Came across these old building remains during my Tabernas desert hike. Turns out they were part of a film set, originally built to portray a small village in "Chino" (1973), a spaghetti western starring Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland. 

Also used in "Straight to Hell" (1987) starring Courtney Love, Joe Strummer, Sly Richardson & Shane MacGowan.  

Better go and watch those movies I guess 🤔 

#films #movies #movielocations #spaghettiwesterns #spain

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 Patagonia Image 4

This image brings back quite emotive memories for me & conveys the full emptiness that is the Southern Patagonian Icecap. 

Life here is very simple, arrive at camp, build snow walls, eat, drink & sleep. Sometimes we have sheltered for days in blizzard conditions. You can't afford a mistake, being 3+ days from human settlements. 

Snow walls ... & who'd have thought there's so many technicalities in their construction?

#Expeditions #Patagonia #mountains #landscapephotogaphy

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 Passport wallet and cash/credit card holder received from https://atelierlonguedistance.fr

Combined weight of 24 grams. Wish I was talented enough to make my own gear like this. Very well made.

#gear #hiking #backpacking #lightweight #ultralightgear

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 Picos de Europa day 1 - The Garganta de Cares

We set off in the dark to catch the first of the sun's rays entering the gorge. This is an out and back route from Poncebos (26km), unless transport can be arranged at Caín de Valdeon (where there is a nice bar!).

The gorge is utterly spectacular and dramatic, but was rather overcrowded on our Friday walk. An early start will reward when the light isn't so harsh. 

#mountains #walking #hiking #landscape #landscapephotography #spain

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 I apologise if my timeline for the next week is filled with landscapes and scenes from the mountains of the Picos de Europa. I have only just been able to get the images off camera (I know, I'm a bit old school that way!).

The mountains here completely blew me away! Anyway, here's a sample from the week to come. Dramatic peaks, cloud inversions, narrow gorges and beautiful alpine meadows. 

#mountains #walking #hiking #landscape #landscapephotography #spain

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 And this is the beautifully situated Refugio Collado Jermoso in the Picos de Europa. A proper, "old school", refuge. Cosy, a bit cramped, but very friendly with great food and all at a really fair price. I loved my stay here so much I do feel impelled to write a blog post about mountain refuges. But ... that's for another day. If you ever get chance to stay here, just do it.

#mountains #walking #hiking #landscape #landscapephotography #spain

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 Enjoying this read by Cory Doctorow & can't put it down. Makes sense of the crazy online world we constantly visit but fail to comprehend. Shows us the way out of the "Big Tech" mire.

"The fight for a free, fair and open digital future isn’t more important than any other fight, but it is foundational. Tech is the terrain on which our future fights will be fought. If we can’t seize the means of computation, we will lose the fight before it is even joined."

@b92dcc07

#books #internet

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