Anything Everywhere
Building works have commenced on the Balcón de Europa in Nerja, upgrading/replacing etc various floor tiles as well as renovating the circular seating at this popular location. These works are expected to take around two months.
January 17th and 18th – Fiesta de San Antón in Maro (Nerja)
January 18th – Fiesta Callejea in Alhaurín de la Torre
January 18th – Fiesta en honor a San Hilario de Poitiers in Comares
January 19th – Fiestas de San Sebastián in Alhaurín de la Torre
Lovely chestnut colouring on these birds
Food glorious food in the square
Another nice bronze sculpture by Francisco Martín Molina
Out on ye olde e-scooter
Phoenician deity looking out to sea
Practice makes perfect
Ground and Sun, not recipes but species
Nothing spectacular, just a great time to be out in the fresh air
All gnarled and nobbly, very nice
First time out and about with the 40mm f2
Every Picture Tells A Story, but not always the one you expected
Pretty nifty little crabs if they sense danger
Ad Vitam (2025), a French action thriller, looked as though it would be just another ‘former elite unit member’ goes on the hunt for revenge and with suitable bodycount. It wasn’t. After an opening bit of action, it was basically an hour of unnecessary, mainly irrelevant and uninteresting backstory which left one wondering if it would ever actually get going at some point. Not the best action film but not entirely a waste of time.
Operation Seawolf (2022) stars Dolph Lundgren and is a real low-budget affair with maritime battle scenes looking like they were filmed from the side of a bathtub with a faulty Gopro using models built in nursery school. The upside? It is only 1 hour 26 mins in length.
Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, the latest in the series, is entertaining enough, with plenty of action and humour and well worth a watch.
Carry-On (2024), the plane luggage that is, is the subject of this action thriller. A reasonable plot, high body-count…what more could you ask on a winter’s eve? Not quite Die Hard, but entertaining enough.
Prey (2022) is yet another in the Predator franchise, this time with an early 19th century Native American twist. Whilst not the best in the series, it is most certainly not the worst by any means. Watchable.
Hunting with Tigers (2024) is a French action/thriller (original title Tigres et Hyenes) which has plenty of action as well as a smidgen of mystery.
Violent Night is an altogether different Christmas offering from 2022 as a disillusioned Santa ends up taking on mercenaries and kill squads. Actually quite enjoyable with some amusing Home Alone references and actions.
An old card game comes to life and a family travels back in time is the premise of Family Pack (2024), a French film starring Jean Reno. I’m afraid I gave up after a very short time. Might try again another time….or maybe not.
