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Tag Archives: environment
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
The Pot and the Kettle
The Islas Chafarinas are three small islands located just 3.5km off the coast of Morocco, they have been occupied by the Spanish since 1847 with the only residents being a 190 strong military garrison. There used to be a colony … Continue reading
Posted in Bureacracy, Current affairs, Education, History, Politics, Spain, Travel, war
Tagged Alhucemas, Ceuta, Chafarinas, Dictator, environment, fascist, Franco, Gibraltar, King, Melilla, Mohamed VI, Morocco, parsley, Penon Velez de Gomera, Peoples Party, perejil, PP, Spain, Spanish Legion, war
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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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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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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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Curiosity may kill the cat
‘Man make fire’ is a favourite saying of mine when lighting the barbecue. 800,000 years ago early humans mastered the art of making fire by rubbing sticks together and cracking flints together. This kept them warm plus they could cook … Continue reading
Posted in Current affairs, Education, History, Nature, Technology, Uncategorized, war
Tagged atomic bomb, Bhagavad Gita, black hole, cern, chernobyl, climate, eden, Einstein, environment, fish, fossil fuel, gatherer, Hindu, hiroshima, hone, human, hunter, hunter gatherers, Isidor Rabi, Krishan, large hadron collider, leukaemia, livestock, man make fire, mankind, nagasaki, Oppenheimer, potato, power, president roosevelt, Roosevelt, sci-fi, science, south america, The gadget, three mile island, wheat, World war two, y, youtube
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