Bonus & Wendy's Big Adventure . . . .

[Mntboy]

The heatwave that we went through in SA over Christmas is now coming to Spain (as the earth tilts for summer here in the northern hemisphere). 38 degrees today, but not uncomfortably hot and a perfect excuse for a midday siesta :-)

Your Spanish neighbors may take exception to it if you didn't take a siesta seeing as they were the ones to invent it! So by all means have a afternoon nap!

 

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[Bonus]

Your Spanish neighbors may take exception to it if you didn't take a siesta seeing as they were the ones to invent it! So by all means have a afternoon nap!

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If only not to upset the neighbours . . . ;-)

[Bonus]

We want to get some additional building quotes - so just spoke to 2 different builders on the phone, neither of whom spoke any English. Wendy and I between us seem to have arranged meetings for Monday morning and afternoon.

 

Funny how the words go out of your head as soon as the person answers the phone!!  and then you break out into a sweat! ‪#‎Livingontheedge‬

[Bonus]

We've had a lovely day today with a visitor from Jo'burg!

 

"FrequentFaller", who is passing through Ainsa whilst on his cycling tour of Spain, had a "rest day" today and we had the pleasure of meeting up with him.

 

We showed him our project, showed him some local sights and then finished with taking him down to our local river for a swim and a bit of a picnic :-)

 

Cheers for a lekker day buddy! Good luck with the rest of your ride . . . .

 

B&W

[Bonus]

Last night and continuing over this weekend in Ainsa is the annual "Fiesta of the Meteor Shower" . . .

 

The meteor shower, which occurs every August and falls on August 11th & 12th this year - comes as a result of the Earth moving through the trail of debris called the "Perseid cloud" which stretches along the orbit of the Swift-Tuttle Comet.

 

Here in Spain any excuse to "socialise, dance, drink alcohol and eat rich food" will do apparently.

 

:-)

[Mntboy]

Last night and continuing over this weekend in Ainsa is the annual "Fiesta of the Meteor Shower" . . .

 

The meteor shower, which occurs every August and falls on August 11th & 12th this year - comes as a result of the Earth moving through the trail of debris called the "Perseid cloud" which stretches along the orbit of the Swift-Tuttle Comet.

 

Here in Spain any excuse to "socialise, dance, drink alcohol and eat rich food" will do apparently.

 

:-)

It seems you and Wendy have landed with your bums in the paella!

 

It sounds awesome B. Enjoy the festivities!

 

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[Bonus]

Cycling in Spain - Some rules & regulations for Road Cycling:

 

There is a page on Facebook called "N332" which has links and articles concerning the driving and cycling laws in Spain. The N332 is a coastal road in Spain which starts just north of Benidorm and ends just south of Alicante. (So nowhere near us! But the rules are the same) The description of the FB page starts with the paragraph:

 

We are a group of Spanish Traffic Police Officers who have decided to create this site to inform all expats and tourist who visit Spain about the Spanish Traffic Law. We think it is unfair to fine them for breaking rules they did not know it.

 

 

The use of words/language is sometimes "interesting", but it is readable :-) It seems the laws here take into account the needs of the cyclist AND the motorist. The roads in the area we live are very quiet and so riding two abreast is much easier and more acceptable than it is in busier parts of the country.

 

 

In Spain the law says that if you want to overtake a cyclist, you must leave 1.5 meters at least between you and the cyclist.

 

 

Overtaking cyclists when there is a solid white line . . .

 

Motor vehicles in Spain are allowed to cross a solid white center line in order to overtake cyclists. However there are some considerations to be made.

 

1) If the line is solid it is because overtaking anything can be dangerous. It is important for the motor driver to bare that in mind.

 

2) Use your common sense. You need to spend as little time as possible in the oncoming lane, because you are overtaking in a dangerous place (with a solid line).

 

Although it is QUICKER to overtake a group of cyclists when they are two abreast, it is SAFER to overtake cyclists riding single file. This is because if they are riding single file there is more room left remaining on the carriageway to allow you enough space between your vehicle and the cyclist, so your vehicle only needs to occupy a little part on the opposite lane.

 

For this reason, when cycling in a group along a road with a solid white line, cyclists MUST ride single file and if they are a large group they MUST form themselves into smaller groups - thus allowing motor vehicles to leap-frog the smaller groups one at a time. 

 

 

What happens when there is broken center line . . .

 

In this case, cyclists can ride two abreast, unless there is a lot of traffic approaching from the opposite direction. If that is the case then they will have to ride in a single file and in several groups , leaving enough space between them to let other vehicles overtake them one group at a time.

 

Many riders are riding two abreast on a busy road with a broken center line and they think they are doing well because it is broken line and other vehicles can overtake them. Wrong! because if you ride two abreast then vehicles wishing to overtake must slow down until the velocity of the cyclists which is very dangerous. This is a selfish behaviour, which is punished by law.

 

 

Nowadays it is difficult to ride two abreast on the busy Spanish roads unless you do it using the hard shoulder of the road. There are many vehicles on all roads, you all share the same space, unlike others, bicycles develop a lower velocity and riding two abreast only increases the risk of having an accident.

 

Please don´t risk your life :-)

[Slowbee]

but you cant ride the argus

but you cant ride the argus

but you cant ride the argus

but you cant ride the argus

but you cant ride the argus

 

 

 

 

 

*its the only thing my jealous brain can think of*

[Bonus]

The kitchen fluorescent tube in our rented apartment has started flashing.

 

I wrote "The light in the kitchen is not working properly. I think it needs a new lamp" into the phone translator and changed it to Spanish to send to our landlord. Before I sent it I thought I'd just check that it was correct so I translated it back to English.

 

It says "The kitchen is not working. The lamp is guilty" . . . .   ;-)

[New Landy new life]

Sounds about right ????

 

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[Pulse]

The kitchen fluorescent tube in our rented apartment has started flashing.

 

I wrote "The light in the kitchen is not working properly. I think it needs a new lamp" into the phone translator and changed it to Spanish to send to our landlord. Before I sent it I thought I'd just check that it was correct so I translated it back to English.

 

It says "The kitchen is not working. The lamp is guilty" . . . . ;-)

This is SO funny!

[lechatnoir]

The kitchen fluorescent tube in our rented apartment has started flashing.

 

I wrote "The light in the kitchen is not working properly. I think it needs a new lamp" into the phone translator and changed it to Spanish to send to our landlord. Before I sent it I thought I'd just check that it was correct so I translated it back to English.

 

It says "The kitchen is not working. The lamp is guilty" . . . .   ;-)

 

el mayordomo lo hizo!   

[Gen]

The kitchen fluorescent tube in our rented apartment has started flashing.

 

I wrote "The light in the kitchen is not working properly. I think it needs a new lamp" into the phone translator and changed it to Spanish to send to our landlord. Before I sent it I thought I'd just check that it was correct so I translated it back to English.

 

It says "The kitchen is not working. The lamp is guilty" . . . . ;-)

Ha ha ha ha

[Bonus]

el mayordomo lo hizo!   

 

That would be Dips then . . . :-)

[Wendy]

but you cant ride the argus

but you cant ride the argus

but you cant ride the argus

but you cant ride the argus

but you cant ride the argus

 

 

 

 

 

*its the only thing my jealous brain can think of*

This is a thing we do miss ???? got us. Oh and the 94.7 coming up.

[Bonus]

Today we went exploring around the Ainsa lake. Actually it's a reservoir - "the Mediano", fed by the Ara and Cinco rivers from the Pyrenees which in turn feeds a hydro-electric power station down stream.

 

The water level is low at the moment (as is usual for this time of year) so we had the chance to drive down into the dam itself and have a good look around. In winter after the rains I'll have to take some "comparison photos".