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The abandoned Spanish village of Retamalejo


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I said I was going to give it a shot.......so today I tracked down the abandoned Spanish village of Retamalejo in the Murcia province.


It originally had 25 dwellings there.....most are in ruins now, and it's been empty since 1980.


This one was hard......despite leaving early in the morning it got very hot, very quickly. By the time I'd walked round there in the 40+ heat my clothes were soaked through, and my hands were shaking so much I was struggling to take any more pics!


Yes it was that bad.......and I've now got heatstroke! The only thing I didn't suffer from doing this one was blood loss.....but the day is still young!


I was thinking to myself.....why am I still doing crazy shit like this at 66?


Well I don't know the answer to that.....but I do know that it's a better option than being incarcerated in an Old Folks Home! Or being a Casual!


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You need to start taking a drink and some food with you mate, heatstroke at your age......

 

Always do Rich......but as fast as I was drinking it it was pouring out of me in sweat!

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[mention]XTreme[/mention] as much as we love reading about your adventures and we all know that you're NOT a casual, maybe it's time to leave these types of trips to later in the year when the temps are more bearable :thumb:


Great pictures though :cheers:

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@XTreme as much as we love reading about your adventures and we all know that you're NOT a casual, maybe it's time to leave these types of trips to later in the year when the temps are more bearable :thumb:


Great pictures though :cheers:

 

Yeh.....I'll be stepping back from it for a while.


Normally you can get out early, be back by midday, and it's not too bad!


Well today caught me out......I was still back by midday but the wall of heat came down much sooner.

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WTF are you twats on about? I've been busy as hell this week with work........you'll notice I haven't even posted on FB either.


Obviously I have to be on my own site intermittently in case of issues. Same for Stu here!


And it was [mention]Tiggie[/mention] that mentioned my forum......I never have! It's not ethical to do so!


So what's so important that there's a general panic if I haven't been on for a couple of days?


Cos I've gone months without being on here in the past.......just look at my posting history!


F@cking clueless bunch of Casuals!

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Sorry to hear that :cry:

 

It happens here.......just got to be a bit more selective in terms of where I go, and how far I go, for the next month or so.


By then it should get down to below 30 with any luck.

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