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Title: Snow 2009
Post by: Rafa on January 10, 2009, 07:10:47 PM

Hello, just to show snow pictures from this morning

Title: Re: Snow 2009
Post by: mark smyth on January 10, 2009, 07:37:06 PM

I never think of snow spain. How often does this happen or do you live in the mountains?

Title: Re: Snow 2009
Post by: ranunculus on January 10, 2009, 08:42:14 PM

Super images, Rafa ... many thanks for posting.

Title: Re: Snow 2009
Post by: Rafa on January 10, 2009, 09:00:46 PM

thank you friends,

Yes it is very common snow in Spain, specially in mountain range areas. Now it is -9 C... but in the green house it is 6 C and Ferrarias and Gladiolus will be safe ;)

Title: Re: Snow 2009
Post by: Jo on January 10, 2009, 10:08:32 PM

Beautiful cattle Rafa, what breed ?

Title: Re: Snow 2009
Post by: Rafa on January 10, 2009, 11:54:30 PM

We call this breed "Toro de Lidia" they are used in bullfighting  :-\

Title: Re: Snow 2009
Post by: Anthony Darby on January 11, 2009, 12:44:28 AM

Quote from: Mark Smyth on January 10, 2009, 07:37:06 PM

I never think of snow Spain. How often does this happen or do you live in the mountains?

One October holiday, many years ago Vivienne and I flew to Malaga and went up into the Sierra Nevada. We got stuck in a snow drift and had to turn back. We spent the rest of the week sun baked just south of Marbella. 8)

Title: Re: Snow 2009
Post by: Paul T on January 11, 2009, 05:14:27 AM

Quote from: Rafa on January 10, 2009, 11:54:30 PM

We call this breed "Toro de Lidia" they are used in bullfighting  :-\

Rafa,

That black bull (or steer, I can't quite see that closely) on the left of the picture really is the classic "bull fighting" bull that you see in the pictures.

All wonderful pictures..... will come back and look at them again later this week, when we're forecast at around 37 and 36'C mid week.  ::)  Hopefully they'll help me feel a little cooler.  ;)

Title: Re: Snow 2009
Post by: Luc Gilgemyn on January 11, 2009, 10:33:27 AM

Wonderful pix Rafa !
Looking at the last picture are you training for the Vuelta ??   ::)

Title: Re: Snow 2009
Post by: Thomas Huber on January 12, 2009, 07:56:06 AM

Superb photos, Rafa!
It's been some years ago since I was mountainbiking through the snow, because
we didn't have good snow in the last years. This year we have, but -15°C are to
cold even for a passionated biker like I am  :'(