March the First. A walk on the wild side. A photographic trip.

 Remember the Caña Bridge, well it is no more. !! This is exactly where it used to be. !

 On the way to El Tessoro. An abandoned village called "The Treasure"

 El Tessoro

 See the skyline. That's where we are heading. !

 On the way !

 More ruins. !

 Blondina checking the view.

 Dasha checking me.

 The last ruined farmhouse in El Tessoro

 Getting further up the mountain

 And further

 Looking back.

 Arnold Shwartzenegger, known as Shwartze, checking the view.

 Well, we're getting there. Dashinka is waiting for me. !

 Getting fairly high and rugged.

 Schwartzi looking over the top.

 It's beginning to get a bit tricky. !

 A great lookout spot.

 Looking back. Notice the terrace wall. Amazing. I wonder how old it is.

 Finding a way is getting difficult. !

 OK we're off.

 That lump of pure Selenite, Yesso, must have fallen off the mountain. !

 Blondina checking the view.

 Dashinka leading the way.

 We have had to turn back as there is no way up to the plateau for "walkers" and dogs. !

 Looking for a new route.

 Quite a view.

 There is the way up.

 Hot dog!

 OK We are pretty much UP and looking back where we have come from.

 On the plateau. I have "zoomed in"  to the snow on the Filabres.

 The plateau.

 More plateau.

 Getting ready to go back down into the El Rio valley.

 The way down.

 Really quite green. We are on the way down to El Rio.

 You can see the Casa De La Realidad on the other side of the valley.

 Wow. Good colors. !

Almost home.

 Just about in El Rio.

Home just around the corner.

Graham and James have re-set the Solar Electricity panels on the far roof and are preparing the space on the near roof for 3 new Solar Collectors for Hot Water.

See how green everything is after the rain. !

We have separated the "black" and the "grey" water and re-paved the area. ! Good job Pepa, Felipe and Peter.

This is a kit to convert our 3.5 KW Generator to run on Household Gas.

 The pieces.

 A small extension is fitted to the carburetor with a gas entrance in the extension.

 This is the gas regulator which we set for optimal running.

There we are, Up and running. ! 1 bottle lasts 10 hours and costs 17 Euros. I am going to do an accurate check with petrol, however, it looks as though we are saving about 25% on fuel costs, and also emissions are cleaner, so all in all, a good thing to do. Cost 225 Euros. A bit pricy but I think OK. I hope we will one day create bio-gas here, and be able to compress it enough to use as fuel for the generator. Nothing "on the horizon", yet. We wait. !

Water Pump renovation. Peter took it off it's frame, welded the broken frame, cleaned the magneto, painted the frame, and now it is back in service for when needed. Good. !

Hello All,

We are back from the Amazon, safe and sound and well. It is good to be back in El Rio and we are starting many projects.

I will start updates of pictures so that you can all see how we are getting on. 

The river has changed a lot, and the previous place where the canna bridge crossed the river is completely changed - no canna. !

Greetings to all of you and enjoy the pics. David.