Algendar d'en Gomila and Cala Mesquida.

In this winter that seems to never end, Menorca has suffered some episodes of severe weather. In some of the few moments of acceptable weather I took these pictures.

 

Algendar d'en Gomila.

Today the wind was so strong that the buoy which marks the oscillation wave inside the Port of Mahon, has marked a movement of 4.9 meters. The record highest since records are taken. Maritime traffic is, of course closed.

 Cala Mesquida.

Walking at Cavalleria Beach

Since I went to Cavalleria Lighthouse last week, I've been thinking in walking on the beach nearby. There was absolutely nobody there when I returned. Not even footprints on the sand.

Trochoidea Trochoides is a species of air-breathing land snail not rare in Menorca. Its habitats are dry vegetation in coastal vicinity, usually in dunes, also in ruderal habitats with similar vegetation. It can be found in Algeria, Tunisia and Spain and Adriatic Coasts.

Cavalleria Lighthouse

In 1857 a lighthouse was built on the most northern point of Menorca, called Cavalleria under the petition of the authorities of the island, due to the frequency of wrecks taking place on the northern coast. The lighthouse tower is 15 metres high and it is located 94 metres above the sea level. It shows two white lights every ten seconds and reaches a maximum of 32 nautical miles.

In fact, more than 700 wrecks between the 14th and the 19th centuries are documented in different charts. According to these written records, many of them wrecked during the 18th and 19th centuries, such as San Josef (1712), La Asunción (1821), San Jaume (1892) and Bourgianen (1900). Two of them, La Asunción and Bourgianen have been located in the past few years.

Taula at Binimasso and San Nicolas Farmhouse

 

 A headless taula (T-shaped stone setting) and other standing stones stand on a bush which seems like an island in a field, and a talayot (bloc piled tower) stand across a road.

San Nicolas, near Ciutadella.