Es siempre bueno volver en casa!
And what a week that was! First of all, a big thank you goes to my friend and web feature editor Alan Lambert at the Dorset Echo offices on the Granby Estate for the personal tour he gave me during my...
View Article¡Aún jubilados necesitan para trabajar a veces, pero sólo por elección!
Someone asked us on our recent visit to Blighty how we were enjoying our early retirement, whereby I replied, ‘don’t know, too busy!!’
View Article!Algunas cosas son enviados a tratarnos, aun el tiempo puede devolver aqui!
Well, first off apologies for last weeks late feature entry, I hope no one was too upset? But hey, these things are sent to try us, and it wasn’t my fault, honest! It was actually an act of the...
View ArticleThat’s it, time to move further south!
A week of rain and I’m not a happy bunny, though everyone says I’m ungrateful as we need the rain to rejuvenate the land and refill the reservoirs after the extremely long hot summer we have just had....
View ArticlePara que no olvidamos!
This morning saw us pick the first orange of winter off one of our trees. Although we only have a few fruit bushes, it usually produces a small harvest which will last until the spring's second crop....
View ArticleEs el Lunes por la mañana, yo me desayuno en la terraza y el sol brill, qué
How time flies when you’re enjoying yourself, or so the saying goes. The last four or five weeks have been a blur of work and getting the jobs done for the winter, or at least the more temperate part...
View Article¡Sólo cuatro semanas y Papá Noel estarán aquí con todos mis juguetes!
'What's that you say? There's Hurriphoons and Tornacains causing havoc all along the Spanish Coast!!!'
View Article¡Si usted mira hacia atrás con demasiada frecuencia, usted no jamás puede...
What a strange time of the year it appears to be! We’re experiencing one of the earliest cold spells we’ve had here in Andalucia, with ‘nieve’ (snow) all over the Sierra’s right behind us.
View ArticleLooking to the future
'Tis the season to be jolly, ooohhh, don’t know about that! Seems to me that every channel on the one eyed goggle box shows little but despair and despondency for Christmas. Never mind, only 374 days...
View ArticleSigning out in the sun
Happy New Year to you one and all, and did anyone make a New Year resolution they broke the next day? Well I did! Needless to say that I promised myself a physical workout first thing followed by a...
View ArticleBienvenidos
To say a lot has happened in a very short period of time would be an understatement, in fact it has been a roller coaster ride from start to finish.
View ArticleHola mi amigos
There's a certain image or picture that springs to mind at the thought of living in your own retreat on foreign shores far away from everything that's normal, routine or safe.
View ArticleBien dia
It was day four and our new found and only familiar face Mark had shown us around a dozen properties ranging from small poky terraced village houses to great expanses of land encompassing idyllic...
View ArticleBueno!
Could it be conceivably possible that there is a system as stressful, drawn out and costly as the act of purchasing a property in England? Well I thought not until going back to the estate agents...
View ArticleHola otra vez lectores
In my short yet broad time mixing with the British ex pats residing in Andalucia, I have deduced that there are a number a reasons why people seek to take the step, as I did, into the unknown of...
View ArticleQue tal mis amigos?
Easter has come and gone but what a spectacle for those who have never seen how the Spanish observe Semana Santa (Saints Week).
View ArticleLos saludos de Espana soleada!
On moving to Spain we made a conscious decision that we would do our best to embrace the culture and explore its generic charms.
View ArticleEy, que pasa?
While I read about the spring cold snap gripping Britain yet again with April snows afalling, here, the Southern Costa's impending summer season is already in full swing with the beaches starting to...
View ArticleOtro hermoso dia en el Mediterráneo!
Talk about the unstable housing market? Well, I'm undecided and confused at the moment. Is it a good time to buy or sell? I know the Spanish market has slowed down dramatically since we first purchased...
View ArticleTiempo calor, Sangria frio!
Remember Sundays back in the sixties? I remember as a kid in Liverpool that Sundays were synonymous with a long lie in, boys brigade bands, trips out over the river to New Brighton, watching the only...
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