Life in Culebrón

There's not much on Spanish telly on Friday night and so Maggie, who is much more telly aware than I am, often turns over to Gogglebox...

I'm sorry but I've been reading again. La familia de Pascual Duarte this time. In it, at one point, the "hero" of the bo...

Culebrón is one of the satellite villages of the nearby town of Pinoso. Culebrón is an unusual name for a village. Usually the word Cule...

I went to a meeting of the junta directiva, or mangement committee, of the village neighbourhood association this afternoon. I was worrie...

I could have driven home. I'm sure. After all I'm typing so I must be have some control of my faculties. But I didn't. It neve...

The sound and picture quality were surprisingly good. Apparently it was a kosher copy of the film so that may explain it. Amazingly, despi...

I had some WhatsApp messages from the village mayoress. 9th June: If you fancy enjoying the change of season come to the summer cinema i...

I'm cool with a romería and with Elena gone on to her birthday party it was up to me to save the vermouth session. Last night we had t...

I've been to some cold places in my life. England in January isn't that warm; the Isle of Lewis and Stockholm are often colder but...

It cost more this year. 15€ more to be precise. We set out earlier and I think we maybe got an extra meal. Otherwise it was very much the ...

It was the Annual General Meeting of the Culebrón Neighbourhood Association today. As is now usual we were greeted effusively by lots of p...

I was wandering home from the village yesterday evening. I'd just been to watch San Jaime and San José get their annual walkabout on ...

Benidorm has to be one of the oddest towns in Spain. For a start it looks odd. Far too many tall buildings for your average Spanish town. I...

Back in November at the AGM of the Neighbourhood Association  there was talk of going to Benidorm for a weekend. A couple of weeks ago tha...

The message said "Took police to your house to check GPS" It was from our pal who does a bit of gardening for us. I hadn't r...

Like Captain Sensible, the residents of El Culebrón were glad it was all over. The biggest cheer of the afternoon came when the Annual Gener...

There are two "free" neighbourhood meals each year, one at Fiesta time in high summer and the other one in November associated wit...