Cycled over the Crevillente hills (the ones you can see in the There’s Snow on them thar Hills! post) today, for the second time in two days (five times in total to date) for a coffee in Hondón de los Frailes.
With a name that literally means ‘Gorge of the Friars’ the charming village of Hondón [...]
In 2009 hundreds of millions of people around the world showed their support by turning off their lights for one hour. Earth Hour 2010 will continue to be a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community. A call to stand up, to show leadership and be responsible for our future.
On [...]
… by myself, unintentionally of course!
There’s a weird looking plant in the garden which, when cut, oozes a sticky white sap which looks not unlike wood glue. When the sap dries it is transparent.
There were quite a few of these in the garden when we bought the house but, not liking the appearance or the [...]
Yup, ’tis true – last night saw a light sprinkling of snow on the hills behind the house.
Not quite enough for ski-ing or sledging, or even a decent snowball fight, but it’s definately snow.
Roll on Summer!
Yesterday I took part in what has become a regular event on the seafront of Torrevieja, the Santa Fun Run – 5K of gruelling terrain in the searing heat of the Spanish sun!
Okay, so the flat, paved surface of the promenade wasn’t particularly gruelling but it was a warm day which made running in a [...]
After a month of boiling water in a pan the thought occurred to me that maybe the kettle was fine and that it was the fuse in the plug that had blown – so I replaced it with one I knew to be working.
Sadly no, it still wouldn’t work.
The kettle however, is the one [...]
This summer proved to be one of the hottest I’ve known since moving to Spain nearly four years ago.
Right up until last Monday daytime temperatures were reaching the high 20s and then, suddenly, as if someone had thrown a switch, black clouds gathered overhead and an almighty thunderstorm hit. Literally overnight the temperature plummeted by [...]
Well, it was bound to happen at some point. While travelling to friends in Javea I was pulled over by the Guardia Civil for speeding
Apparently I was motoring along at 87 in a 60 zone… which was in fact a country road with no visible hazards, just a nice straight road. Traffic was light, just [...]
For quite some time now the Visual Editor hasn’t worked for this blog. It seemed to want to load but once the editor had fully loaded the Visual Editor buttons were missing and the content pane was blank. Funnily enough though, if I dragged my cursor through the content pane it highlighted the text in [...]
25 August. V-Day for Scooby. The day on which his annual booster and anti-rabies jabs are due. Strangely, he doesn’t mind visiting the vet, never has done, even in England.
A fifteen minute ride in the van and we’re outside the vet, he’s pulling at his lead, eager to get inside. He behaves himself despite all [...]
