elperronegro

elperronegro, 5 months ago to spain

At long last we've had some much needed rain, falling as snow above 2000m. Here is the town of Lanjarón seen a few minutes ago with threatening, but very welcoming, rain clouds gathering. Small rainbow showing too

#Spain #clouds #landscape #landscapephotography

elperronegro, 5 months ago to webdev

Well that's been quite a tough few days coding for this very enthusiastic but amateur developer. Anyway, managed to get "webmentions" working on my @eleventy based blog.

https://elperronegro.com/

Thanks to a whole heap of people but especially @sia and this article

https://sia.codes/posts/webmentions-eleventy-in-depth/

and also @mxbck and this article

https://mxb.dev/blog/using-webmentions-on-static-sites/

#webdev #webmentions #blog

elperronegro, 5 months ago to Dogs

Beach day for the dogs. Think they enjoyed it!

#dogs #dogsofmastodon

elperronegro, 5 months ago to HikingPics

There's nothing quite like fireside dreaming on a winters day. This last week my wife & I have been doing a lot of this & are delighted to announce that as a result, we have booked flights so we can attempt the long distance "Alta Via 2" trail in the Italian Dolomites in July.

It's 10,000m ascent/descent +150km of tough mountain scenery to negotiate. Staying in refuges so we can travel light. I shall be 69 years old by then, so will be a tough enough challenge!

#backpacking #hiking #italy

AdamBishop, 5 months ago to random

Really tough going this week - big shout out to anyone in a similar position!

elperronegro, 5 months ago to spain

Snow and ice on the highest peaks of Spain's Sierra Nevada yesterday. Mulhacén 3482m, Veleta 3394m and Alcazaba 3350m

#Spain #Mountains #Snow

Northern faces of Alcazaba and Mulhacen in the shade. In the middle ground are open hillsides and at the bottom of the image are pine forests

elperronegro, 5 months ago to spain

The northern faces of the Sierra Nevada, Spain seen yesterday from the Alto de Calabozo 1651m

#Spain #Mountains #landscape #landscapephotography #snow

AdamBishop, 5 months ago to random

@elperronegro Ps. I would have loved to come on the Cadiar trip. I've always wanted to do a proper via ferrata. Hope you had lots of fun, and that I'll make the next one!

elperronegro, 5 months ago to spain

Strange winter so far. We have had 25c+ temps last few days and last night a fire ignited on the next hillside to us. This meant a long night monitoring the situation in case the wind changed direction. Fire stabilised this morning. We have only just been given permission to have burning fires and suspect the culprit didn't hose down and eliminate his burn before the high winds started in the afternoon. Anyway all ok now, thanks to the overnight firefighters!

#wildfire #Spain

elperronegro, 6 months ago to random

Amazing what can be done these days. The doctor today connecting via Bluetooth to my pacemaker/defibrillator and making small adjustments, some of which I could instantly feel the change. Although I'm very active, hike, climb mountains etc I am so very, very lucky to have this back up "system" in place. No idea why he rolled his trouser leg up though :sablobsmilehappy:

elperronegro, 6 months ago to Dogs

Arko, our husky/malmute cross, just about to take off 😂

#dogs #dogsofmastodon #husky

elperronegro, 6 months ago to spain

A nice sight to see. Water flowing down the "acequias" (irrigation channel) this morning, illuminated by the morning sun.

#Spain #Water #waterfalls #Alpujarras #Granada #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

elperronegro, 6 months ago to spain

Atmospheric! Rain and clouds clearing over Lanjarón.

#Spain #sky #Clouds #Weather

elperronegro, 6 months ago to random

Sad to hear of Shane's passing. Some lyrics from one of my favs

[Pre-Chorus]
We walked him to the station in the rain
We kissed him as we put him on the train
And we sang him a song of times long gone
Though we knew that we'd be seeing him again (Far away!)

[Chorus]
I'm sad to say I must be on my way
So buy me beer or whiskey, 'cause I'm going far away (Far away!)
I'd like to think of me returning when I can
To the greatest little boozer and to Sally MacLennane

elperronegro, 6 months ago to hiking

Yesterdays walk. Acequia Mezquerina - Tello - Acequia Nueva - Bordaila - Lanjaron - BAR! 15km, 650m ascent, 6 very tranquilo hours!

#hiking #walking #landscape #landscapephotography #Spain

Hikers walk along a narrow trail with an irrigation channel flowing with water alongside. Lots of green shrub and trees to the left, rock walls to the right
A long distance view to the Mediterranean coast. A V shaped valley with a prominent craggy outcrop on the right. Wispy clouds over the sea
2 hikers make their way down through a beautiful enclosed tree lined avenue

elperronegro, 6 months ago to spain

Sampled the delights of the new Via Ferrata at Cadiar today. A grade K3 and a grade K4 available. Wire bridge, tyrolean, pendulum and some steep, airy ladders perched in space. All very entertaining.

#viaferrata #Spain #andalucia #adventure

A person crosses a tyrolean zip line across a gorge with some steps into the wall at the end
A person ascends rungs of a via ferrata secured by chains and cables
A person crosses a wire bridge across a gorge with some steps into the wall at the end

AdamBishop, 6 months ago to privacy

Oh gosh 👀

"Patient privacy fears as US spy tech firm Palantir wins £480m NHS contract.

Awarding of the contract to create new data platform prompts immediate concerns about security of medical records"

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/21/patient-privacy-fears-us-spy-tech-firm-palantir-wins-nhs-contract

#nhs #privacy #dataSecurity

elperronegro, 6 months ago to hiking

Today was a day of sun and shadow in the Cerro Huenes group of peaks in the Cumbres Verdes, south of Granada

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

elperronegro, 6 months ago to HikingPics

One of the scenes that remains very close to my heart. The road leading to town of El Chalten and the Fitzroy (Chalten) and Cerro Torre mountain chain, Patagonia. I have had some wonderful times here over the years.

#mountains #patagonia #trekking #backpacking #landscape #landscapephotography

elperronegro, 6 months ago to spain

The peak of Jebel Musa 839m in Morocco, seen from the summit of Cerro de Caballo in the Sierra Nevada yesterday. 215 kilometers away!

#Spain #Mountains

elperronegro, 7 months ago to Birds

An Iberian Magpie (Azure Winged Magpie). These little critters are hard to photograph as they obviously hate being photographed. This one though, sat still long enough for me to get a brief glimpse 😆

#birds #birdwatching #Spain #birding

elperronegro, 7 months ago to spain

A couple of telephoto shots of the northern side of Spain's Sierra Nevada yesterday. Still, not much snow but this is steep, dramatic, alpine terrain with 27 peaks over 3000 metres. Photos show the peaks of Mulhacen (3482m) and Veleta (3394m)

#landscape #landscapephotography #spain #mountains #SierraNevada

The north face of Veleta in Spain's Sierra Nevada. A jagged mountain ridge has some isolated early season snow patches

elperronegro, 7 months ago to hiking

Today we've been enjoying stunning views of the northern side of the Spanish Sierra Nevada above Güéjar Sierra. All the main 3000m+ peaks of the ridge clearly seen today, very little haze. The image shows the summits of Cerro los Machos and Veleta (3394m)

#hiking #landscape #landscapephotography #walking #granada #spain

AdamBishop, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to github

👀 Why is @mozilla moving to #GitHub? Come on Moz, you can do better!

"After Python, Firefox is now moving to Github.

While I understand those who have an historical addiction to Github, I don’t understand moving to it now. It’s like they don’t even try to think about the consequences…" #Mozilla

@ploum

https://ploum.net/2023-02-22-leaving-github.html