It seems such a shame as they are not really ready for eating yet ! the tree has suffered because of the heat and these fell off in 2 days. Maybe I should start making cider ? https://youtu.be/G-ly3usGEaA

ericinz, unfortunately I don't know the actual timings regarding this hotel and we are not there to pop along until mid September and ask a local. I do know that the road that Sue and my brother was standing on had wide cracks in it. They are filled with tar to keep an eye on "when or if ever" the slide stops.  We probably go up there at least once a year and as yet the cracks are still on the move. Knowing a fair bit about how Spain works it will probably be just like that for generations and nothing will be done about it ! Just like the Algarrobico hotel down the road to us on the coast that was put up illegally in 2003 ! and all parties involved have washed their hands over it ! There is plenty on the internet about that one. I think a lot of money changed hands in this case (as it always has) since we first came down years ago, and long before that !
What is happening with the illegal hotel in Almeria Spain

The El Algarrobico hotel in Carboneras, Almería, is currently undergoing a significant legal and administrative process towards its demolition. After years of legal battles and political disputes, the Spanish Government has announced plans to begin the expropriation process, which is a crucial step towards the removal of the controversial building. The hotel, constructed in 2003, was built without the proper planning permission in a protected area, leading to extensive legal challenges. The First Vice-President of the Government and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, announced the expropriation of the land, which will enable the State to expropriate the building and land within its jurisdiction. The demolition is expected to be carried out within five months, provided there are no unforeseen obstacles. The process involves coordination between the central and regional governments to ensure a coordinated and complete demolition.

ericlnz, We have no problem as our Spanish neighbors would let us know by phone or the internet. Also we don't normally stop in Spain in July& August.  The woman hext door to us sent me a picture taken from her balcony looking towards the fires at Los Gallardos and Bedar. The thing is that the people that died trying to drive away from Bedar actually went downhill into the fires !! and the village escaped with very little damage !!
None of our close friends had any damage either.
I have been out with my camcorders in the UK last weekend (19th) making a video of a local blues group that are very good. I recorded the whole gig and the video is almost 2 hrs long !! and it took me several hours to edit it.  Apart from that the heatwave in the UK has bought the crops on early around our house and the corn was harvested and the straw baled up over a week ago, the maize fields are growing at an alarming rate as well so I stuck the drone up to have a look.
https://youtu.be/PM33nyCYu5Q And to add just a bit of light entertainment this is the start of the 2 hr gig (it's only short) and the guitar player on the left had a new knee the other week so he had to keep sitting down ! https://youtu.be/UDhR2cCQwnc

As for the heat, with over 50 years of being in one of the hottest parts of Spain we can cope !                                            Wow ! those gardeners at Hyde Hall certainly have their work cut out for them ! So much colour and beautifly laid out. Well done Albert Ross ! another day seeking out perfection in another place of beauty. The whole video linked from scene to scene without being boring and the coloures were to die for !. I often wonder if these places can actually make enough money to keep going ? although being National trust a combination of membership subscriptions, donations, legacies, direct property income, profits from shops and restaurants and the National Lottery Heritage Funds, they obviously do !.

If any of you saw a few snippets on the TV regarding the fires in Southern Spain, you may (or may not) realize that this is in fact the area that Sue and I live in and have many friends that have got caught up in it. The last count that I saw was 26 dead and lots of others injured. Hopefully we will still have an undamaged property ?

Actually ericlnz it is going to be about the same within 1or 2 degrees, however it will feel hotter as I will be "slaving" away in the "jungle" !

I don't often comment on any of the other pages on here except Movieplus, however having read through this I thought that I would just tell a little story as I have plenty of time relaxing in the sun in Spain.
My wife used to work in London and used to commute daily by train,this was back in the days of the IRA intimidating the public in the UK. She was waiting for a train to come home when a bomb went off on another platform and all hell let loose with people running past screaming with facial and other injuries. It upset her so much that when she eventually got home she said "I am never going back" and quit her job by phone.
Now this is what I am getting to ! She immediately got a job in our local town running the books for a firm that delt in buying and selling chemicals, and soon found out that the boss man was slowly selling the assets off leaving the firm with no contacts. Lo and behold a few weeks later the firm was up for sale ! My wife had already told the other staff to be prepared to be made redundant and they all thought she was joking. She went in on a monday and everybody had been given notice ! The boss man managed to sell the "business" as a going concern and retired to a life of luxury in his millionaires mansion. The "business" lasted 6 months before going under, so obviously the buyer didn't do his homework. Sorry to bore you. GStree Mojacar Spain.

Well my laptop decided to give me some grief as the fan stopped working ! As I said in an earlier post it runs flat out with videos that I make and has done for a long time. I managed to find a guy up in Mojacar village that sorted it for me and it seems to be ok "at the moment" I did have a "delve" into it but it isn't an easy one to get to the fan on this one as a lot of it has to come apart.
At the moment I am making videos for a new band that seems quite good and I have edited 24 numbers for them. They are called "Black Velvet" and of course they have to perform the song as well. I won't bore you with loads of music videos as you can always look on my Youtube site anytime. Is it just me that wonders why some people have to cover their bodies in tattoos?

           https://youtu.be/qC7gaMLCLN4

My barbershop doesn't cut hair any longer !

Hi, well I was asked to video the annual HIPPIE PARTY down here in Mojacar last weekend that is done for a local charity and we raised 4500 euros £3,893 !  It used to be up in the hills years ago but unfortunately the original organiser has gone to that great Hippie party in the sky! and it is now down on the playa. It isn't the easiest thing to film with blinding sunlight and shade when moving about (that's my excuse anyway). I filmed lots of the people involved as I know most of them from over the years and so it's probably too long and boring for outsiders watching. Also the entertainment supplied was the wrong style of music for the era that I grew up in, so I put some in at the start. I know that you in the UK have been having a heatwave but it's been 30c at night down here !!!  https://youtu.be/Hwcu1vuq1uo

Cheers ericlnz, I have got a pretty fast laptop anyway that I had upgraded "again" when I went with windows 11.
It's very rare that I use 2.7k when exporting videos with MVPX6 and mainly use 1080p as most of the people only view them on a phone or a tablet. However 1080p HD does look brilliant on my decent sized TV ! My main problem is I get a lot of the bands down here that want up to hour long videos with loads of editing involved. My local computer geek has done all he can to help me over the years by doing things to the processing unit that certainly made it better (he must have done as the fan runs flat out when exporting ) !!! I might bite the bullet and get one of those "Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15 Aura Edition" laptops as I know that MVP6 still works fine on windows 11.

Yes I liked that Paul, the last time that I went up our bell tower was in 1957 when I was 11 years old and I don't remember it being that hard to walk up! You were lucky to be able to give the bells a "tinkle"

The main problem was that both of the the stairs up to the bell tower are only 2ft wide and on a very tight spiral, and the only thing to hang onto was a thin rope on the right and carrying my Sony AX53 camcorder on a side handle in my left hand. I should have taken a video light up with me to cope with the back lighting rather than opening the lens a stop or two, but it was more difficult to walk down than up to go and get one !!  I do occasionally use my phone, but I certainly wouldn't use it for a complete video as my particular mobile is very limited in the control department.