Figs are very topical as we go into harvest festival and our black and green fruit are bursting in their fullness in the autumn sunshine. But what do you do with all this figgyness ripening all together? There is only so much fig jam you can make! Figgy pudding seems to sit well on the…
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Do I write or do I weed?
When I first moved to the Ebro River Valley I felt starved of intellect momentus. I craved discussion and debate outside the normal Expat lament of dodgey builders and not quite British building materials. I soon tired of eavesdropping and hearing the character assasinations of fellow expats, “If you are a fisherman first by definition, then of course you are a bona fide brickey, plumber, sparkey or lumberjack!”
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Valerie Collins on TV on Andre Buenafuente show Spain La Sexta Channel
Hello readers Valerie we share in your excitement. Wow!Wow! Book promotion on TV just brings amazing results.So many people want to see the faces of the authors before they buy the book. Folks I have just received this email. You will gain so much from listening to Valerie and Theresa, even if you do not…
Correfoc -pyrotechnic celebration – 12th September -Tortosa
Don’t forget tomorrow 12 th September, 2009 when Correfoc will start at 20:30 in Tortosa English version The Correfoc is a pyrotechnic celebration, celebrated mostly in Catalonia. It has its roots in the “Ball de Diables” (devil dance) in the 12th century. In the Correfoc, the attendants participate more actively than in the “Ball de…
Who knows not where the wasp does wear its sting? In its tail. (Taming of the Shrew)
This saying sprang out of the blue yesterday while I was pegging out the washing in the Lower Ebro Valley . The pesky little enemy stung me on the side of my big toe, between the sandal straps, and I was hopping about wailing trying not to drop a wet double sheet in God’s fairest…
Miss Sunday shopping? English goodies available this Sunday.
Dreading the queues and crowds of Saturday supermarket dash in the Lower Ebro Valley or Montsia? Well lets lighten your load today. This Sunday is the 2nd Sunday of month, when the amicable Brian Parkins holds his gathering of the Expats and locals at Casa Madera, off Camino Terrapico for his International social club, on…
Cats enjoy there luxurious holidays at Claudia’s cat-retreat
It is always a big worry when we are travelling away from our homes in Spain as to where we can house our beloved cats. Maybe the neighbour is not that keen to look after them anymore. Dogs are easier to find kennels. But house sitters for cats are becoming impossible to find. We have…
I am tired of going to the same old, same old beaches. I want variety.
I am not saying that these beaches that I regularly visit are not glorious. Rather I am bored with them. I want to try somewhere different but not where I have to spend hours couped up travelling long distances in this summer heat. So where do I go? Do I go north from Terres del…
Little Britain 24-7.com
One no longer need groan at the exorbitant prices charged by so called “English” shops up and down Catalonia, there are some new guys on the blocks! Well, we welcome Tim and Elisa. We all become sun lounger lizards through these hot months and dread having to change just to go into town to shop….