First of all, a bit of info about the area -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Chorro

This is a place not far from where I went on holiday.

Thought perhaps our resident dare devil Snappel might be interested in watching this vid:

watch all of it and see the breaks in the path !! and - the views are amazing.
Camino del rey:
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1438490562

Lindylou, sorry to butt in but I've just done that walk from my chair at my PC and even then I was panicking. That concrete couldn't hold my weight !
I take it there is no health and safety laws there then ?
Great video though. :PDT11

Lindylou, thanks for the vid!! It remind me very good moments!! :RAP_2:

I walked that path a lot of years ago, and it's really beautiful and dangerous. Inside the rocks there is a railroad tunnel, and the place is impressive.

Now the path is closed, but it's easy to jump the gate and get into.

It's an amazing place :eek: :) :)

I've climbed up a few church towers on the outside during repair work but nothing like that!

The music track in the vid is cracking and can be found at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeCgQypkDu8

Your're gonna hate me for this LL but that walk is no problem!
When I was younger and "collected eggs" I climbed ridiculous places (churches,walked across the top of Broadway bridge,climbed the great orme, derelict buildings and huge trees).
That looked pretty simple to me even 20 odd years later.Sorry:PDT_Aliboronz_11:
Nearly forgot to say Good find though LL.

Awesome video, thanks LL!!! I'd seen photos before, but never a video. It's something I plan to do at some point - thing is, there are so many different places I want to go and visit.

Bit of info on Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caminito_del_Rey

The ground 'photo' looks plain daft but it's good to see that they are planning a restoration. While it may take most of the fun out of it, I'd still be holding on to the sides!

Thanks for the link Cadfael. Also for finding the music - I like it too. :PDT11

Your're gonna hate me for this LL but that walk is no problem!
When I was younger and "collected eggs" I climbed ridiculous places (churches,walked across the top of Broadway bridge,climbed the great orme, derelict buildings and huge trees).
That looked pretty simple to me even 20 odd years later.Sorry:PDT_Aliboronz_11:
Nearly forgot to say Good find though LL.

I'm not too scared of heights myself. I don't mind going to the top of the cathedral tower or looking over clifftops -- but I think El Chorro is much higher :shock: ... those gaps in the walkway .. OMG ! :eek:

There is another high place I've been to called Ronda in southern Spain -I'll see what pics I've got when I get time.

I've walked along the coping stones on St. Georges Hall - they're about two feet wide so not that danerous in themselves but a good gust of wind could unsettle you as it is quite high up :)

Funnily enough, it's all in the mind when it comes to heights. Having done lots of restoration on church towers, there are times when each trap door in every level is open so you have a view from the inside of the top of the tower to the bottom and scare yourself silly when you walk past it.

However, shut the trap over and stand on it and you feel perfectly safe!

Pershore Abbey is the best, with the ringing chamber suspended in the middle of the tower attached with only 4 large beams:

http://www.wdcra.org.uk/study/pershore.htm (click on the next at the bottom for more pics)

I couldn't find much to post on Ronda as we have video footage rather than snaps.

heres a pic off the a web-site: ( I have walked over this bridge a few times) :) http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y249/rubinda/Yo%20box/11aa3489.jpg

my own snap. Me waving from the top -

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y249/rubinda/Yo%20box/6a719d8f.jpg

some info on Ronda. It is a very interesting place with stunning scenery.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronda

Watch this - this is filmed in Ronda. I've walked all around the places you see in the video. Watch the bit half way along .. where he is singing from the iron balcony overlooking the sheer drop - I've stood in that very same place :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqUs2yRN5o0

I love hearing this song - it reminds me of a beautiful place and great holiday.

ps,

it is said that many spurned lovers have thrown themselves from el Tajo. :(


... oohh Spain is a spectacular country ! if you look for the real Spain.

RONDA :PDT11

I love it there. that vid is filmed at the Mondragón palace.

I have some pics i will dig out.

Sorry meant the balcony is at Mondragón palace:)

These are the Mondragon Palace

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/yo/ronda.gif

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/yo/ronda2.gif

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/yo/ronda3.gif

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/yo/ronda4.gif

A few more of Ronda

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/yo/ronda6.gif

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/yo/ronda8.gif

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/ronda10.gif

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/ronda11.gif

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/ronda12.gif

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/ronda15.gif

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/ronda18.gif

Sorry Lindy i have hijacked your thread.

Ronda has flies :)

What way did you get up there? did you go the easy straight route round the back, or the 626 turns around the mountain :unibrow:

If you went up the mountain route, then the turn off you take off that hectic main road , that is where San Pedro de Alcántara is :) Sevvies golf course is at the foot of the Mountain.

A lantern-lit parapet graces the bridge, and over the years many people have fallen to their deaths from here, including the original architect who did so during an inspection. During the Spanish Civil War it was a place of execution for Franco's troops or the rebels (depending on which group was controlling Ronda at the time). Ernest Hemingway recorded how prisoners were thrown alive into this deep gorge in his book For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Brilliant pics and info all.
Looks a nice place.
Well Done all:handclap:

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/yo/aaaaaronr.jpg

This is my lad on that balcony from the song.

This was taken 3 years ago, he is now 6 foot 2 and has shoulders like a bull. How they change.

Gnomie your son is a handsome lad :)


in answer to you question - we have been 3 times to Ronda - what a fantastic place ! I will still go there again and not get tired of it. We took the 626 turns up the mountain seeing vultures on the way!! :)

I wish I had more photos to post but we took our camcorder - we have some great footage.
Same with Granada - another fab place , the historic Alhambra and Generalife gardens, it's beautiful. The journey through the sierras to get to Granada is stunning, you stop off half way at Santa Fe where there are stunning views. but once again I have it on video rather than photos. The best views of the Alhambra are from Albaicin. There is so much to see in Granada you would need to stay for a month to see the numerous old churches and buildings - with it's medieval Moorish history

Gnomie - have you any of Sevilla?

Other places I would like to see are Cadiz and Cordoba.

I'm loving this thread like the Wales one :PDT_Piratz_26:

I dont have any of Sevilla, plenty on the web :)

Have you been to Mini Hollywood

http://spainforvisitors.com/archive/features/aa081501a.htm

YEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

its brilliant:PDT11 and the desert is incredible.

The shows are great.

Anyone know of the highest point at which you can get to in Liverpool (on a building) and feel bloody scared but still get through the health and safety checks?

I know my vote is the Municipal Building gallery right at the top of the tower, but that's out of the public reach so it doesn't count. Liverpool Cathedral at the top is as safe as houses as you are enclosed - anyone got a place to go where they really do feel unsafe?

The Anglican Cathedral must be the highest - it's higher than Beetham West, I think I'm right in saying. As for feeling unsafe - it's hard to say. I don't think I've ever been anywhere high up in Liverpool that's not safe. Well, there was one time, where I nearly fell and died, but I can't talk about that at the moment...

Alvor - we love it there. This pic is the coves end of the beach. You can google earth it too for more great pics.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5959/gedcovesuc7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5959/gedcovesuc7.3609583a0b.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=140&i=gedcovesuc7.jpg)


http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/9767/annbycoveslt0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/9767/annbycoveslt0.c0a074cdcd.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=111&i=annbycoveslt0.jpg)

The bonzai in Aqualand - used to be called 'The big one' - the idea of this ride is you stay seated and try to skim along the pool to the man made beach at the end - your bum twitches when at the top, the mechanism takes you almost vertical then the trap door keeping you there slides open and you leave your voice at the top.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7753/bonzaiei6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7753/bonzaiei6.defbd3f36c.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=140&i=bonzaiei6.jpg)

The Village church. Immaculate inside with great statues and paintings.

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/9470/churchju0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/9470/churchju0.235c636a67.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=108&i=churchju0.jpg)

Our 2 mels and a lad they met from Mancland whom we christened 'scatter' - a long story but he used to get off his face every night, he was living there with his aunt, a trainee chef he was. Anyway how he never died we don't know but we'd see him again next morning either in the shop or on the beach - right as rain.

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/7504/scatterch6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/7504/scatterch6.fdf950b06c.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=108&i=scatterch6.jpg)

Another of the 2 dozen rides at these water park

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5282/rides1of6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5282/rides1of6.60d9ff10b4.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=108&i=rides1of6.jpg)

I could bore you all day with these and in no time at all you can be in the real unchanged Portugal like the mountanous region of Monchique or sailing the coast on a jolly roger pirate ship or viewing the coral and colourful fish in a glass bottomed boat.

This is our No.3 born with her 2 Portuguese chums.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/189/k8ealexnchumax0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/189/k8ealexnchumax0.b110dcc700.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=140&i=k8ealexnchumax0.jpg)


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The Top Balcony at Goodison Park- Its funny watching peoples reactions up there, very steep. not sure of public places at height in Liverpool? maybe tower blocks.

Nice pics Ged

I wanna go on holiday now :PDT11

Thanks for posting your holiday pics Ged.
We are hoping to go to Portugal some time in the future. We have never been. When the time comes I will ask you for some tips on where to go. :) Do you go to hotels or rent apartments ?
We have only ever used apartments - - I've never stayed in a hotel.

The Anglican Cathedral must be the highest - it's higher than Beetham West, I think I'm right in saying. As for feeling unsafe - it's hard to say. I don't think I've ever been anywhere high up in Liverpool that's not safe. Well, there was one time, where I nearly fell and died, but I can't talk about that at the moment...

Beetham West is the only Liverpool building to be taller than the Cathedral, but as the Cathedral is on a ridge it might be higher if measured from sea level.

Some Spain holiday snaps;
Alora, fiesta in Mijas, pic of me with ship Queen Mary in background, Gibraltar. (you can see north Africa in the distance)

Pershore Abbey is the best, with the ringing chamber suspended in the middle of the tower attached with only 4 large beams:



I lived in Pershore before moving to Birkdale when I was 9.
The Abbey was our local church.
The people in Southport used to think I said I came from Persia! :PDT_Piratz_26:

First pic, me by a fountain.
Second pic, 'fright night !' :noid: we were in some dark caves in Gibraltar

Beetham West is the only Liverpool building to be taller than the Cathedral, but as the Cathedral is on a ridge it might be higher if measured from sea level.

I suppose if we took the layout of the land in to consideration then I would put my money on the top of the Reservoir tower in Woolton. Has some handrails on the top so that would be a grin!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/423116846/

(cheers max!)

First pic, me by a fountain.

Now there IS a lady! :unibrow:

Thanks for posting your holiday pics Ged.
We are hoping to go to Portugal some time in the future. We have never been. When the time comes I will ask you for some tips on where to go. :) Do you go to hotels or rent apartments ?
We have only ever used apartments - - I've never stayed in a hotel.

No probs Linda. I go for the package deal which is easier with the kids. People just in couples though have booked with local info shops they've found on previous holidays and you can rent a house in the village and get your own flights and taxi a lot cheaper. Our kids like the apartment atmosphere though instead of behind your own walls of a villa as that way they get to meet friends and go off swimming, sunbathing and drinking with them. Maybe when they've grown up and disowned us we'll try it the other way. We always go self catering as when drinking until 6am when we're away from the grindstone, we'd never make brekkie.

Some people we've met have bought out there after going the same place sometimes twice a year for more than a decade. It's amazing that you could just go to the wrong resort and say never again to that country. The locals are fantastic, never had a problem - ever.

Some Spain holiday snaps;
Alora, fiesta in Mijas, pic of me with ship Queen Mary in background, Gibraltar. (you can see north Africa in the distance)

That second pic..I thought is was Sonia from Eastenders.
Good lookalike there LL.:) and good pics too:handclap:

Lovely pics.. and great info.. thanks for sharing the fun!!

That second pic..I thought is was Sonia from Eastenders.
Good lookalike there LL.:) and good pics too:handclap:


talking of lookalikes, does this look a bit like Kev d'ya think ?? :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqUs2yRN5o0

It does a bit :handclap:

Haha! I thought I recognised those Aqualand pics. I've been on that banzai thingy as well... we stayed in a place called Guia....


Alvor - we love it there. This pic is the coves end of the beach. You can google earth it too for more great pics.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5959/gedcovesuc7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5959/gedcovesuc7.3609583a0b.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=140&i=gedcovesuc7.jpg)


http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/9767/annbycoveslt0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/9767/annbycoveslt0.c0a074cdcd.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=111&i=annbycoveslt0.jpg)

The bonzai in Aqualand - used to be called 'The big one' - the idea of this ride is you stay seated and try to skim along the pool to the man made beach at the end - your bum twitches when at the top, the mechanism takes you almost vertical then the trap door keeping you there slides open and you leave your voice at the top.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7753/bonzaiei6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7753/bonzaiei6.defbd3f36c.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=140&i=bonzaiei6.jpg)

The Village church. Immaculate inside with great statues and paintings.

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/9470/churchju0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/9470/churchju0.235c636a67.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=108&i=churchju0.jpg)

Our 2 mels and a lad they met from Mancland whom we christened 'scatter' - a long story but he used to get off his face every night, he was living there with his aunt, a trainee chef he was. Anyway how he never died we don't know but we'd see him again next morning either in the shop or on the beach - right as rain.

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/7504/scatterch6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/7504/scatterch6.fdf950b06c.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=108&i=scatterch6.jpg)

Another of the 2 dozen rides at these water park

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5282/rides1of6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5282/rides1of6.60d9ff10b4.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=108&i=rides1of6.jpg)

I could bore you all day with these and in no time at all you can be in the real unchanged Portugal like the mountanous region of Monchique or sailing the coast on a jolly roger pirate ship or viewing the coral and colourful fish in a glass bottomed boat.

This is our No.3 born with her 2 Portuguese chums.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/189/k8ealexnchumax0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/189/k8ealexnchumax0.b110dcc700.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=140&i=k8ealexnchumax0.jpg)


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Yes been to Guia. That's where the Zoo Marine is of course, a fantastic day out with dolphin, sea lion, parrot and birds of prey shows.