A short post, after a rather full day today, to share a photo I made last year on a walk starting from Mġarr. Perhaps the most exciting part of the walk went around the Karraba headland, involving some scrambling among the boulders, and exercising one’s route-finding skills. I vaguely recall taking a very similar photo to this one a long long time ago, with my … Continue reading Għajn Tuffieħa Tower
This week’s throwback photo is another one from the walk that I did about a year ago, starting from Mġarr. From Ġnejna I walked around the headland at Karraba, finding a path among the boulders, until I reached the beach at Għajn Tuffieħa. The proper one, that is normally reached by going down a long flight of stairs from the car park, not the arguably … Continue reading Beach and Clay Slopes
Autumn began, here in the northern hemisphere, and with it some cooler weather. Locally the change came with quite a bang yesterday, and the first downpours. It’s still warm, of course, though a bit cooler already. This heralds the start of a new season for photography and walks in the country. So perhaps it is appropriate that this week’s throwback photo is from such an … Continue reading Lippija Tower
Today is a public holiday in Malta – Jum il-Ħelsien, celebrating the withdrawal of British troops from the island in 1979, some years after the islands became independent. Perhaps it’s fitting that today’s throwback photo, from a walk I did almost two years ago, shows one of the many artefacts remaining from British rule in Malta. In this case it’s a marker with the initials … Continue reading Mġarr Church and Georgius Rex
Last week has been a rather unusual one, with me going out on two walks. Yesterday I found myself without climbing partners, with my usual buddy having to cancel our plans as he was nursing a bum knee. So I made a last-minute decision to head out to Mġarr for a walk to Lippija tower and down through Ġnejna and Karraba. Half of this walk … Continue reading Clay Slopes
This week I’m returning to the walk starting from Mġarr, with a view of the valley known as Il-Ħalqun, near Ġnejna. As a matter of fact, I took this photo close to where I took the one I shared last week. The only difference, really, is that this one looks inland while the other looks towards the sea. The land in the area may not … Continue reading Il-Ħalqun
The chapel I’m sharing this week sits in a little hamlet known by the same name as the chapel (Kunċizzjoni). Administratively part of Mġarr, it’s very close to a small village called Baħrija, and is accessed by the same roads. I had visited this place before, on walks in the area, but never actually took a photo of the chapel as there were cars nearby … Continue reading Kunċizzjoni Mmakulata
Writing this rather late in the day, but I’m sharing something rather special today, so it’s worth the extra effort. I mentioned in an earlier post on this blog how we’re collaborating with Heritage Malta on a project investigating the use of drones to survey heritage sites. The test site chosen was that of Ta’ Ħaġrat in Mġarr (the link takes you to the official … Continue reading Ta’ Ħaġrat
After what seems like forever (though in reality it’s only been about a month) I’m back with some actually recent photography. Last week we had a meeting, organised some time ago, with Heritage Malta, to take some drone photography of one of the sites they manage. This is a work project involving the use of drones for surveying heritage sites. We wanted to start with … Continue reading Mġarr
Finally sharing the last image from the visit to Gozo in February this year. The main reason for this visit was the MCC club meet in the morning, and with my brother here we also took the opportunity to spend the day together. It’s taken me a while to get through these photos, so much that the next meet in Gozo is planned for this … Continue reading Il-Kappella ta’ Lourdes
Muddy Boots 