2012-02-24 Driest winter for 70 years !!

One bonus of the dry air, is that we are able to see the Pyrenees in the far distance.

 

 

This is lake Vesoles, which would normally be over Daves head at this point !

2012-02-13 More frozen Cailho……

Lots of the plants, which had got going earlier in the year…are now ‘freeze dried’…..

Even these Fly Agaric mushrooms were frozen.

All the 3 water butts each one containing 300litres busted !

Frozen river

The big lumps of ice across the road are from our reservoirs…stayed like that for about a week, it was SO cold….and DRY !

Some people were not quite so lucky…….this patch of ice was impassable for about a week, forcing people to take the safe route OVER the mountain passed the lake

2012-02-10 Big Freeze at Cailho

 

Whilst we were bathing in 16C in Lanzarote, the temperatures in Cailho plummeted to –10 C Here are some pictures of the frozen river etc.

 

   

This is the notice put up by the mairie to inform people to check their water meters, and neighbours houses in case they are frozen !

2012-02-08 Lanzarote……. Ringed Doves, Spanish Sparrows and Rose Ringed Parakeet and ....stuff !!

Us eating out (we did a lot of this, as its not all that veggie friendly in France) and we were on  HOLIDAY !!

It was COLD !

Best to have a NAP !!

 

We crumbled some bread on the balcony, within minutes it was like a scene from ‘the Birds’ !!

These are Spanish Sparrows (you can tell by the sombreros )

 

Also VERY tame !

I like this one as there is a very beautiful chimney in it !

This one is auditioning for Creature comforts i think !

Dave is interviewing him….

Sparrows, sorry Spanish Sparrows aerial display team…….

Can you guess it was cloudy and we were bored ?

What’s worse, Dave has found a ‘burst mode’ on the camera………you can’t imagine how many pictures of S. Sparrows I have had to sift through…..(that does not stand for Spanish !)

 

Here was the sun on this day ! oh boy was it hot, when you were under it, I can’t imagine being here in the summer, you would fry !

 

 

OK…..moving on….THE PARROT SKETCH….this ones Alive !

The Rose Ringed Parakeet….one of 2 parrots of the Canary isles….. (?)

 

‘Burst mode’  caught this one eating the dates !

 

Joining in with the Air Display Team………….another Burst mode shot !

2012-02-07 The Volcano !

 

This was a day Dave I had out in the National Park of Timanfaya, there are pictures of the camels which can take you into the park for 20mins (but not this day for us as it was TOOOO cold!)

There is a picture of the BBQ over a volcanic vent, and blow holes which water is poured down to create a huge geyser …

The other  pictures are of the huge, incredible landscape of the park, which you must go around in a coach, you are not allowed to drive around or walk in the park (so therefore some pictures have reflections from the coach windows)