There are times when one just have to laugh at technology. Currently, our car is one instance with its irritating “BONG!” every time we turn it off even though everything is just dandy … everything except the monitoring system, that…
Author: Franco
Es- What!?
For a Boxing Day leg stretch to get the blood pumping around again, with a pleasantly sunny day we decided to go on our more usual kick-off walk up to the cross above Senija. There’re usually some butterflies hill-topping up…
Posted in 2018-2019 Winter
¡Bon Nadal!
Which, I believe, is Valenciana for ¡Navidad Feliz!, the latter being Castillian, or what the British would normally refer to as Spanish. With what seems like a plethora of languages in the Iberian peninsular, we Brits, who are world-renowned for…
Posted in 2018-2019 Winter
Spanish Orange
Spain is, of course, well known for its oranges. I think it’s fair to say that there is a surfeit of oranges in Spain. There are so many that, at this time of year, the going rate for a 5kg…
Posted in 2018-2019 Winter
A Fated Journey
Our winter escape to Spain last year had been reasonably successful so we thought we’d go for a repeat performance. Our outbound ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao was booked for midday, Wednesday 19th December. After another medical procedure (just for…
Posted in 2018-2019 Winter
All Hallows’
It’s come around again, my most reviled night of the year. A bit of harmless dressing up in costume is fine – kids’ve loved to do so since time immemorial – but I detest the “trick or treat” nonsense that…
Posted in 2018-10 Spain
Autumn Orchid
Aim for Xàbia/Jávea and miss, was my instruction. Whilst on our spring visit to Spain early this year we had called into the Visitor Centre at the Parc Natural del Montgó. In addition to a large relief model of the…
Posted in 2018-10 Spain
A Bernia Blow
We’ve suffered a day or two with some heavy rain. There is a good deal of sunshine in our little Costa Blanca corner of Spain but when it rains often does so heavily. ‘T was Monday and the fearless leader…
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Damp Squib
I am delighted to report that the remaining days of the Jalón fiesta went off like a damp squib. That is, it was literally occasionally damp and, though we believe there was more music each night, we were saved from…
Posted in 2018-10 Spain
***Kin’ Fiestas
I’ve never really been a party animal. I used to be something of a music animal but even in my youth, it had to be my music on my terms. Even if the music in question was the best Led…
Posted in 2018-10 Spain
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