Life in Culebrón

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...

Have you seen those photos of the Greek Islands? Blue and white paintwork everywhere and the boats apparently suspended in mid air on a tr...

If I were to ask you whether you'd expect summer in Spain to be warm or cool what would you say? Exactly. I like it warm. I like t...

I have a pal, Carlos, who has one book published and a second well under way. Carlos is obviously driven to write. I think he's pretty...

I have a morning cat feeding routine. The kettle goes on as I run water to wash the cats' bowls. I fire up the portable gas heater. ...

There has been a big forest fire in Yeste in Albacete. It consumed about 3,300 hectares, equivalent to a tenth of the area of the Isle of ...

I wandered in to do my session with 4A, the fourth year is the last year of obligatory secondary school. It was my last lesson with them b...

My guess is that you know that it snowed here yesterday. A good thick layer of snow in Culebrón. I missed most of it. In fact I must be th...

It was hard to believe but, when I got up yesterday morning, the sun wasn't shining. In fact it was trying to rain. All day it was d...

I think it's Le Chatelier's Principle though I hesitate to look it up - what if it isn't? I've been using the same reaso...

Last week it rained a lot. Even here in sunny Alicante it rains from time to time. Fortunately it didn't do what it did to lots of So...

I've written a diary every day for the last forty six years. For several years now I've put a little footnote to describe the weat...

The average maximum daytime temperature in Pinoso during June was 29.2ºC and the average low was 13.7ºC. There was a tie for hottest day w...

Only a little while ago one of the chief weather forecasters from the state TV broadcaster came to Pinoso to celebrate the 25 years of wea...

It's just four kilometres from Pinoso to Culebrón but despite that the weather can be significantly different. Not significant in the ...

As I drove the first few of the 35kms from work to home there were big black clouds on the horizon. Sooty black clouds. There were flashes...

Summer is just about to end. Very properly this year it finishes on a Sunday evening so we can all get back to work on Monday morning. Ca...

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...

I'm back in Culebrón for the weekend. Before I left La Unión I checked the State Weather Service to see whether I would need a wooly o...

I keep a diary. I have ever since I was 14. At the bottom of each page I note the weather for the day. In most of July and August it has b...