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After all the furore of the anti and pro hunt lobbyists back in England last year, it would appear that that particular argument, though partially sorted by Parliament, still rages on in the...
View ArticlePheeww! Qué calor hace hoy! Bonito.
There are a number of things that you subconsciously miss when moving to a foreign land, and although we do our best to integrate at a local level, some things can't be replaced, something for example...
View ArticleYo te recomiendo e vacaciones en España!
Well, that's May out the way and what a wet one! Well, sort of. It's been raining off and on for nearly the whole month interspersed by half days of boiling humid sunshine, though the late bout of...
View Article¡Ha estado lloviendo gatos y perros!
Now is the summer of our blissful content!' (Richard the III, Not!) May is almost at an end with the extended season of sun, sea, sand and sangria well upon us.
View ArticleEl Lunes por la mañana y la vida es una playa!
If there's one thing we all appear to have in common at the moment, it's the fuel price crisis which is affecting everyone Europe-wide. Even here the price at the pumps has all of a sudden gone through...
View ArticleAahh, ahora mi cena era estupendo!
Healthy mind healthy body don't they say? Well, the diet can certainly be healthier here but indulgence of such rich and plentiful delights can also be your downfall, so it's no good thinking all this...
View ArticleEl fin de semana comienza siempre que usted lo desee a!
Are people funny about their football or what? I've just come home after enjoying a few beers at the local Venta where a Euro 2008 football match involving Spain and someone else, (shows how much I...
View ArticleLa felicidad tiene a su mejor amigo con usted donde quiera usted es!
As well as the physical aspect of two-wheel transportation, namely the bicycle, nothing can compare to that of the love of perambulating the open road on a motorbike!
View ArticleEl césped es sólo más verde si usted se deshace de las hierbas!
Is it me, or has the world gone mad!!!? Stories of corruption and mismanagement in the Government are reported on daily, nothing is done.
View ArticleDónde Jamás yo coloca el sombrero, eso es su hogar!
Lets not take on so this week, I think I did enough complaining about moaners and groaners and the negative state of the world in general last week, lets get back to the positive.
View ArticleNo puede ser el paraíso, pero preferible que donde fuimos!
At around 22.30 last night, in a clear sky that hadn't seen a cloud in nearly four weeks, an overly bright star went hurtling over head from the South West to the North East. It was very distinctive...
View ArticleLos campsites de buenos días, esperan que todo sea bien con usted e con su mondo
Now what's all this rubbish about rubbish? Am I going mad or did I read somewhere that a number of councils in England are distributing up to five different refuse bins to each household and demanding...
View ArticleUsted puede pasar mucha crema para el sol en un ocho verano de mes!
'Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun' or so the song goes, but you have to be more than a little mad or just English to go out in this heat!
View ArticleDoce mesas hacia abajo, el descanso de nuestro vive para ir!
It's a strange coincidence that today, the 6th August, is to the day twelve months ago that we set off for a country anew and that today I write the final chapter pertaining to the build up and leaving...
View ArticleEl césped es sólo másverde en el otro lado si usted se arranca las hierbas!
'Taking the moral high ground' is an expression so easily said and with a multitude of meanings. I learnt a long time ago to judge others only by how you yourself would want to be judged.
View ArticleCuándo en Roma ... Haga cualquier deseal!
Ah, the joys and benefits of a long hot dry summer! It's day eighty of continuous sunshine and heat with no let up in sight. Bliss you say? Well, for some like me it's a welcome by product of living in...
View ArticleUn Ingleses son es casa su castillo, dondequiera son!
Rain, gales, flooding, aahh, the typical British summer, who could live without or ever miss it? Well ME for a start! Don't know about you, but I love the idea of planning a BBQ four weeks in advance...
View ArticleUna cosa usted puede ser cierto de, los violinistas verde viene finalmente a...
There's a choice you make when you move to somewhere like Spain with regard to habitation. The myriad of relocation programmes show properties on the coast, inland townships and the campo.
View ArticleVivir en España no es mejor ni peor qui viviendo en inglaterra, es justo...
As the heading implies, living in Spain is no better or worse than living in England, it's just different, but to us it's that difference that counts!
View ArticleLa precipitación, ahora hay una cosa rara!
Well, it had to end, one hundred and seventeen days without rain was brought to a close with one almighty crash as a tremendous storm hit Coin at 3AM last Wednesday morning bringing with it the first...
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