El Perro Negro

One of my spanish friends, Pepe, who has been sorting out the vagaries of our electrical systems for many years has started his own blog. It is based on and around the town of Lanjaron and has many interesting articles. It should be a good read and information source. You will, however, have to speak [...]

The original El Perro Negro (Rocky) shown here being very silly and giddy just cos it’s snowed!

Bruno sits poised in his LazeeBoy leather armchair awaiting his nightly brandy and cigar!

Ok, so it’s not going too well! Faster than last year but he still prefers mountain goats to pulling in a straight line. Next week we are attempting an ascent of Veleta in the Sierra Nevada. If you are skiing then and see us please do not laugh! Ah well, back to the drawing board.

We have been doing a lot of repair work on our cortijo recently, and had some materials left over, so decided to pull down the old dog shelter and make a new one. This is very smart and made out of local stone instead of concrete blocks. in fact, the quality of build is probably [...]

Some time ago I wrote about the control that Ferrari seems to have over the F1 motor sport world (See Ferrari Mafia at it again in Belgium). Today, unsurprisingly, we go to the last grand prix of the season in Brazil with the title race still undecided. What are the chances of every GP season [...]

Ive roped in my daughter, Emma, recently, to help out with some repair work to my roof and the pool area. She hasnt had any experience with construction but she has done really well and got “stuck in”, as can be seen from the photos!

Thought I’d upgrade my phone to one of these new smartphone things. “All singing, all dancing”, they said. “A few clicks of the mouse and your up and running”, they said. The reality is in fact very, very different.

I Justified the whole thing on the basis that I would need it for work and to [...]

Yes I know this sounds unbelievable but you can actually watch Rhinos here in sunny Spain!

OK. So the Rhinos in question have 2 legs,  there’s 13 of them and they charge into one another like the real thing. I am of course talking about the Leeds Rhinos, who won the Super League Grand Final last [...]

During the long hot summer months here in Andalucia, I’ve been watching the english BBC series, “Masterchef”. I am always surprised by the small amount of food these, “Masterchefs” seem to serve. Coming from a middle England, Yorkshire background in the 1960’s, we always got served meat and 2 veg. Stodge, whether it was mash, [...]