Framedlight

Saturday, our last morning in Majorca, so I got up early and went out to photograph sunrise from the beach. It looked as if it was to be another warm day, but at lunchtime we would be flying home, a journey that was to be a lot less onerous than the one that had brought me here. The first picture is a panorama made from 9 vertical pictures

The last full day we had on Majorca was Good Friday. Overnight all the cafés seemed to have opened and there was an inrush of tourists. As if it knew, the weather changed from cool to warm. Alan wanted to ride his bike for the last time before leaving and I fancied a trip back to the Bóquer Valley, which I could do more or less from the doorstep of the apartment. I took all my camera gear and the tripod but unfortunately forgot to bring any water, and by the time I got back I was frazzled and miserable. Hot weather is not for me. At the start of the walk is an old farmhouse which has fallen into neglect, although now renovations seem to be underway. I stopped to photograph a few details from the front of the house. The light had become very bright and there was too much contrast in the cliffs to do much with snapshot wise. The conditions were very different from earlier in the week when it was cloudy. I persevered and got down to the sea which was calm and a translucent blue. ...

The evening saw us going back to try and catch another sunset at Sa Talaia d'Alberctutx. This time a nearly full moon rose over the bay. On the spit, seen most clearly on the 4th photograph from the end, is the villa used in the television adaptation of Le Careé's 'The Night Manager'

The footpath though the Bóquer Valley ends at a little rocky cove, the Cala Bóquer, which on the day we were there was full of choppy waves. The beach had an array of interesting driftwood and a rather too tame goat who was hunting for sandwiches. We sat for a while and watched the spray as the waves hit the rocks and we were lucky enough to see an osprey fishing, but not catching anything. We then walked back through the valley to the apartment in Pollença, which was only about 5 minutes from the start of the path.