Life in Culebrón

Especially in the dark they can seem like little islands of human activity lost in the fastness of the night. They're usually nameless, ...

The sweat was running in a little rivulet down my back. I noticed too that my damp hands had transferred the wood-stain on the handrails on...

I went to Castilla la Mancha yesterday. Just the bottom bit, the part nearest home, bordering Murcia. I'd intended to go further, to ...

Avoiding people who aren't looking where they are going because they are glued to their mobile phones is an unremarkable modern day ha...

In the end I wore jeans for both days. I'd packed shorts but they're not my favourite wear; I appreciate their functionality but I...

Everyone knows that Brits in Spain wear socks with sandals, go bright red in the sun and swill beer. One of those conversational topics, des...

Nuclear Power Plants always take me a bit by surprise. I remember the first time I saw the one at Heysham when I was catching the ferry to...

A normal looking car park.? I suppose it depends what you expect a car park to look like On a clear night we can watch the aeroplanes...

Don Quixote, el Quijote, usually billed as the greatest book ever written in Spanish, is big tourist business in Castilla la Mancha and this...