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A Place In The Cold
Heating Our first house in Spain had no central heating, and we arrived in December. No problem, we thought – Spain’s a hot country, isn’t it? And it has a wood burner –that’ll be all romantic and...
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Life is a series of journeys and decisions. You are going to love reading about Joe Cawley’s path, from cold fish in Bolton to travel writing in the sizzling Canary Islands, via Full English...
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To Do: Move to Spain
Looking back on that crazy year we emigrated, I remember how our news had a strange and polarising affect on those around us. Of course there was a close subset of mainly family whose feelings were...
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In Spain, it’s Family First
As I have written about before, it was the experience of becoming a parent that first made me question some of the values of the UK culture we were living in, and identify some disconnections from how...
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Liebster Award – Encouraging Recognition for Beyond Mañana
Thank you so much to lovely Molly at Piccavey.com, for nominating my as yet quite young and emergent blog for a Liebster Award. It is particularly flattering as I really enjoy and admire Molly’s blog...
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Keeping Our Children Safe – UK and Spain
As I have written before, a huge factor in our wish to move to Spain was our daughters. Having spent years worrying about them growing up in London, shifting out to the suburbs of Surrey simply hadn’t...
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Safe European Home
A recent business trip back to the UK had me taking trains between several major cities in England, and passing through endless suburban station towns. I was struck by the similarities between the...
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Life for Rent, in Spain
I suppose this must be a legacy of the Thatcher years, but when I grew up and started work in the 90s UK owning one’s own home was simply a natural thing to aim for, a normal step on the path to...
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Doctor Doctor, I think I’m in Spain!
One thing that concerns a lot of people considering a move to a new country is the healthcare situation, and I am pleased to be able to say that firstly our experience here is limited, but also that...
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Life in the second-language bubble
We are surrounded at all times by a babble of chatter, news and noise, and a lot of it these days is banal or bleak in the extreme. I strongly believe in individual choice and active selection of what...
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