kilometre walk is expected to take approximately five hours with a total ascent of 550 metres and descent of 350 metres. âEasyâ is not quite how it worked out…
Posted in 2022 Lanzarote
Waking Up Lockdown Legs
âT was time for our first hike. Happily the relentless strong winds that had been battering us since our arrival had finally abated, which was a good job since weâd be going up a mountain. Our first route was to…
Posted in 2022 Lanzarote
North of Lanzarote
Lanzarote has much in common with Shetland â both are essentially treeless. There are exceptions on Lanzarote in peoples âgardensâ, where we spotted a few Norfolk pines (which is about my least favourite tree). HarĂa is also a bit special…
Posted in 2022 Lanzarote
Out for a Blow
Lanzarote can be windy; VERY windy. It was blowing a hooley when we arrived yesterday, it blew a hooley throughout the night and it is still blowing a hooley today. Still, we have a parked rental car and itâs time…
Posted in 2022 Lanzarote
First Encounters
Neither of us had ever been to a Canary Island before but today we had our first encounters with one. Our destination was the most northerly of the islands, ignoring a couple of minor rocky lumps getting in the way…
Posted in 2022 Lanzarote
Disturbed
All the times foxcam was mounted on a tripod in our back garden, multiple Foxes and Badgers came within couple of feet of it and paid it no heed. They simply got on with looking for snacks and munching them.…
Posted in 2019 Sri Lanka
Two by Two
I aimed foxcam over the back garden fence again last night but earlier than usual so I could set it up in the fading light. No bait was involved, either. Iâm glad it was out early because the first action…
Posted in 2019 Sri Lanka
Badger City
This time I tried foxcam looking over the garden fence without any bait, just to see what might normally be happening outside in the woods. What a treat. Quite early in the evening, a bit before 21:00, a Fox was…
Posted in 2022 Fox Tales
New Location
Following a couple of failed attempts at attracting wildlife into our back garden with left over bones and carcasses since our neighbourâs new fence was installed, I decided to move the trailcam down to monitor the woodland over our back…
Posted in 2022 Fox Tales
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