Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Being a curious type, Nathan, I googled it, and found this https://www.google.com/maps/@38.4425484,-0.3892491,3a,75y,247.42h,85.71t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sB7TY75doiHZ8Dq9209YVzw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 My admiration for the peripatetic herder and his animals leaped when I saw the barrenness of the place - a tough existence. Douglas On 30/01/2020 06:32, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Thanks, Douglas. The shots are from El Campello, less than 1 km from the > beach. The farm where these animals live is on a barren spot next to the > N332, the old Alicante-Valencia highway, and so the herder takes them to > various grassy fields up to 1 km away every day. I am not sure who owns > the land on which they graze. > > And yes, it is a tram in the background, there is a maintenance yard there > for our local light rail: > https://www.tramalacant.es/page.php?idioma=_es > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On 30 Jan 2020, at 02:42, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >> >> Interesting ones. I see that the shots are from El Campello, Nathan. I >> didn't realise it featured animal husbandry mistakenly thinking it was a >> seaside resort and harbour. >> BTW, is that a train of sorts in the background of the first shot? >> >> >> On 29/01/2020 19:27, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >>> Two images from this afternoon?s bike ride: >>> >>> A man, his dog and his flock: >>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-pDpfsBd/A >>> >>> The driver must be patient: >>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-gV66NvJ/A >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Nathan >>> >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >>> >>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >>> >>> YNWA >>> >>> "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information