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(12-01-2019, 02:46 PM)Sam Wrote: Thanks MLA, never heard of the labyrinth before.
Neither had we Sam, and we have been coming here for over 20 years.
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That is weird MLA - it's so obvious when you look for it on Google Earth too.
I wonder if it has anything to do with Brian, the ex-pat dry stone waller, who lives close by (see photo 1 )
Well worth a hike when we're over in Feb
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(12-01-2019, 04:31 PM)Gone Fishing Wrote: That is weird MLA - it's so obvious when you look for it on Google Earth too.
I wonder if it has anything to do with Brian, the ex-pat dry stone waller, who lives close by (see photo 1 )
Well worth a hike when we're over in Feb
I think it probably is one of his creations, as he was at the property La Maxada when we visited, and it also said "Dry stone walling workshop" on the same sign.
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All of the lava stone walling around the riding stables @Granja Tara, by the windmill, is another of Brian's creations and barely a dollop of cement to be seen anywhere.
He's quite an artisan.
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I think this must be the guy that takes in volunteers on WorkAway:
https://www.workaway.info/454194398992-en.html
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(12-01-2019, 06:50 PM)waggy Wrote: Perhaps the one on FV has been done in stone in an incongruous place and intent with the original meaning forgotten?
I'm not so sure Waggy
Like the the
Labyrinth at Alkborough, the El Cotillo
Labyrinth is positioned on an elevated, isolated position, with a commanding view and if it was constructed by Brian, then I'm sure the original purpose, as a place of meditation / contemplation, would have been borne in mind .
I could certainly think of worse places to contemplate my sins
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Thanks for that Gone Fishing. I think I'll have a look next time we're over.
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Well, it turns out that this is not one of Brian creations after all.
It was made by musician and artist Wolf Patton as a gift to humankind:
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