In the company of Midshipmen

 Prepare for a very, very long walk. I got carried away. To be fair , most of it is unreviewed so may as well not exist.  We will peak at 1374m [30m above Ben Nevis]  above sea level and ground at 830m [Cramalt Craig - 868th in the rate of British Mountains.]





First we will pass the ruins of the SET Aliaga Thermal Plant. It is all brooding and creates nice pictures.




Better do some anniversaries on this 3rd day of November.




In 1450 Alfonso the Magnanimous - which is a heck of a name - founded a college in Barcelona, the predecessor of the University of Barcelona.





1536: Juana I aka Joan the Mad orders officials in Nueva Cadiz [Venezuela] samples of the petroleum oil they have discovered.





On the same day Charles V moved the capital of the Viceroyalty of Peru from Jauja to Lima.



Welcome to Barrio La Canadilla. It is a small collection of houses. It gets a google mark a single five star review.  Jose comes to our aid. ‘La Cañadilla is a small hamlet situated at an altitude of 1220 meters on the road that leads from Aliaga to Ejulve. Over time, it has gradually become depopulated, and today it has only four residents. Among its buildings is a hermitage dedicated to Saint Joseph. A pilgrimage is made to it on Easter Sunday, which is also attended by people from Cirugeda. Nearby, you'll find a fountain with a washhouse, known as Fuente del Camino (Fountain of the Road). A visit to this beautiful and peaceful hamlet of La Cañadilla is highly recommended.’



Back to the anniversaries.



In 1850 the Odeon Theatre began operating on Hospital Street, Barcelona. It will continue till 1887.


Still in Barcelona Antoni Gaudi was commissioned in 1883 to continue the construction of the Sagrada Familia.



A fire in Santander [1893] aboard the steamship Cabo Machichaco sets off its dynamite killing 590 and hurting 525.



And finally, Jose Patino Rosales died in 1736. He was a Spanish diplomat and politician. Born in 1666, he supported the Bourbons in the War of Spanish Succession and held many diplomatic and administrative posts. He was a busy bee in the Navy and did…


  • Published some Ordinances of the Navy , standardizing all existing forces, " Mediterranean galleys ", " Ocean ships " and " Indies galleons ".

  • He built the Carraca Arsenal . (By Royal Order of Philip V)

  • He created the Midshipmen's Gentlemen Companies .

  • He promoted the construction of warships and ensured that Spain had a navy suited to its needs, consisting of 31 ships of the line (10 with 70 cannons and the rest with 60), 15 frigates, and numerous smaller vessels. 


And so the day ends.


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