Sierra Nevada Mountain Group

For like-minded, mountain loving ramblers, scramblers, danglers & bikers

Maria Female
Lanjaron
Spain
Share 

Maria's Friends

Personal Blog

Cerro de Caballo Valleys in full bloom

Whilst driving to the Ventura trailhead above Lanjaron at 2200m in the Sierra Nevada, we rounded the corner and were met by beautiful these sights. Ive never seen this before so it can only be the due to the fantastic winter that we have had. Normally this time of year the mountains are a dry [...]

Twitching times ahead

Great news for me, Ive been asked by Ian Williams to help out with Birdwatch Alpujarras who offer tours and excursions in the beautiful southern foothills of the Alpujarras and Sierra Nevada mountains. The Alpujarras offer some of Spain’s most spectacular birdlife. Based in the village of Lanjaron, Ian can show you the rich variety [...]

Todays photos of the dogs, Tapa, Khumbu & Bruno

I took the dogs for a walk this morning and it was rather warm at 29C at 9.30am, so when we got back Khumbu and Bruno went straight in the pool to cool down. I took a few photos of them and got these odd pictures. Tapa the bite sized mutt just taking off with ears [...]

Mad dogs & skiing

We took Khumbu and Bruno up to the snow yesterday, probably their last chance as temperatures are in the 30s most days now and its melting fast.  We decided to take the skis and see if we could ski in the Sierra Nevada mid June. Turns out you can! We had a great day, Khumbu [...]

Horse Trekking in the Alpujarras with Caballo Blanco Horse Trekking

Sarah and Ali our friends and the rest of the crew at Caballo Blanco Horse Trekking have produced a nice 5 minute video showing the delights of horse trekking in this wonderful part of Andalucia, so I thought I would share it with you. The stables are situated on a small plateau at a height of 1200 [...]
 

Maria's Page

Status

Shooting Range

Latest Activity

Claire Wright left a comment for Mariaon Wednesday
Maria left a comment for Claire WrightJune 20
Maria left a comment for RobJune 11
Yeah I agree great video, thanks for posting it.
David Thomas and Maria are now friendsMay 12
Maria is playing Shooting Range!May 2
Maria is playing Shooting Range!(via Shooting Range)
Maria left a comment for andrew tuckerMay 2
Maria left a comment for Mark AinsworthMay 2

Maria's Photos

Comment Wall (15 comments)

You need to be a member of Sierra Nevada Mountain Group to add comments!

Join this network

At 12:47am on 2 July 2009, Claire Wright said…
Thanks! I'll get more pics up when we come over in August, cant wait! See you then!
At 2:33pm on 29 April 2009, Leigh Ritchie said…
haha!

Feel free to use and abuse the poles as much as you want. And yes, that San Miguel went straight to my head. Nothing that a nice big Plato Alpujaran wasn't able to sort out next morning though!
At 1:55am on 29 April 2009, Leigh Ritchie said…
Hello!

Thanks again for a fantastic 3 days. I've posted a blog about the trip and a load of photos. Please pass my regards to Mike and Richard

Oh, I dont suppose you've seen my walking poles in your car? Either that or I left them in the bar in Capileira. Do'h!
At 3:10pm on 20 April 2009, Mark Ainsworth said…
Hi 'Maria' (?) - thanks.

That Escalopena thing looks like a miniature Mongolian Death worm !

Is the trip still on by the way.

Mark
At 11:36pm on 28 March 2009, Chris Durante said…
Hi, thanks!

This group is great, was unaware it exsisted til today!
At 11:34am on 9 February 2009, molamola said…
hi maria
could you do me a favor and ask richards ekswife if she have a webpage from the dutch couple with divingschool in spain.she sayd they maby needed someone to keep it open in winter time as well and maby i could get the job.looks like i can get the money together and make one more trip before the summer.just have to get it sorted with school
At 11:02am on 27 January 2009, molamola said…
yep, it was blowing around 12 m/s pretty much the hole week but it was about 2 degrees so it didnt feel to bad
At 12:25pm on 26 January 2009, El Perro Negro said…
At 12:24pm on 26 January 2009, El Perro Negro said…
have a look at this link about climbing the caballo with a husky
At 7:04pm on 23 January 2009, molamola said…
hi maria.thanks. up here its cold and grey but a got a extra job today so im good.maby i get the money to go south before the snow is gone after all. how are you guys?i heard somthing about snow in competa last week?is that true
 
 

Events

Birthdays

There are no birthdays today

 

© 2009   Created by El Perro Negro on Ning.   Create Your Own Social Network

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Privacy  |  Terms of Service

You are Offline Sign in to chat!