Comments on: Plodding over Pinnel ??? In the Rio Guadalfeo http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/12/06/plodding-over-pinnel-in-the-rio-guadalfeo/ ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Fri, 24 Jul 2015 21:08:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/12/06/plodding-over-pinnel-in-the-rio-guadalfeo/#comment-3761 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:16:23 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=7034#comment-3761 Ha ha. I like the Amstrad line. I had one once, a PC 9512 word-processor, in the days when they were revolutionary. There are some troglodyte houses to the north of the Sierra Nevada at a place called Guadix, and still very much inhabited. And I recall seeing some in France many years ago though I can’t remember where. I’ve always wanted to use the subject of alluvial detritus as a chat-up line but the perfect opportunity has never arisen. It might be too late now.
Cheers, Alen

]]> By: chrisharrison2013 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/12/06/plodding-over-pinnel-in-the-rio-guadalfeo/#comment-3701 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:56:04 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=7034#comment-3701 I find the subject of alluvial detritus is very good for opening conversations with strangers. The house built into the riverbank looks like it could have been a des-res at one time. Reading the description it reminded me of the troglodyte houses in the Loire Valley in France. (Think it was the Loire Valley.) I suppose if you have to abandon your house quickly no one would waste time packing an Amstrad.

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/12/06/plodding-over-pinnel-in-the-rio-guadalfeo/#comment-3662 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 18:21:48 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=7034#comment-3662 Hiya Jo. I would think yurt-living in Scotland would have its drawbacks. Not so much the cold, rather the continuous damp ??? not to mention the midgies.
The snow comes by itself once a year and disappears magically soon after Christmas. I’d like to think it was some kind of spiritual intervention, but someone at WordPress presses a button and it falls automatically. Sort of sums up Christmas if you want to be cynical.
Cheers, Alen

]]> By: Jo Woolf http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/12/06/plodding-over-pinnel-in-the-rio-guadalfeo/#comment-3660 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 18:01:56 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=7034#comment-3660 Hi Alen, I read this and the previous post a bit late, but enjoyed them. It’s weird to see your falling snow on such dry and dusty scenes! Love the orange beetles and the acequias. It must be a bit warmer for yurt-living in those climes (not many yurters in our neck of the woods!)

]]> By: mountaincoward http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/12/06/plodding-over-pinnel-in-the-rio-guadalfeo/#comment-3659 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:53:47 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=7034#comment-3659 About 10 years? I wish! I even did a whole Army career without a drink – not sure you could do that nowadays with the places you get sent to…
Carol.

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/12/06/plodding-over-pinnel-in-the-rio-guadalfeo/#comment-3657 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:52:20 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=7034#comment-3657 So you haven’t had a drink for about ten years. Blimey.

]]> By: mountaincoward http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/12/06/plodding-over-pinnel-in-the-rio-guadalfeo/#comment-3656 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:49:25 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=7034#comment-3656 I had to give up drinking at 15 – I’d been drunk for a year!

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/12/06/plodding-over-pinnel-in-the-rio-guadalfeo/#comment-3651 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:42:00 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=7034#comment-3651 Not bothered about beer? Blimey.

]]> By: mountaincoward http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/12/06/plodding-over-pinnel-in-the-rio-guadalfeo/#comment-3646 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 02:15:40 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=7034#comment-3646 “Under the sun” is particularly apt for there! ;-) I’m not bothered about the beer – might be an idea for my retirement :-)
Carol.

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/12/06/plodding-over-pinnel-in-the-rio-guadalfeo/#comment-3637 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 12:32:12 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=7034#comment-3637 Hi David. That cob cottage is out of this world. Who needs electricity in a place like that? That’s the direction we should be going in. Not so sure it would stand up to the weather in Teesdale, though, so you’ll have to head abroad. Once you’ve got the roof on, drop me a line and I’ll help you with the painting.
Cheers, Alen

]]> By: David http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/12/06/plodding-over-pinnel-in-the-rio-guadalfeo/#comment-3636 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 12:17:04 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=7034#comment-3636 Interesting post and a wonderful area Alen. It is good to see those yurts. I have been revisiting the idea of setting up a base abroad and one of my daft ideas was to live in a yurt while building something similar to these.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2513154/Farmer-builds-house-just-150-using-materials-skips–current-tenant-pays-rent-MILK.html

http://homeli.co.uk/hivehaus-hexagonal-modular-living-spaces-by-barry-jackson/

Possibly nothing more than a pipe dream, but then again I do seem to have a bit of a hippy gene so who knows.
David

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/12/06/plodding-over-pinnel-in-the-rio-guadalfeo/#comment-3634 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 11:51:35 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=7034#comment-3634 Carol, if you are a hippy inside, then this is the place to be. There are hundreds of them in little colonies all over the place, and they are from every nation under the sun. The lifestyle rather appeals to me, but I’d need a yurt with a shower and a regular supply of beer.
Cheers, Alen

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