Hallo liebe Crew!

Wir waren letztens mit Hugo aufm Autoverlad! Was ein Abenteuer. Haben seine Ohren einklappen müssen. Die wären kurze Zeit später auch ab gewesen. Zumindest das auf der rechten Seite. Denn irgendein Angestellter machte kaum Platz und meinte, wir sollten an ihm vorbei fahren. Mit den eingeklappten Ohren ging das auch. War aber trotzdem voll eng.

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[2/2] Monumento Natural Los Barruecos cont. Charca de Barrueco de Arriba was the second pond we circumnavigated; info boards on the shoreline describe scenes from the "The Spoils of War" episode of Games of Thrones that was shot here (📷1). Safe from attack by fire-breathing dragons, the smaller-scale winged creatures we did see included this black & white beauty, Aporia crataegi | the black-veined white butterfly (📷2). A number of the granite formations have been named, such as Peña del Tiburón | Shark Rock, with natural erosion forming an eye & mouth (📷3); although we didn’t see any 🦈 in the pond, we did see | Mauremys leprosa | the Mediterranean turtle. On the blue trail there are examples of petroglyphs from the Bronze Age, but all we made out was a caged rock. We could see only grass & granite at the site marked as a late Roman village. The “anthropomorphic tombs” were an easier spot, although there was no information on site regarding their age or occupants (📷4); possibly early medieval? Our route blended the green, red & blue trails, covering 8km in under 3h.

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[1/2] We began at Museo Vostell-Malpartida, founded in 1976 near Malpartida de Cáceres; photography isn’t allowed inside, so we’ve nothing to share/ won’t attempt to describe the art. It’s within Monumento Natural Los Barruecos, given the museum’s buildings were part of a wool processing complex that created that reserve’s artificial ponds, formerly used for wool washing. The surrounding granitic landscape & the new wetland support colonies of Ciconia ciconia | the white stork (📷1); we also got fairly close at ground level (📷2). This hairy fellow is Isturgia famula, a moth native to southern Europe (📷3). This “bujío” is a traditional stone hut used by shepherds for protection from weather or as a temporary resting place (📷4); purportedly a common sight in pastoral landscapes where grazing was historically important.

Aside from storks we identified a variety of birds on the ground, in the water & overhead, including Aegypius monachus | the black vulture; Phalacrocorax carbo | the great cormorant; Hieraaetus pennatus | the booted eagle; Actitis hypoleucos | the common sandpiper; Anser anser | the greylag goose; Podiceps cristatus | the great crested grebe; Ardea cinerea | the grey heron; & Motacilla alba | the pied wagtail. It’s a biodiversity hotspot in an otherwise dry plain!

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Blimey. That was a long day, for me anyway.

9 hours driving, with a couple of wander-breaks for leg stretching and bites to eat, plus letting the dogs take care of their needs.

Oh, and bush-mechanic an issue with the hydraulic park brake, plus get a whacking great stone out from between the rear dualies, which involved loosening the wheels. All 65 kg of me, bouncing on a breaker bar to loosen the wheel nuts ... 🤣

Still, it beats doing shorter drives everyday, as we can just chill for a couple of days until our son gets here.

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Tonight @Kuniti_shino needs to raise $20-$30 to cover EV charging so mizu can go get the SNAP/EBT card from an annoyingly distant county office (counties in this area are pooling services in adjacent counties sometimes).
The Vulpibus also needs fuel, around $180 worth.
The most recent money went to groceries, props for the rest of the solar panels, electronics parts cleaner fluid for the bus engine connections and a sillcock key for ease of water access in towns and cities.

Please send funds to:
PAYPAL https://paypal.me/inaraclocks
or KO-FI https://ko-fi.com/inamruzui as these put the money in the right place for use with EVGo and connected charging networks like Chargepoint.
If you want to donate via other means, please ask, we do have other options.

We have now banded together with other vehicle dwellers to begin to construct our first convoy. It's happening, with your help!

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The walled Old Town of Cáceres is a UNESCO World Heritage Site containing one of Europe’s best-preserved medieval ensembles, mixing Roman substructure (the 1st C. BCE colony of Norba Caesarina) with largely intact Islamic, Gothic & Renaissance architecture. On a Monday we found it largely deserted—even Plaza Mayor, the main square. A few tour groups did shuffle from ticket booth to ticket booth, but the homologous stone, populous pigeons & closed doors resisted our efforts to connect with this open-air museum, which seemed to lack residents to give it soul. In the late Gothic Santa Iglesia Concatedral de Santa María | Co-Cathedral of Santa María a spiral staircase (📷1) led to a small platform in the bell tower with views over the town (📷2); a number of other towers (including the 12th C. Moorish Torre de Bujaco) were in scaffold. We found the medieval streets & walls struggled to offer themselves as photographic subjects. An exception was at Palacio de Carvajal | Carvajal Palace, a 15th–16th century Renaissance-style palace, featuring a distinctive Gothic-style corner balcony beneath a pointed arch (📷3). We caught the bus back to camp feeling underwhelmed & questioning why this should be so. Camp itself is a highlight: we needed a break from travelling at pace, & what a delight to find an affordable pitch with en suite 🚽🚿facilities (📷4).

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