Closing off this week with a few photos from one of the Gozo walks I did a couple years ago. This particular walk took us through a good part of the north east coastline, meandering down valleys and across vegetated slopes. Winter tends to be the best time for this kind of thing, as the weather is generally mild, and the countryside is often green … Continue reading Gozo Cliff Lines and Vegetated Slopes
One encounters one’s share of oddities on a walk. When we were doing the walk to Ramla l-Ħamra in Gozo, we passed by a rock formation in Wied Pergla which had, on one side, a small chamber with a rectangular entrance. This was clearly a man-made cavity, cut into the rock for whatever obscure reason. There’s a small cross engraved above the door, so I … Continue reading Room in Rock Formation
This week’s throwback is another photo from the series of Gozo walks two winters ago. Unusually for me, this photo features a striking red-flowered plant as much as it does the Gozo cliffs and coastline. I don’t think I had seen this particular flower in the wild before, but after a little research, assuming I identified it correctly as Chasmanthe floribunda, I found that this … Continue reading Chasmanthe floribunda
As this year winds to a close, I am slowly catching up on things. Taking a few days off sure helped (though unfortunately I still had to work a few hours to settle things that could not wait). I also managed to spend a lovely day climbing on Wednesday – I still think this is the best way to celebrate Republic Day. We even opened … Continue reading A Walk Along The Grassy Cliffs
Taking a few moments to share a series of photos from one of the walks I did in Gozo last year, showing the popular bay Ir-Ramla l-Ħamra on the north east coastline. We approached the sandy bay from the west along the cliffs, and after walking across it we continued east, up the cliffs to the even more popular Għar il-Mixta, a formerly inhabited cave … Continue reading Ramla l-Ħamra
Muddy Boots 