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On the beach

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The hotel we stayed in in Malaga was very nice, but it was a city centre place and didn’t have any sort of outdoor relaxation options such as a pool or terrace, not even room balconies, so when we weren’t out, the only place to sit (other than in the bar or reception area) was the room.

City breaks are great, but sometimes it’s nice to just chill with a book or newspaper or something in a relaxing location. As a result, we toyed with the idea of going to the beach one day and hiring a couple of sun loungers and a beach umbrella. Unfortunately, all the umbrellas on the part of the beach nearest to us (and maybe the entire beach for all I know) were fixed into the sand with canopies made of palm fronds (as can be seen in the second picture below). While these are fine to an extent, they are limited by the movement of the sun and also of the position of fellow beach users, both of which will result in times when you’re unable to make use of the shade. As the temperature was in the mid thirties while we were there, and as my skin fries like bacon given half a chance, we decided to forgo the idea.

I still took these couple of pictures of the beach one evening though.

Evening at the beach
Gateway to the sea

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Colorplus . Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

Taken 19 August 2023.

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Warship

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The ship shown in today’s post is the German navy corvette, Oldenburg, moored at Malaga.

I know little of naval vessels and had to look this one up online to make an identification, but it is of the K130 Braunschweig class and was launched in Hamburg in 2007. The ship is 292 feet in length, displaces 1,840 tonnes, and has a speed of 26 knots. She carries a crew of 65. Info courtesy of Wikipedia. 🙂

Warship

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Colorplus . Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

Taken 19 August 2023.

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Fotocolor

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I like to photograph shops with film company logos. Once you could find Kodak’s familiar brand in many places but these days they are fewer and further between. Sometimes they exist in active camera and film processing stores, such as the one in today’s picture. Sometimes they appear as forgotten remnants stuck out of random walls where once film was sold, especially in tourist hotspots.

There’s a bonus McDonalds sign in there too!

One hour photo

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Colorplus . Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

Taken 19 August 2023.

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Somewhere in Fuengirola

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We caught the bus to Fuengirola one day during our trip to Malaga and while my wife was looking at shoes and clothes in the shops, I took pictures of stuff, like this street scene that caught my eye. I guess it’s a fairly average looking scene in a Spanish resort town but another country’s normal is often a novelty to a visitor, and so I took photographs of all manner of everyday scenes just because they are not things we have back home*.

*Obviously we have pharmacies and shops here in the UK, but they don’t look the same as these Spanish ones. Nor do we have bright Mediterranean sunshine to illuminate ours!

Somewhere in Fuengirola

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Colorplus . Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

Taken 19 August 2023.

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Three views of Malaga lighthouse

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A trio of pictures of the lighthouse at the port of Malaga. The fist was shot on Kodak Gold (and had turned out quite grainy for some reason), the latter two on Kodak Colorplus.

Lighthouse

The lighthouse is named La Farola, a unique name as most Spanish lighthouses are called El Faro, using the usual maculine gender. El Faro translated to “the lighthouse”, although Google Translate seems to think “La Farola” translates to “the streetlight” – not sure if there’s a lost-in-translation thing going on there…

Golden hour lighthouse

It was originally built in 1817, but has been modified several times since then, including to repair damage suffered during the Spanish Civil War. I believe you can enter the building and enjoy the views from the top, although we didn’t while we were there.

Illumination

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Gold and Kodak Colorplus . Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

Taken 18 and 19 August 2023.

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A leak and a dirty car

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Here in the UK we’re being hit by storm Babet, which is dumping large volumes of rainfall, especially on the east coast of Scotland, where a red weather warning is in place. A forecast I saw earlier (from the UK’s Met Office, so a trustworthy source) spoke of up to 250mm of rain being possible in the worst hit areas! Where I live, the rain is less severe, but we’re still under an amber warning.

This morning, while in the kitchen, I felt a splash on my head and was dismayed to discover water dripping from one of the ceiling spotlights. This part of the kitchen juts out from the rest of the house by a few feet and it’s the small roof that appears to be the source, although it was difficult to ascertain exactly where this might be. Through the day we’ve noticed discoloured strips appear where the water is getting between the sheets of plasterboard. A roofer has been contacted and will hopefully be here tomorrow to take a look. I’m hoping the damage isn’t too bad and that it will dry out – I don’t fancy the prospect of having to replace part of the kitchen ceiling and all the upheaval that will entail!

Thankfully the rain has eased through the afternoon and while it’s forecast to continue into the early hours of tomorrow, I’m hoping that the lower volume of water coupled with a change in wind direction will help.

In counterpoint to the above, here’s a car I saw in Spain that could probably benefit from a drop or two of water…

Dusty

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Colorplus. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

Taken 18 August 2023.

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A guy in the street with a trombone

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While sat on a bus at some traffic lights, I was surprised to see this guy walk into the middle of the road and start playing his trombone at the traffic. I managed to get a quick photo – maybe not the best picture ever, but at least I caught the moment for posterity. 🙂

Just a guy in the street with a trombone

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Gold. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

Taken 18 August 2023.