Our easyJet Airbus 319 blasted off from Luton aerodrome pretty much on schedule at 07:30 this morning, bound for Alicante. Our 2½-hour flight was blissfully uneventful and we touched down on Spanish terra firma [firma is Spanish for signature, BTW…
Author: Franco
Smoke Season
Autumn is fire season in our local Spanish valley. I believe the folks with land and plant trimmings apply for permission to have a conflagration and get rid of their rubbish. Presumably this is so the bomberos [fire fighters] are…
Posted in 2015 October
Moraira: 0-dark-30
“The things we do for love”. Who was that? 10cc, perhaps? Anyway, this morning – well, almost morning – I was awoken by a 6:00 AM alarm to get Francine down to Moraira before sunrise. She’s been wanting to play…
Posted in 2015 October
Automated Travel Chaos
In Another Victory for Automation [6th October, 2011], I reported on the problems caused by a particular black cloud of automation. The automation in question was the French “advance” of replacing warm bodies, many of whom actually smiled, at their…
Posted in 2015 October
Solo Across Spain
This journey is something of a novel experience for me. Having driven many thousands of miles in France over the last 30+years, I am very used to driving our right hand drive cars in a drive-on-right country. Going “the wrong…
Posted in 2015 Autumn
Marjal dels Moros
I’ve locked up Casa Libélule and begun my journey home to re-join Francine. I’m breaking the journey just a little by calling in to a reserve, the Marjal dels Moros, near Puçol, just above Valencia. It took me two hours…
Posted in 2015 Autumn
Early Exit
As has been expected for a while, events back at home have conspired to make me leave Spain earlier than originally planned. We’ve been in a somewhat complicated situation with Francine having flown back home last Saturday, leaving me here…
Posted in 2015 Autumn
RVDs Restored
The most famous inhabitants at the Calpe lagoon, Las Salinas, are Greater Flamingos. It has also been a reliable home for one somewhat salt tolerant species of dragonfly, Red-veined Darters (Sympetrum fonscolombii), affectionately known as RVDs, often being found in…
Posted in 2015 Autumn
Almost DeScamped
I thought it was time I took el perrito, Scamp, for a bit of exercise. A wander into the village is about the right length and, if I played my cards right, I might also be able to check on…
Posted in 2015 Autumn
Gandia Marsh
The amount of water in the Jalón-Gorgos river looks quite healthy at the moment. There’s certainly more than there was when we were here back in June. There’s apparently been some unseasonal rain during August which I’m sure has refreshed…
Posted in 2015 Autumn
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