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just call me mad: El Chorro - a scarry challenge
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Just call me mad. Yo voy donde quiero . ¿y tu? Thursday, July 3, 2008. Bike rides often took me out to, and past,. El Chorro George), about 40km from Antequera. It's an area pretty awe inspiring with four hundred metre high rock walls , world famous for rock climbing. The george is a 3km long cleft cut through the limestone. It was originally built as an acess to a hydro-electric scheme, taking four years to complete, opened in 1905. It was walked by the King (Alfonso XIII) at the opening of. Coincidenta...
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just call me mad: June 2008
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Just call me mad. Yo voy donde quiero . ¿y tu? Saturday, June 28, 2008. As we travelled across northern Spain I read Laurie Lee´s. Red Sky at Sunrise. Penguin, 1993). This is a trilogy omnibus of. Hogarth Press, 1959),. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning. André Deutsh, 1969) and. A Moment of War. Viking, 1991). Each story was a recollection of events, as they we all set in the 1930s. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning. In early editions published up to the death of Franco. In the third book,. We go...
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just call me mad: The big bike ride
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Just call me mad. Yo voy donde quiero . ¿y tu? Friday, July 11, 2008. The big bike ride. Every year, many cyclists are surprised with the difficulty of the itinerary of the ride. This year, once again, you will be attacking mountain passes with steep inclines.". Le Guide - The Guide, 2008 Entrants program. I soon discovered, averages are a statistical cover-up job. A fair. (Antequera had a big three day event, similiar to Brisbane's Ekka or a NZ A&P show.) On a number of occasions, I arrived in t...Throu...
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just call me mad: Menorca
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Just call me mad. Yo voy donde quiero . ¿y tu? Monday, July 28, 2008. Time for a 'holiday'. We flew to Menorca, in the Balaeric Islands, to meet bro BOK, Sally, and the boys for a week of holiday break. And yet another Spanish language. Lovely spot. Great beaches, fantasic swimming bays, and a manageable and pleasantly cooler 30-33ͦC. Swimming, swimming, swimming. Anyway, as has been the case many times for Deb and I during out time in Spain, we arrived for a. Week, this time that of. Yor where they are ...
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just call me mad: November 2008
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Just call me mad. Yo voy donde quiero . ¿y tu? Tuesday, November 25, 2008. I’ve fallen a bit behind, so it’s time to do some catching up. This was for a couple of reasons, not my slackness I hope you realise. Well…. Anyway, posting in Scandinavia became problematic for a couple of reasons. Just call me mad. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Euro; España; Andulacía. Links to good sites. Just call me Mad. Just call me mad. View my complete profile.
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just call me mad: Futbol
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Just call me mad. Yo voy donde quiero . ¿y tu? Thursday, July 3, 2008. It's been a fantastic couple of weeks for them. Firstly, the local team Antequera C.F. finished second in. Third) and the right to a play off against Caravaca for promotion to. The first game, away, was a 0-0 draw. Everything hinged on the home return match at the fantastic 7,000 seat capacity. A win, 2-0! Town council) sponsored a party the following Friday, starting, of course, at 12:30 at night! And automatic promotion to. And the ...
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just call me mad: How do you make a Maltese Cross?
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Just call me mad. Yo voy donde quiero . ¿y tu? Tuesday, July 1, 2008. How do you make a Maltese Cross? The advantage of this lifestyle is that when a budget airfare pops up on the internet, you can say. Yeah OK, a travel guide has already said that.). This time: Malta. I had a rough idea where it was, just grab the atlas to confirm. I know absolutely nothing about it, or its reputation as a destination. Will soon learn. And it converted to the Euro earlier this year - better still. The one outstanding fe...
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just call me mad: Time is up in Spain
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Just call me mad. Yo voy donde quiero . ¿y tu? Tuesday, July 29, 2008. Time is up in Spain. Ten and a half months is now up. It's time to move on from Antequera, and Spain. It had to happen. It has been a fantastic experience. But new things await. As much as I have written about the sights of Antequera, its the small things that count. The regular cafes and bars, favourite newsagent and stationery store, the supermarket, the neighbours, the sitting in the. The beach, for the month. But no worries. W...
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just call me mad: The Ride - a postscript
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Just call me mad. Yo voy donde quiero . ¿y tu? Tuesday, July 15, 2008. The Ride - a postscript. As you might expect, we got to watch stage 10 live on Spanish TV. An eye-opener. I got to see the countryside I had ridden through. Rain and low cloud meant I saw virtually nothing of it. No wonder it was cold at the top, there was snow up there on mountain tops! Well, it was for them but . And, the big one. My Aussie boy Cadel Evans took the yellow jersey on my stage! And he came off the day before as well!