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Tag Archives: Andalucia
Laos – a Potted History
Laos is a landlocked country squeezed between China, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia; it has a small population of about seven million yet it’s almost the same size as the UK. A 50,000 year old skull was found recently; the oldest … Continue reading
Posted in Current affairs, Education, History, Politics, Travel, vacation, war
Tagged Albox, America, Andalucia, Asia, Beer Lao, CCM, cluster bombs, communist, Geneve Accord, Hmong, Ho Chi Minh, Laos, Mekong, million elephants, NVA, Pathet Lao, secret war, Vietnam
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Abandon hope all ye that enter here I
Recently we unintentionally acted on some sound property advice: always buy the cheapest house in the best street. Well not literally as it’s an apartment not a house and not in a street either but a harbour side development. Oh, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Spain, Technology, Thoughts, Uncategorized
Tagged abandon hope, Andalucia, apartment, builder, computer, Dante, design, DIY, hell, IKEA, Kitchen, kitchen units, Malaga, pine furniture, property, property sector, reform, renovate
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Jerez de la Frontera
As newlyweds last autumn we tried to explore Jerez de la Frontera; non-stop rain however meant that we only managed the Tio Pepe Bodega and a couple of tapas bars before soggily driving away. So a return visit was on … Continue reading
Posted in Film, History, Personal, Spain, Travel, vacation
Tagged A matter of life and death, Alcazar, Andalucia, Bodega, castle, David Niven, film, holiday, jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, movie, palace, Palacio Villavicencio, sherry, Tio Pepe, travel, vacation, wine producer, wor, World war 1 . World war 2
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The Cork Oak
The closest many people ever get to a Cork Oak tree will be when handling a cork from a newly opened bottle of wine or removing the stopper of an olive oil bottle. It’s amazing to think that these cork … Continue reading
Meanwhile in Britain
I have lived in Spain for almost seven years and in that time I’ve kept abreast of news from back home. Partly as I’m interested in current affairs and have this column to write, but also as wise words shared … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Amir Khan, Andalucia, Birmingham, Blighty, britain, Chancellor, cvil liberties, Economy, fast food, freedom, George Osborne, holiday, HS2, Jack Straw, Lawrence, liberties, London, McDonalds, met, Microsoft, National Domestic Extremism unit, police, railways, SDS, Spain, spies, Stephen Lawrence, summer, surveilance, travel, vacation, weather, winter, XBox One
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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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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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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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