We decided on a little trip out to explore some of the little coves along the coast. It was about an hours drive, pleasant with less traffic now the main season has ended, very sunny and bright.
First up was Grandella, a pretty spot, but my was the wind blowing, made me smile as the information board said it was renowned for ´gentle breezes´!
Being hungry we decided to visit the local restaurant - Oh my - talk about captive audience,
A small bottle of sparkling water for me was 2.95e, Chris had a coffee, a reasonable 1.65e, with a mixed salad and potatas bravas (spicy potatoes) to share the bill came to 20e. Moral of the story - take a picnic!
We visited another cove further along, but this was a cliff top view only and again extremely windy.
On our way home we passed through an area that was totally devastated in last years horrific bush fires. Amazingly the area is now covered in greenery as everything starts to replenish.
This whole area had to be evacuated, in this park area a sculptor has used the remaining tree stumps to carve the most wonderful animals.
As you can see there are a few more stumps left, so I do hope they continue carving, lovely to see the inspiration after such a tragedy. Apparently it is one of the bomberos (fireman). Probably most of it done with a chain saw.
I leave you with a photo Chris took the other evening of the harvest moon
Enjoy whats left of the weekend
take care
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What a lovely, if expensive, trip out, such beautiful views. Some people are so talented, the carvings are amazing and it's nice to see some good spring up in an area which has been devastated.
ReplyDeleteIts amazing how the area is recovering, this area was evacuated and looks really scary when you see just how near to the properties it came. Xcx
DeleteI love what they've done with the tree stumps. I posted about a tree that we lost outside our house recently, be lovely if thy did something with that.
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Hi thanks for dropping by. We have several trunks in the garden due to the almond trees dying, such a shame would be lovely to turn them into sculptures xcx
DeleteA lovely day out.... the sea is always so refreshing... yes, quite an expensive coffee and salad - I hope it tasted really really good! I am always so amazed at how forgiving the land can be in recovering from disasters and those carvings are lovely to seet too.
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It wasn't all that special! Nice to get out and explore though. Xcx
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