What have you done today thread?

[Pirahna]

Had a nice walk earlier.....

Do you not get bored living on what is essentially a tiny island for tourists? I'd go stir crazy after a week. I believe there's a ferry to Morocco which lets face it, looks a more attractive place to live. The nearest bit of mainland is Western Sahara which is a bit of war zone so probably best avoided.

[Yorick]

Is that imported sand? Or is that a daft question?

Natural. I've dived plenty, and it's as it should be.

[Yorick]

Had a nice walk earlier.....

Do you not get bored living on what is essentially a tiny island for tourists? I'd go stir crazy after a week. I believe there's a ferry to Morocco which lets face it, looks a more attractive place to live. The nearest bit of mainland is Western Sahara which is a bit of war zone so probably best avoided.

I'm biting my tongue, or I'll get barred.

It's fucking amazing. We love it. If you don't, just fuck off with your cold, wet UK

[Pirahna]

I'm biting my tongue, or I'll get barred.

It's fucking amazing. We love it. If you don't, just fuck off with your cold, wet UK

Bite your tongue all you like, it strikes me as very sad. Look at my cheap beer etc but wherever you go it's all the same. Today I rode up a volcano, it's a volcanic island and if you want to go up then that's all you have. It's a small island, if you want to leave it's either a plane to somewhere or a boat to an African war zone. GSXR.

[Potter]

Bite your tongue all you like, it strikes me as very sad. Look at my cheap beer etc but wherever you go it's all the same. Today I rode up a volcano, it's a volcanic island and if you want to go up then that's all you have. It's a small island, if you want to leave it's either a plane to somewhere or a boat to an African war zone. GSXR.

You're safe bud, you can let go of that anger, no one will force you to retire to a tropical island if you don't want to.

[weeksy]

I'm biting my tongue, or I'll get barred.

It's fucking amazing. We love it. If you don't, just fuck off with your cold, wet UK

Bite your tongue all you like, it strikes me as very sad. Look at my cheap beer etc but wherever you go it's all the same. Today I rode up a volcano, it's a volcanic island and if you want to go up then that's all you have. It's a small island, if you want to leave it's either a plane to somewhere or a boat to an African war zone. GSXR.

LEts be honest, how often in a given month do you go socially outside of something the size of the island he's on ? I know for us, it's not very often. Lets say 90mins driving, how often do you go further than 90 mins ? We're mostly home-birds i think in this country and don't stray often from our nest. The only real times we do is for MTB stuff, this weekend i'm going to the Peaks which is 3 hours away, but that's a trip that's been planned for months, not just a spur of the moment thing.

I'm very much 50-50 on his lifestyle in the context of me wanting to take it up... Part of me would love to be on holiday every day from now to eternity.. but part of me could see me getting bored too... How bored, i don't know... It's not like i got rock climbing every week or building dens in the forest... I think in many ways the benefits outweigh the downsides and the boredom factor would be outweighed by having all day sun, bars nearby and somewhere to ride if an when i wanted.

[Yambo]

Is that imported sand? Or is that a daft question?

I was wondering if those palm trees were imported!

[weeksy]

Is that imported sand? Or is that a daft question?

I was wondering if those palm trees were imported!

Dunno, but on the sand thing i can't work out where it's come from then. If it's a volcanic island then surely sand comes from the break up of the land/rocks on the outside edges... so would in theory be black sand instead of golden. The times we've visited his rock it was more rock than sand and whilst over by the lighthouse there's some light coloured sandy stuff, it's certainly in the minority from what we saw.

[Potter]

I'm very much 50-50 on his lifestyle in the context of me wanting to take it up... Part of me would love to be on holiday every day from now to eternity.. but part of me could see me getting bored too...

I don't think you would, you'd find something, you might take up ocean sports, or something else available.
People who move and then moan they're bored are lacking in imagination.

I have a different set of sports/hobbies here and it's not better or worse, just different, life is way too short to sit around moaning about boredom.

[slowsider]

Is that imported sand? Or is that a daft question?

Natural. I've dived plenty, and it's as it should be.

It's had a while to settle, having been imported before you arrived
https://wsrw.org/en/archive/2103
http://www.holidayvillasinlanzarote.co.uk/beaches.html

[weeksy]

Is that imported sand? Or is that a daft question?

Natural. I've dived plenty, and it's as it should be.

It's had a while to settle, having been imported before you arrived
https://wsrw.org/en/archive/2103
http://www.holidayvillasinlanzarote.co.uk/beaches.html

I thought there was something about it being imported in the museum place we went to, but i couldn't recall.

[Yorick]

I'm biting my tongue, or I'll get barred.

It's fucking amazing. We love it. If you don't, just fuck off with your cold, wet UK

Bite your tongue all you like, it strikes me as very sad. Look at my cheap beer etc but wherever you go it's all the same. Today I rode up a volcano, it's a volcanic island and if you want to go up then that's all you have. It's a small island, if you want to leave it's either a plane to somewhere or a boat to an African war zone. GSXR.

Ferry to Fuertaventura 30 minutes.
Then ferry to Gran Canaria 2 hours.
Then ferry to Tenerife 90 minutes.

And the others...

I haven't a clue who you are, but you have an axe to grind.

[Yorick]

Natural. I've dived plenty, and it's as it should be.

It's had a while to settle, having been imported before you arrived
https://wsrw.org/en/archive/2103
http://www.holidayvillasinlanzarote.co.uk/beaches.html

I thought there was something about it being imported in the museum place we went to, but i couldn't recall.

We have huge sand quarries on the island. We see the huge machines when we're out playing.
Miles and miles of desert and huge sand dunes for us to play in

[Yorick]

Not much sand here

[Yorick]

Is that imported sand? Or is that a daft question?

I was wondering if those palm trees were imported!

Dunno, but on the sand thing i can't work out where it's come from then. If it's a volcanic island then surely sand comes from the break up of the land/rocks on the outside edges... so would in theory be black sand instead of golden. The times we've visited his rock it was more rock than sand and whilst over by the lighthouse there's some light coloured sandy stuff, it's certainly in the minority from what we saw.

I took this last week, a mile from Playa Blanca

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[weeksy]

i guess the black coming through is the natural stuff and the golden stuff is the man-made from 4-5 decades ago... i wonder if over time they sort of mix to make a semi-natural inbred version.

When did people first come to the Island out of interest ? Well, to settle properly anyway, not just as first explored.

[Yorick]

i guess the black coming through is the natural stuff and the golden stuff is the man-made from 4-5 decades ago... i wonder if over time they sort of mix to make a semi-natural inbred version.

Massive areas of natural sand

[v8-powered]

Dug out my summer jacket, a bit too warm wearing the A* Andes the last week or so....

[Yorick]

When did people first come to the Island out of interest ? Well, to settle properly anyway, not just as first explored.

https://www.worldtravelguide.net/guides ... 0livestock.

[Yorick]

And it's a terrible place to live

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