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The narrow donkey track - the one that goes up to Tito's and a few other houses in Mojácar pueblo, has been widened to fit a car as seen...

The following essays which have appeared on this blog have been ordered to be removed or amended by an injunction from the Vera Court! Remov...

I remember an Iveco truck that used to drive around here years back with a sign painted on the roof air-spoiler which said 'Este camion ...

Hands up anyone who knows what that thing is picking lice out of my hair.

There has been a certain amount of excitement among the Northern European settlers in Spain after the head-on critical attack on President Z...

Our home is in sight of the Moviestar antenna on top of Mojácar’s hill, yet none of our mobile phones work inside the house. Some friend tel...

The Indalo is a straight-backed figure with open legs and extended arms holding a half-circle over his head. A totem that started out as a ...

Mojácar comes from the Arab name ‘Muxacra’, which comes from the Roman name ‘Mons Sacra’. This ‘sacred mountain’ refers to a pyramid shaped ...

The weather has been strange this year, with more rain falling here since Christmas than you could experience on a long Irish weekend. It’s ...

I’m sat in our office, a converted bedroom I suppose in our rather large house. It’s the kind of house that wanders slightly, one room decan...

According to the ever-faithful Wikipedia, 'The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, is a species of beetle. It is relatively lar...

Over the last few years I have sometimes had reason to visit Pamplona (or ‘ Iruña ’ as it is in Euskera ). Signs in Spanish to this city goi...

There’s something queer about the food these days. You go to a restaurant to eat and half of the menu is designed for some kind of wedding f...

This hand-carved marble bath comes from the old balneario behind Cuevas. It'll be around a hundred years old. We've had it in our g...

Recently, a gentleman decided to walk from Land’s End to John O’ Groats, a journey of around a thousand miles. It’s a pleasant enough route,...

The protest against the mayoress' plan for a small underground carpark next to the church duly occured this morning in Mojácar. A carpar...

Mojácar se Mueve, a citizens group in Mojácar, has called for a demonstration next Friday 14th May from 9.30am against the town hall’s plans...

Delfos, an art gallery and bar, is on the road between Mojacar and Turre. It's open every evening from 9.00pm. Mariano, who has a great...

I bought my first car from a dealer in Almería. I was eighteen and had recently (that morning, probably) passed the driving test in Huercal ...

In the old days, it was easy enough to find frogs. They would be croaking in some corner of the garden or leaping into a nearby pond. Someti...