Spanish Shilling

I’m obliged to balance my life around football this month – as if the last eight months had never happened. The endlessly televised sweep o...

T wo pictures from last night. The truth is, the first picture is posted here for the pleasure of a ‘statistically appreciable minority’ of ...

So, you can see what happens during the World Cup. Between the fans staying either at home, or at least in front of the TV set inside, toget...

It's a surprisingly overcast weekend, with some rain over Mojácar and lightening up in the hills beyond. This morning, the second day of...

T he phone rang. One of the kids had been messing with the damn thing so I wasn’t immediately aware what was going on. The CD was belting ou...

The Moors and Christians is a fine old traditional fiesta which dates all the way back to 1988 when somebody decided to dress up as a Moor –...

This is a picture of a bit of road. Yes, yes - prize winning stuff. This portrait of a piece of the King's highway is just below the Mo...

I was in Pamplona last summer when I was suddenly taken short by an urge for a haircut. You know how it is – by this time of life, you are ...

S pain’s only surviving mega department store has now got all permissions to start work on its latest shopping experience, the El Ejido Cort...

I had to meet some people in a hotel on Mojácar beach, the Marina Playa. Which is full - judging by the number of cars surrounding it. The...

This is the season for mosquitoes. Around here, they fly around in large and voracious clouds that are said to be able to drain a person dry...

I bought Barbara four of these 'Love Birds' when we were courting way back when. They were such a success that we built an aviary ...

I was at an exhibition this evening at the Monte Paul Beckett, a galery down in the valley near my house. The paintings were by an artist st...

It must be getting harder to come up with a new cuisine around here. We are spoilt for choice. We have Spanish restaurants, British, French,...

Further to remarks made the other day, here is the village of Mojacar taken from somewhere below. Apart from the crane which currently dom...

The pueblo of Mojácar is a symbol; it’s the reason that many of us came to live here. The playas are very ordinary, the surrounding towns ar...

Easter is the time when the heavy drums are brought out from dusty store-rooms, tra-boom... tra-boom…, together with the figures of pale-loo...

Apparently there's a speeding ticket waiting for me at home. I can't imagine why, since the car won't get over a hundred klix un...

Twenty One We were sat around the pool drinking wine or beer. The band was setting up in the corner. One of the rockers, known as The Fat Ma...

El Oasys Parque temático del Desierto de Tabernas I’ve got this new car. I say ‘new’ in the sense that I have recently acquired it rather th...