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Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Alhaurin el Grande November 21st 2013

2nd – 21stNovember 2014 This was a short three week hop over to Spain, to check the house (it’s been nearly 18mths since we were last here!), catch up with old friends and do some walking. We got some friends to book us on the Field Club walks, as they would have been fully booked had we waited until we arrived.! Which begs the question - maybe there should be more walks, but there always appears to be a shortage of people to lead and organise them. We are always happy to lead walks but the walk programmes are done at least 6 months in advance, so difficult for us to say exactly when we will be here....... The house was fine on arrival – just a bit musty! A few minor repairs needed on the ... read more
walking on Sierra de la Robla with Casarabonela in distance
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Getting the catamaran to Puerto Banus

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Alhaurin el Grande March 15th 2011

SPAIN 6th March – 17th March 2011 The worst news! Its official! Little dog is dead. We saw our neighbour as we came back from Morocco and I decided to ask her about little dog just to confirm what we thought would be bad news and indeed, she cast her eyes and pointed to the sky and confirmed ‘muerte’. We can only assume that by pointing to the sky, that ‘little dog’ has gone to heaven! We didn’t like to ask what happened ( I probably wouldn’t have understood the Spanish answer anyway!!) so we don’t know whether it was natural causes or accident....... On Sunday, despite rain threatening, we decided to go to Mijas horseracing at Mijas Costa Hippodromo. Usual format of five races on a sandy track and because of the rain earlier in ... read more
Benalmadena Park
Rio Guadalhorce
Letting water out of the Dam

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Alhaurin el Grande February 26th 2011

Feb 17th – Feb 26th 2011 Our first week or so in Spain has been glorious – due mainly to the weather! We have had sunshine every day with just a few clouds in the sky and warm temperatures of over 20c. Just perfect fro sitting on the roof, chilling out, reading books and gazing at the view of the mountains and valley! The house was absolutely fine when we arrived, with a pleasant surprise to find that the freesias I had planted as bulbs a year ago were now in flower and smelling wonderful and the jasmine is full of buds and will hopefully flower before we return home! The first swallows were flying around but no sign of the little white dog who lived opposite. We haven’t yet plucked up courage to ask what ... read more
friendly dog!
Caterpillar trees
Processionary caterpillars




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