People who know Denise and myself, know that we are property finders. Lots of people ask us to sell houses, which we don’t do, because that would be unethical. In a past post, you may remember (all two of you), that a golf developer had offered us silly money and a car for pushing their [...]

It seems that every time you turn on the box in the UK, there is a programme knocking life in Spain. Usually property that has gone wrong but now propaganda about the euro from BBC2 who should know better…………

Thinking about retiring to somewhere warm, healthy and fun? Read On….

I had a go at this (green) bowling when I was a teenager and it is more exciting than it looks! Obviously with a lot of retired people in the area, there are a fair few clubs around the region. This time I am covering the Marina Baja and Marina Alta areas.

This is by way of an introduction to the Marinas from Oliva down to Torrevieja. Valencia are of course hosting the Americas Cup and if I get time I will include those near and around Valencia. Comments and recommendations are welcome from those salty sea-dogs who have personal experience of short and longer stays. We [...]

As an ex-sport and commercial diver/diving supervisor, I have long since hung up my flippers. I must say I got a bit bored with it and coming to the Mediterranean, thought, wrongly, that diving here wasn’t worth getting wet for…

Looking around at news sites relevant to the Costa Blanca, I have found that the quality and content vary, from local and national coverage to those just trying to sell books. Rather than pick an RSS feed for my site, thought it would be better to describe