Category Archives: A view of life

Morocco – feeling blue – but in a not so positive way!

Posted on 03/03/2015 by magwood

Immediately after publishing my last post to my blog about our stay in Chefchauen in Morocco I became rather ill with a virus which laid me low for the remainder of my holiday. A few more photos from Chefchauen We … Continue reading →

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Morocco – feeling blue – but in a very positive way

Posted on 03/02/2015 by magwood

Having seen a ‘last minute’ holiday with a photography theme in Morocco advertised by a local travel agent at a very reasonable price, we decided to join the small group of spanish photography enthusiasts (including a professor of photography) for … Continue reading →

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From first light to sunset – what a very special day

Posted on 26/01/2015 by magwood

My day started when I opend my eyes (quite late) and was greeted by this sight through my bedroom window – the first strike of the sun upon the snow covered peak of mount Maroma. I am treated to this … Continue reading →

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2015 – bring it on

Posted on 02/01/2015 by magwood

This is the first day I have woken up in Spain for a whole month, having spent four weeks in the UK helping out with the early arrival of my grand daughter. Of course I wouldn’t have missed that experience … Continue reading →

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David (and Maggie) versus Goliath

Posted on 01/01/2015 by magwood

I’ve been away for a very long time, leaving Spain for the UK on 2 December 2014 to help out with my beautiful premature granddaughter, and only returning today on 1 January 2015. A lot of ‘stuff’ had accumulated during … Continue reading →

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Seasons greetings

Posted on 24/12/2014 by magwood

Just a very quick post from a very sunny UK to wish all the lovely followers of my blog a very happy Christmas and a peaceful new year. I have met so many fabulous new people through my blog and … Continue reading →

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Just one of those (excellent) days

Posted on 03/11/2014 by magwood

Yesterday I took a rare trip down the mountain to the coast, with two main objectives (1) to look for some plants to put on one of the terraces that I rebuilt this year and (2) to visit the music … Continue reading →

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Blood swept lands…….another perspective

Posted on 20/10/2014 by magwood

I recently read a blog post by Sarah Shumate who volunteered to spend a day planting poppies at the Tower of London memorial to the British and colonial servicemen lost in WWI. It’s an interesting account with some stunning photographs … Continue reading →

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Diagnosed by the Vet

Posted on 12/10/2014 by magwood

Eczema is something new to me. I guess I even felt a bit smug that it wasn’t something that affected my family, neither myself and my siblings as children, nor either of my own children………until recently that is. My grandson … Continue reading →

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Escape from the mountain

Posted on 06/10/2014 by magwood

I don’t get out much so it has truly been like a holiday to spend the night away from home. One of the prizes at the recent ‘Cómpeta Rocks On‘ extravaganza was a ‘radio experience’ that the winners did not … Continue reading →

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…….start walking!

Posted on 23/09/2014 by magwood

It’s about time I got my walking feet back on! I have hardly walked over the summer – it has just been so very hot here in southern Spain. I’ve probably only walked three or four times over the last … Continue reading →

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Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red

Posted on 22/09/2014 by magwood

I had a good ride on my horse this morning – the first in nearly two weeks. Yesterday’s weather forecast promised us rain storms with thunder and lightning, but we got blue sky and sunshine so I took advantage of … Continue reading →

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An unintentional ‘selfie’

Posted on 07/09/2014 by magwood

Today has presented a few photo opportunities. My alarm (in the guise of Sheba the cat) was a bit late going off this morning and I opened my eyes at around 7:15 am and was greeted by a very unusual … Continue reading →

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Friends

Posted on 07/09/2014 by magwood

There are some clever TV adverts around. We don’t see many these days because we no longer have tv, other than sky news and a couple of programmes that you would have to be extremely bored to even think about … Continue reading →

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100,000 views – THANK YOU

Posted on 19/08/2014 by magwood

Today I have reached a milestone – and not of the kilometre variety that were marking my journey along the camino de Santiago, but a blogging achievement – 100,000 views on the Trepidatious Traveller blog. When I started writing the … Continue reading →

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