Views to the west.

One of the reasons we live here in the village of Torre del Compte is for the fantastic views, we love them. Although we have views in all directions our favourite is to the west, across the valley of the Matarraña river, towards the village of La Fresneda.

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The view of La Fresneda which we usually see is the one above which I took this morning. On top of the hill in the left hand half of the picture is the village ermita. The highest point to the right is the old castle which has the church immediately in front of it. All three buildings are lit at night so we have the view around the clock.


However, the view constantly changes. A few mornings ago I took the photo above as the early morning mists slowly cleared from the valley.


Later, the same morning when the mists had cleared, we were presented with a different scene.

Yesterday evening, we had a terrific sunset. The sun now has moved from far to the right, where it sets in the summer, to the left of the ermita and it has another 5 weeks to make it's way slightly further to the left before it starts on it's way back.

Here's another sunset I photographed on the 4th November 2006.

And just in case you were wondering what Torre del Compte looks like from the direction of La Fresneda, here it is above.

The new road!

The "new road" from the bridge over the Matarraña at Torre del Compte to the main road, the A231, is nearing completion, having been only 6 months, (so far), in the making. It has been widened, had bends straightened and a major bypass to "dead man's curve".

See it by clicking on the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvPUGZeBOSc

With all this straightening and bypassing the length will have to be changed from 3.5 kms to only 3!

It will be great when it is finished!

Hallowe'en!

"La noche de los muertos" or "The night of the dead", "víspera de Todos los Santos or "eve of All Saints". Whichever form you go for, it's Hallowe'en!

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15 ghouls, zombies, witches and vampires gathered to celebrate this event in Torre del Compte last night.

I don't know what the neighbours thought if they had seen us gathering.

The grim reaper and Dracula himself turned out for the occasion.

The special ingredients no doubt went into the cauldron for the meal ahead...

...and what a feast it was! This was just during the first course and there was so much food there was hardly sufficient room to put it all on the table but it soon disappeared.

And then the vampires flew off at the end to further quench their thirsts elsewhere!

And because the 1st of November, (all Saints day), is a Sunday this year and is normally a holiday here, don't worry because tomorrow, Monday, is the holiday instead.

Thanks to Floyd for 2 of the photos.