Life in Culebrón

On a Tunisian holiday we ate lots of carrots and lots of strawberries. They were in season, they were cheap, they were tasty so the hotels b...

A couple of weekends ago, we went to the Low Festival in Benidorm. Maggie, my partner, knows that I like festivals. She doesn't. She doe...

I was a bit worried about Spanish music when we first got here. I was worried that I didn't know any. I suspected that "Viva España...

If Britons, young Britons especially, still drink tea then "Shall I put the kettle on?" must remain a common question in British h...

Besides perfume and cars there are multiple adverts on Spanish telly for food. Particularly for fast food or franchised food chains - Foster...

This is a piece about days out on the train. As usual I got distracted. If you're not interested in the Spanish railway system skip the ...

Let's presume you're in Spain and you want a t-shirt or a bikini or a pair of trainers or a new phone. Even with the upheavals in re...

I often wake up around 5 am. Anyone of a certain age will know why. Usually, I find that I don't go back to sleep properly; I doze, and ...

There's quite a lot of stuff that I'm aware of because I'm English. Stuff like knowing that Belgravia and Chelsea are rich parts...

When, as a student, I had to decide between putting petrol in my car or eating, the answer was obvious. I'd keep going for a while, the ...

Spain is, in essence, like the rest of Western Europe. Lots of freedoms, well organised and safe. That doesn't mean it's hard to fin...

Going to the pictures in Spain is a bit sad at the moment. The cinemas are just so quiet. The reports say 35% down on pre pandemic figures. ...

I've done Chiruca here before. My advanced years mean that I forget where or when I first heard, or read, the word but someone, on the t...

We did a bit of a circular tour last week. Up to Albacete, across to Cuenca and back through Teruel before coming home.  Along the way we  v...

I remember when we made the decision to move to Spain. It wasn't because there were people with guns in the street, not a sign of rel...

We had a couple of pals who moved from Pinoso to the coast. One of the reasons they gave for their move was that the food in Pinoso was a bi...

Pinoso has a weather station that forms a part of the AEMET network. AEMET is the Spanish Met Office, Agencia Estatal de Meteorología. So fa...

Often, when we encounter something new, we describe it my comparison to something that we recognise. A turnip?- well, it's a bit like a ...