On my last walk, I realised that autumn is already over in the region where I live, and, today, the first snowfall has confirmed it. The forest ground was covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves. But on some trees, a few leaves still cling on, held up by the threads of a spider’s […]
Temperatures have been quite low for a few days now. During the day they barely reach 2ºC. In the morning, when the sun rises, they are much lower. For days I have wanted to go out to photograph the sunrise. Due to the cold and the fog, there are hardly any people on the paths
This year seems to be the year when there will be light at the end of the climate crisis tunnel. Luz al final del tunel Parece ser que este año que empieza se vislumbra luz al final del túnel de la crisis climática.
To escape the crowds and noise of Black Friday, I fled to the mountains. At night, the temperature dropped below freezing. The sleeping bag was at the limit of its insulating capacity. But the next morning, winter was there, silent and still. Y de repente, el invierno… Huyendo de las aglomeraciones de gente y el
..when the winters were snowy and cold. After the snowfall, the days were clear and cold, and the landscape was peaceful, fragile and silent. We could only hear the crunch of snow under our boots as we walked and the occasional snow falling from tree branches, and in the squares of towns and cities, people
In the last days of November, winter suddenly arrived. It snowed heavily. The snow, wet and heavy, caused many branches and some trees to break and fall to the ground. I wanted to go out and photograph, but laziness prevented me from doing so. There was always some “must-do” task to be done. Finally, before
And here is my advice – go slow and take the pleasures and sceneries as you go. – John Muir So I did it.
It is said that Germany is incredibly grey in the winter. For sure, this year 2022 the skies have been grey with a low hanging clouds for weeks, although temperatures have been mild. And, as the days are really short, which makes it seem worse, the entire territory was plunged under gray skies. After the
Yes, I know, strictly speaking, winter begins on 21st December, so, November ist not yet winter. Nevertheless, these last days of November, the landscape is covered with a thick layer of snow, and the temperatures are below 0º C, consequently, I may say, winter. As I said in my last post, November, a gray, cold
I visited the Westerwald region, a low mountain range on the right bank of the river Rhine in Germany. It is a part of the Rhenish Slate Mountains. I wanted to scout a gorge, in case I could take some interesting pictures. I camped near a stream, just at the beginning of a path which