Kiersten Rowland

Adventures, wildlife, and life in the Alpujarras

Notes – 2026

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Today's dog walk reminded us that Arko has a fear, bridges & drops.Maybe his eye sight is not so good now 🤷 A year or so ago he refused to walk past the swimming pool, there's no water in there, but a greenhouse! Middle of last year he decided he wasn't going out, or in, the steps leading out of the garden, he will only go through the main gates. I put on his lead and encouraged him across the bridge he'd turned back from.

Video showing one white dog crossing a bridge over a river. The second dog, black and white husky starts to cross but gets scared and turns around off the bridge running past the person taking the video. The second part of the video shows rather than take the bridge, like the humans, two dogs ford the river. First goes the black and white husky, followed shortly after by smaller white dog. They both love the water but it does get a little deep before they exist the river.

I thought "they' (whoever they are) said living or getting in the countryside is good for your health, better air quality etc! Hmmm not today in Lanjaron it isn't, someone must have said today is the day to burn the garden rubbish. Looks like Spain will have overshot their emissions target for 2026 in one day 🤭

Picture showing a Spanish village, disappearing in smoke, surrounded by hillsides with green trees in the foreground. Grey cloudy sky. Picture showing a Spanish village, disappearing in smoke, surrounded by hillsides with green trees in the foreground. Grey cloudy sky.