CanonChrissy

THANKS TO THOSE WHO VOTED FOR ME...WITHOUT YOU I WOULD NEVER HAVE MADE IT TO WHERE I AM TODAY. MY MOTHER, WHEN I WAS A CHILD, TOLD ME THAT IF I HAD A DREAM.I WAS TO PURSUE IT.aAND TAKING ON BOARD WHAT SHE SAID, i.......haha...OK no more Oscar speak

Phil......twas close!

haha nice one!

Only ever went once to airshow. Just not my thing.

MOUNT TEIDE & THE LARVA FIELDS - Mound Teide is an active volcano, her summit is 3718 metres (or 12198 ft) at its highest point, the highest point in all of Spain. However, if measured from its base on the ocean floor, it is 7500 mt (24,600 ft) high. She's some size like!!!! Its most recent eruption was in 1909, not that long ago really. You can get fairly far up to the summit using the cable car (a scary experience) or for dedicated hikers/climbers, can arrange to climb even higher, almost to the mouth! I only went up in the cable car once and I could feel mysself struggling to breath, feeling dizzy and that was made worse by the smell of sulpher. She really is a living volcano. You have seen better images of her from me before, but this gives a sense of size and shows the larva fields too.

A tradition in tenerife amongst the shepherds is to 'leap' (Leaping Shepherds or 'Saltadors') from rock to rock, ravine to ravine and this sculpture is to celebrate the tradition. Here's a link to a you tube video of the leaping shepherds - they can cross some pretty big gaps!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B24VuzexH9o

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/25/seagull-steals-the-show-at-air-display-as-flying-ace-photobombs/?WTmcid=tmgoff_soc_spf_fb&WT.mc_id=sf31686738

Tell me when you guys are bored haha

Kev they look like something from another planet and that they might start gliding across the ground any second. The ones up on the larva fields amongst the black mattered lava look totally alien and triffid like

I would like to visit ancient Greek villages on the Islands but hubby not keen.

This is 'The Tajinaste' (pronounced Tahee-Naste), a plant only found on tenerife. You don't usually find one lower than Vilaflor but they are common from 1400 metres above sea level and higher. This one was blossoming early, I didn't see another with flowers anywhere. As such, it was a haven for bees and insects. This was featured in the classic (if you can call it that) film 'One Million Years BC' with Raquel Welsh in the famous fur bikini. I also think they are in 'Clash of the Titans', both films partly filmed on Tenerife.

In the same village, right on the Plaza, is this old house that is going to decay. It has all of the features of a traditional  style Canarian property, with the wooden balcony. It needs the Tenerife version of 'The restoration Man' to move in and give it some TLC. If only my lottery numbers would come up....

Here's another from my 'Tenerife Jaunt'. The highest occupied village in the whole of Spanish Territory is Vilaflor, Tenerife. With an altitude of 1,400m and a population of approx 1,800. This is hidden in the corner of the village square (Plaza)  down a set of over a hundred steps.

Hi from me...welcome to the forum Smiler

8 hours ago, Ryewolf said:

Yes, I'm hoping the waiting list won't be too long, through just my left eye I can just make out members names above the avatars, but everything else it just a blur.

Don't critique anything lol

Sorry to hear your news but at least you will have things sorted sooner rather than later

Well done Korky. A well deserved win.

Well done Brian - natural framing of the view. Great idea. I was just a little saddened that there was only 3 entries.

Haha typical......

Nooooo u can't vote for ya own...lol

Why do you think you cant enter your own competition?

Ooooo its changed - used to say 'edit' ... Sorry BP

Unable to edit my posts for some reason but wanted to explain that the duck photo above was taken at some wetland pools in Erjos, Tenerife. These type of areas are rare. There are no lakes or rivers on Tenerife all of their water is underground. In the 1950s they were taking soil from this area as the soil was very fertile on comparison to other soils in Tenerife. It was to be used for banana plantations that were the new produce to be grown there. The land was left ruined with huge holes and unevenness however nature intervened. The rare rain began to gather in the holes and eventually birds on their migrations began to stop and eventually a nice little wetland area developed. A few years ago it was devastated by Forrest fires and the looks dried up and it was preumedthat the wetlands were lost forever. However as you can see nature intervened again and the pools are back. A rare find on an oddly  beautiful island.