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Snow & Oranges
Following an overnight fall, snow covers Yegen and lies heavy on the orange trees.
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Uploaded on Sep 12, 2009
Mercedes
Meet Mercedes, Yegen's venerable matriarch. Mercedes was there as a child when Gerald Brenan lived...
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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2009
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In The Shadow of Don Geraldo's Persimmons
Bob Maddox pretends to read 'South From Granada' in the shade of an old Persimmon tree. Virginia...
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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2009
Moonwalker
One of a range of communal 'Keep Fit' impliments which appeared in villages across the Alpujarra. Great fun!
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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2009
Electricidad, Mairena
Public re-wiring conforms to the strict Health and Safety regulations currently in vogue across the Alpujarra.
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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2009
Tres Amigos. Ugijar, La Alpujarra.
In the welcomeshade of an orange tree, three amigos shelter from the sun outside Ugijar's church.
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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2009
Eduarda's Garden. Yegen, La Alpujarra.
Eduarda tends her famous garden in Yegen. Never heard of it? Read Gerald Brenan's 'South...
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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2009
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Yegen from near Los Balates
Perched high above Yegen, an enchanting cortijo named Los Balates looks out over the immense gulf of...
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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2009
The Staring Chair.
Midway between Yegen and Montenegro, the landscape disolves into a chaos of erosion gullies and...
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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2009
Caballero y Perro Negro. Laroles.
An old black dog is wakened from his midday siesta by the passing of a horse and rider.
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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2009
Castaras, La Alpujarra.
A beguilingly beautiful village in a wonderland setting. Castaras takes some beating.
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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2009
Big Land
The landscape below my home village of Yegen, La Alpujarra...a kaleidoscope of erosion scars, cliffs...
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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2009
