The sun rises over the sea
The Volcanoes of Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain - 27th October 2021
We arrange to take a bus tour of the Timanfaya volcanic National Park in the heart of Lanzarote, to see some of the 109 volcanoes close up. As part of the tour, the bus takes us over to the west coast to look at a green lagoon, then into the centre of the park for a demonstration of hot rocks, geysers and cooking over direct volcanic heat. Then we stop off for lunch at a canteen in Macha Blanca which can only be described as "industrial" in the way it's set up to take entire bus-loads on a regular basis. The next day, Isobel and Fred are booked in to a diving experience course, where they are given an introduction to actual Scuba gear and let loose in the pleasant bay of Playa Chica for a couple of long dives. After that, on the Friday, we head home after our final breakfast in the Costa Mar Aparthotel's canteen.
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Fred heads off up the beach
Nosher casts a long shadow
A collared dove trots around
The excitement of doing the laundry
The gang on the beach
Isobel and Fred in the restaurant
Fred's minifigures collection
Fred lines up some Lego figures
The Restaurante Maurismo
An abandoned Link scooter
Fred builds a big Lego stack at Sol y Mar
There's music at Sol y Mar bar
We get some more Piña Coladas
Guitar and Djembes
We walk back past the Spar
Our 'fully equipped' kitchen
The boys bounce around in their room
Another morning view from the apartment
Fred stands next to a cactus
Harry gets some breakfast
The Spar cat hangs around
The Spar cat gets breakfast
Isobel scopes out the fruit section
We pick up some emergency picnic stuff
Harry strokes the Spar cat
Harry tries to climb into his shopping basket
The volcanoes of Lanzarote
A church and its bell
Our insectoid tour bus
Layers and layers of ash deposition
Our tour group looks out over the crater
Green water in the volcano crater
Isobel checks her watch against the bus schedule
A volcanic bay with a bunch of boats
Fred and Harry by the tour bus
El Golfo, on the west coast
Harry's on a camel
Another camel group comes in
Harry, Nosher and Isobel, taken by Fred
Isobel and Nosher on a dromedary
Fred and Harry's camel launches itself up
A view of Fred and Harry
Fred takes a close-up photo
Fred's close-up of a camel
Another camel train heads down the volcano
Some rare green foliage
A family photo
Harry gets handed some hot rocks
A bundle of hay gets stuck in a lava tube
After a while, the bundle of hay ignites
The artificial geyser goes off violently
Food cooks over actual volcanic hot rocks
The madness of lava flows
Some kind of volcanic structure
A view out over the national park
A volcanic crater with its top blown off
Isobel and Harry in the canteen
The crowded canteen of Mancha Blanca
Another view of the packed canteen
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sorrows, Mancha Blanca
The church of Our Lady of Sorrows
The 'I Love You' bus has been haunting us
A playground is an oasis of green
Bottles of water on a wall
We stop off at the Vinos del Campesino
Semi-circle walls where vines are grown
A big prickly pear cactus
The boys look at something
A derelict warehouse
We're back at the apartment
Fred's diving gang get rugged up
Harry interacts with the resident grey cat
Fred and Isobel get some instruction
Fred and Isobel are flippered up
The divers head off into the sea
The dive group bobs around at the surface
Isobel and Fred
Fred floats around under water
Fred pokes at the sea bed
Fred and Isobel wave
Playa Chica and the pier
We hire some sunbeds for an hour or so
The sunbeds are out for the first time, post Covid
Fred and Harry wait for the taxi
Waiting around outside Costa Mar Aparthotel
Fred takes a last look at volanoes
A derelict building on the way to the airport
Harry tries to duck out at the airport
We head off to the gate
At Arecife airport
It's a rare treat as we actually get an air bridge
A Dash-8 in Binter livery at Arrecife
Fred plays on his phone
The control tower at Arrecife airport
The wibbly-wobbly runway of Arrecife
Volcanoes behind the airport
A view of the city of Arrecife
A cool view of a volcano crater
London and Battersea Power Station
A JAL plane flies past below
Somewhere near Stansted
Maintenance in the Diamond Hangar
An aircraft of the defunct Lauda Ryanair subsidiary
The scrum on board after the plane parks up
It's lashing it down at Stansted
There's a double rainbow over the airport
Isobel walks around in the rain
An optimistic rainbow over the gloom of Ryanair
Isobel on a travelator
On an escalator in Stansted airport
We're back in the short-stay car park
Back home, it's pumpkin-carving season
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The sun rises over the sea
The sun rises over the sea
Fred heads off up the beach
Nosher casts a long shadow
A collared dove trots around
The excitement of doing the laundry
The gang on the beach
Isobel and Fred in the restaurant
Fred's minifigures collection
Fred lines up some Lego figures
The Restaurante Maurismo
An abandoned Link scooter
Fred builds a big Lego stack at Sol y Mar
There's music at Sol y Mar bar
We get some more Piña Coladas
Guitar and Djembes
We walk back past the Spar
Our 'fully equipped' kitchen
The boys bounce around in their room
Another morning view from the apartment
Fred stands next to a cactus
Harry gets some breakfast
The Spar cat hangs around
The Spar cat gets breakfast
Isobel scopes out the fruit section
We pick up some emergency picnic stuff
Harry strokes the Spar cat
Harry tries to climb into his shopping basket
The volcanoes of Lanzarote
A church and its bell
Our insectoid tour bus
Layers and layers of ash deposition
Our tour group looks out over the crater
Green water in the volcano crater
Isobel checks her watch against the bus schedule
A volcanic bay with a bunch of boats
Fred and Harry by the tour bus
El Golfo, on the west coast
Harry's on a camel
Another camel group comes in
Harry, Nosher and Isobel, taken by Fred
Isobel and Nosher on a dromedary
Fred and Harry's camel launches itself up
A view of Fred and Harry
Fred takes a close-up photo
Fred's close-up of a camel
Another camel train heads down the volcano
Some rare green foliage
A family photo
Harry gets handed some hot rocks
A bundle of hay gets stuck in a lava tube
After a while, the bundle of hay ignites
The artificial geyser goes off violently
Food cooks over actual volcanic hot rocks
The madness of lava flows
Some kind of volcanic structure
A view out over the national park
A volcanic crater with its top blown off
Isobel and Harry in the canteen
The crowded canteen of Mancha Blanca
Another view of the packed canteen
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sorrows, Mancha Blanca
The church of Our Lady of Sorrows
The 'I Love You' bus has been haunting us
A playground is an oasis of green
Bottles of water on a wall
We stop off at the Vinos del Campesino
Semi-circle walls where vines are grown
A big prickly pear cactus
The boys look at something
A derelict warehouse
We're back at the apartment
Fred's diving gang get rugged up
Harry interacts with the resident grey cat
Fred and Isobel get some instruction
Fred and Isobel are flippered up
The divers head off into the sea
The dive group bobs around at the surface
Isobel and Fred
Fred floats around under water
Fred pokes at the sea bed
Fred and Isobel wave
Playa Chica and the pier
We hire some sunbeds for an hour or so
The sunbeds are out for the first time, post Covid
Fred and Harry wait for the taxi
Waiting around outside Costa Mar Aparthotel
Fred takes a last look at volanoes
A derelict building on the way to the airport
Harry tries to duck out at the airport
We head off to the gate
At Arecife airport
It's a rare treat as we actually get an air bridge
A Dash-8 in Binter livery at Arrecife
Fred plays on his phone
The control tower at Arrecife airport
The wibbly-wobbly runway of Arrecife
Volcanoes behind the airport
A view of the city of Arrecife
A cool view of a volcano crater
London and Battersea Power Station
A JAL plane flies past below
Somewhere near Stansted
Maintenance in the Diamond Hangar
An aircraft of the defunct Lauda Ryanair subsidiary
The scrum on board after the plane parks up
It's lashing it down at Stansted
There's a double rainbow over the airport
Isobel walks around in the rain
An optimistic rainbow over the gloom of Ryanair
Isobel on a travelator
On an escalator in Stansted airport
We're back in the short-stay car park
Back home, it's pumpkin-carving season