Life in Culebrón

I was in town this morning, on Bulevar, drinking coffee and reading a really interesting book about doors. A car stopped, the driver jumped ...

Anyone who has followed this blog for any time will know that we have a piddling electrical supply of just 2.2 kW or some 10 amps. N...

There are a lot of people in Spain who have difficulty in paying their energy bills. A nice warm house, when it's cold outside, is one...

My Auntie Lizzie used to take me to Blackpool when I was a lad. We stayed in B&Bs that advertised hot and cold running water. It wa...

A few years ago I used to take photos of houses and write the descriptions for an estate agency here in Spain. Often, if it were a house i...

I painted the front door last week. I did an awful job; all runs and dead flies. Maggie and I agreed that it looked better than before t...

We'd popped in to town to do some exciting jobs - buy screen wash was one of them. I was also going to bank some money. Take note of t...

Maggie thinks we should be greener. She fancied solar panels to provide at least some of our power. Good idea. After all it's pretty su...

Probably the main reason that we have a house in Culebrón is because when we first came here Maggie had a job in Elche. One of Elche'...

Around 6.30am, as dawn breaks Eduardo the cat starts to moan and demand food outside our ground floor bedroom window. The bathroom is a bi...

I mentioned that one of the local political parties "employs" a chap to help the Brit community. Today he sent around information ...