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Tag Archives: Almeria
Driving me to Distraction
At last there’s a car park where that peculiar Spanish habit of opening the car door to dent the neighbouring car is almost impossible. Here each parking bay has an exclusion zone of about .6m either side of it. Now … Continue reading
Posted in Motors, Spain, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Albox, Almeria, Andalucia, Andalusia, Arboleas, bad parking, byelaw, car hire, cars, counci;, courtesy, driving, driving habits, environment, Europe, Fiat 500, fly posting, Ford, golf#, Grand Theft Auto, Highway Code, holiday, illegal, leaflets, litter, Malaga, Mercadona, Mojacar, nature, nuisance, parking, recycle, roundabout, rubbish, Sotogrande, Spain, supermarket, traffic, travel, Valderrama
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Important advice
How to plant a tree, civvy street version; in autumn dig a hole, putting compost or mulch at the bottom, carefully place the tree in the hole making sure the roots are untangled to enable them to grow to anchor … Continue reading
Posted in Bureacracy, Nature, Politics, Spain, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Albox, Almeria, Andalucia, Arboleas, Beachcomber, construction, corrupt, corruption, council, environment, Galasa, garden centre, gardening, holiday, how to, irrigation, Malaga, public, Spain, sun, travel, tree, waste, water, watering
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Memories on Wheels
30 years ago I started a game keeping apprenticeship. The only problem was that it meant a daily 18.5 mile each way cycle ride (yes I measured it). I bought an ancient Honda C90 scooter and what an evil contraption … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, Childhood, Motors, Personal, Technology, Transport, Uncategorized
Tagged 4x4, A25, Albury, Almeria, Andalucia, Arboleas, big end, Black Maria, car dealer, cassette, cycle, environment, Fiat, Fiat 500, game keeper, Guildford, holiday, Honda, Kia, Lady Luck, London, musis, oil sump, Peugeot, pimp mobile, Punto, rambla, Riva, Rover, sirocco, Spain, stolen, theft, Toyota, UK, VW, West Ham FC
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Boing Spring has Sprung
For many visitors to Almeria the baking hot summer months are the only time they experience this beautiful region. By then the sun has done its work and all the spring flowers and grasses have been scorched brown and other … Continue reading
Posted in Motors, Nature, Personal, Spain, Uncategorized
Tagged Almeria, almond, Arboleas, bank, Baza, climate, cortijo grande, environment, eucalyptus, Ferrari, fire, holiday, Mojacar, mountain, nature, New York, olive, sabadell, sierra, sleepy mountain, snow, spring, summer, taxi, water and fire, winter, yellow
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Bankers
Last December I paid a visit to my new bank – Sabadell in Vera. It’s all new blue instead of the old canary yellow as they had bought CAM bank for just a Euro; I wish they had told me … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Almeria, Andalucia, bank, bankers, Christmas, Complaint, discount, nemesis, postman, queue, Repsol, sabadell, slow service, Spain, Spanish shrug, trading standards, vacation. holiday, vera
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People Power
2012 ended with the Mayan prophecy luckily unfulfilled; yet just a few weeks later a meteorite the size of a double decker bus exploded above Siberia injuring hundreds. A few hours later and the spin of the Earth would have … Continue reading
Posted in Bureacracy, Current affairs, Education, Nature, Politics, Technology, Thoughts, Uncategorized
Tagged afghanistan, Almeria, Andorra, asteroid, ATLAS, catastrophe, climate, Co-op, cucumber, drought, Ecuador, environment, facebook, fish farming, Fish Fight, Granada, greenhouse, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, kyoto, Mayan, Mercadona, meteorite, Morrisons, nature, plastic, Prawn, Safe havens, Siberia, Sperm whale, sudan, Tesco, UK, USA, vacation, Vatican, waste, water, whale
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A Parakeet in the Palm Tree
Chris Stewart’s works are known to many readers; Driving over Lemons was his first book and I read it back in 2004 whilst searching for a home in Andalucía. I still smile when fruit is lying on the road and … Continue reading
Posted in Bureacracy, Nature, Personal, Politics, Spain, Thoughts, Transport, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Almeria, Andalucia, bingo, builder, car, car thief, corruption, criminal, criminal. pensioner, Driving over Lemons, environment, fuel, gambling, health and safety, holiday, house, lawyer, Looky, Mojacar, parakeet. palm tree. Chris Stewart, pension, politician, property, Spain, travel, vacation. holiday, Zurgena
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Wee Willy Winkie
Well the socks finally escaped from the drawer and attached themselves to my feet. The gas fire was lit for the first time at the weekend so it’s all downhill from here on in until next spring. Two years ago … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Film, Movie, Personal, Thoughts, Uncategorized
Tagged Albox, Almeria, duck, Feng Shui, John Lennon, mark Chapman, Misery, New York, Penguin, sock, Stephen King, Wee Willy Winkie
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Easy money
The A334 has become the bank of choice for more discerning Guardia Civil officers; every day they stop at various points between the E15 motorway and Purchena so that they can withdraw money from us cashpoints as we drive by. … Continue reading
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Tagged Almeria, Arboleas, Baza, biblical proportions, climate, cold, deluge, Dragons den, environment, finca la fuente, flood, Frankenstein, Guardia, Helvetia, insurance assessor, Mojacar, nature, property sector, Shameless, sierra cabrera, speeding fine, Strictly, Strictly come dancing, temperature, travel, Turre, vacation
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