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awkward roads lead somewhere or other awkward roads lead somewhere or other menu skip to content home about my other website because they re there contact search for don s the one february 20 2018 1970s art books don quixote orgiva review alpujarra alpujarras andalucia furness history sierra nevada spain travel travelling mcfadzean my introduction to don quixote took place in a pub called the clarence in the northern town of dalton in furness back in 1974 and at a time when i was obsessed with a song called pinball and the world seemed a much milder progressive and optimistic place on the wall opposite the bar hung a colourful and captivating image of two dark figures crossing an evening landscape one tall and shabbily elegant on a broken winded horse the other small and fat perched upon a mule from the dust of spain don quixote and his devoted servant and friend sancho panza had strayed into a world of rain bar billiards and pigeon racing it was an unusual subject for a lancashire pub where old men with their ties tucked in their trousers occasionally reminisced about the trenches and chuckled over cards and cribbage boards but it lifted the decor from fifty shades of nicotine and elevated the conversation of the clientele continue reading don s the one view all 15 comments last resorts january 30 2018 british holidays mountains politics tourism tourist resorts weather andalucia life spain travel travelling mcfadzean great yarmouth january 1993 i once spent a sad couple of days walking the streets of great yarmouth in the middle of january sad days because the weather was wretched and the seaside attractions boarded up for the season not sad in the sense some people regard seaside resorts sad in general my memory tells me it was about 1993 and the country was in the claws of that deep recession everyone has forgotten the one where the chancellor norman lamont insisted green shoots of recovery were bursting out everywhere only they weren t it was moss and lichen establishing brave new colonies continue reading last resorts view all 17 comments we three kings january 6 2018 don quixote fiestas films mountains orgiva religion rituals traditions veleta alpujarra alpujarras andalucia history sierra nevada spain travel travelling mcfadzean the three kings followed their star of wonder and arrived in orgiva last night to commemorate the dia de los reyes the spanish don t celebrate christmas day with the enthusiasm of we peoples of the north january 6 is their main event or twelfth night as it is known the magi are delivered from the east on pick up trucks and their helpers toss sweets and toys to the crowd once installed on their thrones instead of gold frankincense and myrrh they distribute presents which have been discretely deposited by parents beforehand to the children of the town and as if by magic swallows and house martins which i thought had flown south many weeks ago emerge from the church belfry like silver sparks in the glare of the street lamps and swoop above our heads it s a pleasant affair continue reading we three kings view all 15 comments random incidents november 6 2017 brexit british darlington granada alpujarra alpujarras andalucia life spain travel travelling mcfadzean random picture incident 1 sitting at a table on the main plaza in town drinking tea to the left is a row of shops to the right the headquarters of the guardia civil with its sentry turrets and gun slots a young guardia emerges from the building and passes our table he s carrying a large plastic sack about the size of a pillow that s stuffed with what appears to be chopped hay and dried leaves all mixed up together what s in that sack i say to my wife dunno she answers what do you think it is dunno i say i suspect it s cannabis continue reading random incidents view all 20 comments first snow october 19 2017 mountains orgiva sierra de lujar alpujarra alpujarras andalucia sierra nevada spain travel travelling mcfadzean in a space of three hurried days conditions here in the alpujarras have veered from blazing sunshine and temperatures of 30c to thunderstorms and snow on the mountains the seemingly endless summer has ended the parched land is sodden dust is mud dry streams are flowing dead grass like lazarus is about to be resurrected continue reading first snow view all 16 comments outfoxed september 12 2017 foxes mountains olives orgiva wildlife alpujarra alpujarras andalucia life sierra nevada spain travel travelling mcfadzean three times a week i m up at seven for a pre dawn walk the sun doesn t rise in the alpujarras until about 8 05am and the lanes are quiet in the blue grey half darkness i follow the riverbed scale a steep track up its western bank pass through an olive grove then a copse of eucalyptus and then another olive grove before emerging on a long rocky ridge clad in prickly furze on the crest of the ridge i sit myself down on a flat boulder to watch the sun climb above the foothills of the sierra nevada perfect peace continue reading outfoxed view all 30 comments lavaderos and leeks august 22 2017 architecture mountains northern echo alpujarra alpujarras andalucia life sierra nevada spain travel travelling mcfadzean on a hillside beneath the village of capileira i discover the local lavadero the laundry where women scrubbed their dirty linen before the advent of electrical goods changed their lives unlike the lavadero in neighbouring pampaneira which i have written about before this specimen is situated at the foot of a very steep wet and uneven track and outside the village proper the long climb back up the hillside bearing a swill laden with wet washing must have been an ordeal indeed especially during the winter months with ice and snow on the ground continue reading lavaderos and leeks view all 23 comments the warp factor august 7 2017 1970s art mountains technology tourism traditions alpujarra alpujarras andalucia life sierra nevada spain travel travelling mcfadzean sometimes i wish i d been a stonemason engaged in restoring cathedral spires or a potter shaping clay into useful and attractive objects or a bookbinder or a crafter of fine leather or a cabinetmaker someone with a skill who can gather raw materials in his hands and fashion them into items that possess beauty i feel a bit like that today when i visit a weaver s workshop in the alpujarran village of pampaneira high in the sierra nevada mountains of southern spain continue reading the warp factor view all 14 comments sounds of silence august 4 2017 art mountains religion rituals tourism traditions weather alpujarra alpujarras andalucia life sierra nevada spain travel travelling mcfadzean in capileira during summer months flags come out and hand woven banners are strung above alleys and pinned to walls midday arrives and no one walks the streets except people with cameras capileira is spain s second highest village but that doesn t render the air any cooler perhaps because it s closer to the sun it s slightly hotter continue reading sounds of silence view all 16 comments forest fire july 4 2017 granada mountains weather wildfires alpujarra alpujarras andalucia sierra nevada spain travel travelling mcfadzean a forest fire today sweeping across the slopes of the sierra nevada above the house i stand on the roof and watch two helicopters and two planes bomb the fire as distant sirens scream it is breathtaking how close to the mountainside the pilots fly before releasing the water they really are experts continue reading forest fire view all 15 comments posts navigation older posts the awkward roadman welcome to awkward roads this is a website about searching for a new home in a strange land it s about setting off in a new direction trouble is at this point i m not sure what that direction is except that it s south and towards the sun there s no clear route and no telling where these roads will take me because roads can be awkward at times that s why this website is called awkward 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