Three small snippets of information recently in the news here in Spain have given me cause for a welcome surge of confidence for the future economic growth of the country, although they may not have been the most obvious headline grabbing soundbites that you would associate with an economic ‘recovery’. So what were these three [...]
Reflections From A Balcony In Spain: Expats Getting Younger
September 2nd, 2010Mojacar: The Property Post Is No More
September 1st, 2010Always sad to see a business close down, and given my involvement and activities with various media projects it always seems even sadder in many ways when it is a paer, so not good to receive this email this morning: Good Afternoon Due to the Economic Climate,I regret to inform you that The Property Post [...]
Last of Last Of The Summer Wine
August 30th, 2010With the line “Did I lock the door?” Peter Sallis brought an end to the era that was Last Of The Summer Wine. After 37 years and 295 episodes over 31 series they have filmed the last show, leaving the final words to Sallis, who as Norman Clegg was in the first show as well [...]
MRI petition Launched
August 30th, 2010I suspect there wont be too many tears at the news that a petition has been launched against property mogul Darragh Macanthony’s beleaguered firm MRI. Details below:
The Grumpy Old Men Of Los Gallardos 30 August
August 30th, 2010Greetings from God’s little waiting room, where this week, we have suffered a shocking bereavement. One of our brethren has been taken, suddenly from this mortal coil. One moment the little fellow was running around, like a two year old, the next he had succumbed to the heat and could not be saved. I refer, [...]
Mojacar Fishing Report 29 August 2010
August 29th, 2010As of August 20th 2010 there are some new sea fishing laws (Shore and boat) that will affect us all. A maximum of 5kilos of fish a day of permitted species and minimum sizes can be kept per person. I don’t have a copy of the size list. No catching bluefin tuna, albacore, big eye [...]
Spanish Property Market Improving Fact or Fiction?
August 28th, 2010It was good to read the other day that the number of internet searches by British people for property overseas has increased exponentially in the last 12 months and that June 2010 saw a 151 per cent increase in the number of searches for property in Spain by UK citizens compared to June 2009. I [...]
Costa Almeria Living: August Madness
August 26th, 2010We are well and truly in the middle of what must be the maddest month of the year in Spain. Up the road in Mojacar friends are moaning daily about the increased traffic, and the fact that a 15 minute car journey now takes 45 minutes, and then another 25 minutes while you try and [...]
Reflections From A Balcony In Spain: That Holiday Feeling
August 26th, 2010Back in the day, as they would say in America, when I was young, full of enthusiasm and embarking on the career path to nowhere I always used to feel that the day before you went on holiday was the best day to be coming back to work the next day. The desk was cleared, [...]
Mojacar Gossip 26 August 2010
August 26th, 2010I’m so pleased to tell everyone that Julie from Celebrations, the card and gift shop in the Mojacar Commercial Center is not closing down as has been rumoured. They are having a big sale as can be seen in the photo and you can also see how the rumour started. Liquidacion in Spain doesn’t mean [...]
Michelle Obama Attempts To Make Up For Disasterous Spanish Vacation
August 24th, 2010Bless her! Poor Michelle is now struggling to enhance her public image after her disaterous trip to Spain, so what does she do? Call in the old patrioc of American politics, old Ma Laura Bush, to do a bit of pulling on the old heartsleeves over the 9/11 observances. The deft public relations move by [...]
Spanish Property Market
August 24th, 2010Am pretty sure that these aren’t the headlines that the property market in Spain wants to read right now, but a recent article in the Guardian headlined with the eyecatching: Spanish property: ‘There’s a lot of over-priced rubbish out there’ Despite a huge glut of property on the Spanish market, there are few real bargains [...]
The Grumpy Old Men Of Los Gallardos 22 August 2010
August 22nd, 2010Greetings from God’s little waiting room, where, by the time this goes to press, Bagpuss will be driving back to the U.K., for a short break. And yes, I did say driving, complete with his narcoleptic eyes, I wish him well on his journey and hope that he can stay awake long enough to get [...]
Win 14 Nights In Spain With The Daily Mirror
August 22nd, 2010Interesting to note that the Vera Beach Club in Costa Almeria is one of the two options offered to reaers of the Daily Mirror in their competition to win 14 nights holiday for four in Spain as part of their promotion of the film The Passion Within which is released on DVD. We have teamed [...]
Mojacar’s Tourism Future
August 22nd, 2010I have written about Residential Tourism, or turismo residencial to be more accurate before, and it is a recurring theme in many a late night discussion, and over lunch …. not least with Mojacar’s Premier Blogger Mr David Jackson! It is a well worth a read, not least for his summary: So if Mojacar wants [...]
Spanish Property Sales Increase
August 22nd, 2010Over the last couple of weeks the general news and trends have been overall positive for Spain’s economy. Nothing startling, and nothing to get excited about, and to be honest still reason to have a healthy fear of a ‘double dip’ recession. The recent National Institute of Statistics figures relating to house sales in Spain [...]
