Since our absolutely glorious weather on Christmas Day, it has to be said that we have not been enjoying pleasant weather in Spain. One or two days have, weather-wise, been downright dismal. It is somewhat comforting, in a frustrating kind…

The Spanish have an intriguing habit of wearing red underwear for luck on New Year’s Eve. Carol proudly donned hers but mine are all a little more soberly coloured. There’s an alternative way of encouraging luck on New Year’s Eve…

The Spanish tourist board should shortly be agreeing to a refund to fend off charges of “unmerchantable quality”, “not fit for purpose” or “not as advertized”. Assuming that you have seen previous pictures of the view down the Jalon valley…

While England appears to be basking in winter sunshine, the normal northern European rain seems to have migrated down to Spain. The glorious sun we had on Christmas Day is now most decidedly at an end; the clouds are on…

We had quite a set of instructions for house-dog-and-cat-sitting here in Spain this time around. Clearly, top of the list were the two dogs and three cats whose wellbeing would be our main concern. However, Geoff also has two clocks.…

(No, you’re not going mad – I did forget to post this entry and posted it out of sequence, dated for the day that was intended.) 😉 Following an absolutely stunning Christmas Day, our Boxing Day was pretty low key.…

Christmas Day and time to apply our own little traditions in Spain. I had managed to create some time during my hasty return trip to England for some Christmas shopping. Carol and I had already exchanged a main present each,…

Another 5:00 AM alarm and the welcome help of my neighbour, Paul, got me to Luton airport in plenty of time for my 7:45 AM flight back to Alicante, Spain. Even though in the final boarding group, I got a…

By the end of today I needed to be ready for my crack of dawn departure to Luton airport tomorrow. Actually, my departure will be about an hour before dawn. Never mind; the sooner I depart on my easyJet flight…

The day got off to a good start; I signed on to easyJet and booked my expensive but much longed for seat back to Spain on Christmas Eve. You-know-who seemed even more pleased than I was. My luck continued when…