Life in Culebrón

A couple of weeks ago we went over to Extremadura. It's a while since we've been there and it's a nice part of the world. Easy 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...

One of the worst films I've ever seen in Spanish, and I've seen some shockers, is called Balada triste de trompeta by the director ...

A few days ago, in Galicia, where we were, you needed a light jacket in the evening. Daytime temperatures were low but, with the sun, it was...

I've been to Skegness and Morecambe and Rochester several times but if Star Trek's Mr Scott were to transport me to one of them wi...

The wettest April since Noah took to boating according to some news reports. We had Easter tide guests. We were confined to barracks. The ...

It's The day of the Valencian Community today, a day off work in Valencia. On Thursday it's the día del Pilar - officially the Fiest...

Somewhere I came across a newspaper piece about Los pueblos más bonitos de España, the prettiest villages in Spain. The organisation that pr...

I was born in Yorkshire. Summer holidays were short as I remember, a week usually, and our standard destinations were close by - Scarboro...

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...

We've just got back from a few days in Berlin. Like Passepartout I left the gas fire on all the time we were away! Comparing Cu...

We've just had a bit of a holiday. You know the sort of thing where you drive hundreds of kilometres, 1617 in fact, stay in lots of ...

Maggie was most definite in the manner in which she declined to go on the roller coaster that flipped people over and did barrel rolls. S...

People tell me I complain. I usually think I am commenting or, more often, guffawing, at the preposterousness of whatever it may be. For 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...

It's definitely summer now. I suppose summer is a special time of year around the world but here, on the Mediterranean coast, it seems...

We went on holiday last week to Gran Canaria one of the Canary islands just off the coast of Morocco and the Western Sahara. The islands h...