We adopted Teo and Tigra in 2013 (March and July respectively) and not for one moment have we regretted it. I had never met a Galgo until I was fortunate to transport Briken to Germany. He was the first dog we transported and the first Galgo that I met. Some things are just meant to […]
M2 Associates was set up in 1995 as a VAT Partnership between Sandra and myself. Since we based ourselves in Spain it has been semi-dormant to say the least. Initially a Business and Management Consultancy Business we concentrated on the Bogging and Internet Consultancy for several year, with the focus more and more on the […]
Since 2011 we have been transporting pet cats and dogs across Europe with a monthly pet transport between Spain, Germany and the UK. In addition we offer regular pet transports across Europe and within Spain. We have two vans, a 2012 Vauxhall Movana and a 2011 Nissan NV200 both with a DEFRA Animal Welfare Certificate […]
This 2001 Fat Boy was the first Harley I owned and I love it. Have spent way too much money chroming it up, and whilst it can be set up for touring I much prefer it set up in solo seat mode. Love nothing more than cruising round the bars and along the beach on […]
Married in 1992, Sandra is the island of sanity in my world. She has a tolerance towards me that is beyond belief. Happily she enjoys the use of technology but isn’t a ‘techy’ by any stretch of the imagination! The majority of her time is spent in helping re-home the stray and abandoned cats here […]
Meet the Gang! We have adopted 6 cats to share our life with us here in Spain! To be more accurate we have been adopted by them as they really are the focus of our lives these days, and have led to the ALStrays Re-homing and Transport Project which Sands started around the same time […]
Teo was 5 years old recently and as I was in Malaga dropping a cat off from the UK and Sands at the airport as she was going to the UK I thought I would take Teo and Tigra to see Charlotte at 112 Carlota Galgos, which is where we adopted Tigra from. Teo had […]
So Teo is five years old today. It is always hard with a rescue animal but when we first took him to the vet he was given the 1st March 2009 as his birthday, and as that is now inked on my arm that will remain his birthday. More importantly it is his first birthday […]
Five years ago Oscar entered our lives. They say good luck comes in threes and that was certainly the case with the Big Guy. Initially found drowning in the marina here in Almerimar he was fished out and fostered by one of Sandra’s friends. A week before he was due to go to Germany to […]
Special day today as it is six (6) years since we adopted our second cat, Saidi. It is also her birthday, so happy anniversary and happy ninth (9th) birthday special lady. She is mum to Moreno, or first cat, but you wouldn’t know it other than to look at them. She spent the first three […]
Many years ago, living in the UK, my Pilates Instructor tried to persuade me to buy some MBT (Movement Through Instability) shoes that she had just started to sell. At the time I wasn’t interested thinking they couldn’t really make that much difference, that I was fit so wouldn’t benefit from them, and they had […]
Two months in and I am heading in the right direction: albeit very slowly! February was always going to be a tough a month with three ALStrays Pet Transports which meant that I had less time to exercise, more time sat in a van, and more temptation to eat sweets etc. I have improved the […]
Well it is a month since I started to get fitter and be healthier, and it hasn’t been too bad result wise. I have lost some weight: all in the first half of the month, although having just got back from a ALStrays Transport, that is probably a little skewed as it takes me a […]
Friend in Minneapolis sent this photo through recently (well to be accurate they posted it on my Facebook Timeline), of me aged 18 on a Graduation camping trip to Apple River. What can I say! We were young. It was the 80′s. I was playing a lot of football (soccer for my friends across the […]
After months of neglect I have finally got round to charging up the 2002 Road King Classic, and bless her she fired up first time and sounded great. Next on the list: air in the tires and then a good clean (she more than deserves it) and then …… start riding her. I have never […]
Up until recently I had both the 2001 Fat Boy and the 2002 Road King Classic here in Spain, so was fortunate to have them set up as solo (Fat Boy) and two up (Road King Classic. Personally I think the two bikes look best set up this way, but check out the photos below […]
Just fitted the new Brawler Solo Seat to the Road King Classic, took all of ten minutes and looks great. Haven’t had a chance to try it out yet as bit wet and am tired from the last UK ALStrays Transport so going to save that pleasure until tomorrow. Huge thanks to all at Stoke […]
Searching online recently for a bluetooth motorbike helmet I cam across a company called The Helmet Place who sell a V-can Flip Up Bluetooth Helmet for £149.99 Having now had the opportunity to use said helmet I am very impressed. Great price obviously and while style is a matter of taste I love the look […]
Watched the England v Denmark match last night via ipTV to see what it was like. As far as the game was concerned I have little hopes that we will progress through to the knock out stages in Brazil BUT we do have some promising youngsters and if the FA stick with Hodgson (who seems […]
The Garmin or TomTom debate is on again. Last time the Garmin 510 won and I have been really pleased with it, and with the Garmon Connect application and web based service. Garmin or TomTom Garmin Forerunner 220 TomTom Runner GPS Watch Price Let’s get this out of the way first. The Garmin is $299.99 […]
Bought a Kindle Paperweight recently. No real reason as I don’t exactly use the Kindle Applications on the iPad, Samsung S4 or Samsung 10.1 much! Just thought that we should have one really, and have been surprised at how much I like it. One big issue I have with the application on all of the […]
Picked up a GoPro Hero 3 at Christmas. No specific reason. I am not exactly into active sports, but I liked the idea of having one and figured it would be fun. Anyway I used it for the first time today: mounted to the bike (I have mounts for 3 bikes, plus helmet mounts, mounts […]
I am interested as to how European the ‘typical Brit’ feels, because as far as I can tell the UK is remarkably un-European. Most months our ALStrays Pet Transport business sees me driving through Spain, France, Germany, Holland, and Belgium, as well as the UK. In addition we regularly visit Italy, Portugal, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Croatia […]
Seriously does anybody care about Scottish Independence? I appreciate that for some (but let’s face it it is a small number and a minority in their own country) passionate Scots it is an important subject, and I have no issue with their desires for debate, referendum, or indeed independence. My question is: does anybody really […]
Pardon the pun but LMAO at this one! “A Scottish man has been given an extra stretch inside after prison officials found him trying to smuggle both a mobile phone and its charger into prison up his bottom. Christopher Hughes was facing a nine-year sojourn in the Big House for stabbing four people outside a […]
Suspect this will be on interest to many a blogger. A proposed new model of media regulation for Australia says that bloggers who posts receive just 41 page impressions a day could be forced to apologise to anyone they wrong on their blog and to issue corrections.
The Garmin or TomTom debate is on again. Last time the Garmin 510 won and I have been really pleased with it, and with the Garmon Connect application and web based service. Garmin or TomTom Garmin Forerunner 220 TomTom Runner GPS Watch Price Let’s get this out of the way first. The Garmin is $299.99 […]
Have had the bike a couple of months now, but have still only managed to get out on it 8 times! 6 of those since I had the Garmin 510 and started using Garmin Connect (see below). AM really enjoying it and have been (very) surprised how the knee has stood up to the exercise, […]
Picked up a GoPro Hero 3 at Christmas. No specific reason. I am not exactly into active sports, but I liked the idea of having one and figured it would be fun. Anyway I used it for the first time today: mounted to the bike (I have mounts for 3 bikes, plus helmet mounts, mounts […]
A while back I shared my decision on whether to get a Garmin or TomTom for use on the road bike. Today I used the Garmin 510 for the first time along with the Garmin Connect application for Samsung S4 and the Garmin Connect website. Am impressed!! The actual ride wont impress many, but it […]
Last week, a horse in a Dublin housing estate was mown down with a quad bike and beaten with a wooden plank — and the police were unable to do a thing. Horses on a council estate in Dublin are being tortured on a daily basis by the residents — and police say they’re unable […]
Tania the elephant has been stuck in solitary confinement in a Romanian zoo called Tirgu Mures for more than 35 years. She is ill, mistreated and desperately lonely. Tania the elephant was only a baby when her herd was wiped out in the wild. Left alone in the world, she was immediately sold to a […]
British army medics are being sent to Denmark to shoot live pigs with automatic weapons. We have to stand up to stop this cruel practice. In the U.K., it is illegal to subject live animals to injuries in order to train doctors or medics. Not so in Denmark, though — which is why the British […]
Born in 1963 in Yorkshire, England I was educated in the UK and USA ending up somehow with a BA (Hons) Economics and a MSc Information Systems Design and Management. I have lived and worked in the UK, USA and Spain before settling down in Almerimar, Spain in 2003, where I spend my time running […]
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Watched Wild Bill last night, the 2012 directorial debut of English director/actor Dexter Fletcher last night. Set in East London, in the shadow of the Olympic site, the story revolves around Bill Hayward (Charlie Creed-Miles), a prisoner of eight years out on parole. Returning home, he finds his two sons, Dean (Will Poulter), aged 16, […]
What a great movie, and what a superb actor Day-Lewis is, although he was incredibly well supported by every other actor and actress in the movie, not a weak performance amongst them! Rarely do I sit through a while movie in one sitting, especially long ones. but the fact that I did with Lincoln pretty […]
Watched the Gangster Squad last night. Los Angeles, 1949: A secret crew of police officers led by two determined sergeants work together in an effort to take down the ruthless mob king Mickey Cohen who runs the city. IMDb rate it 6.8 which I reckon is about right. Easy enough to watch (few bits of […]
Stand Up to Protect Horses in Dublin
Last week, a horse in a Dublin housing estate was mown down with a quad bike and beaten with a wooden plank — and the police were unable to do a thing. Horses on a council estate in Dublin are being tortured on a daily basis by the residents — and police say they’re unable […]
Tania the elephant has been stuck in solitary confinement in a Romanian zoo called Tirgu Mures for more than 35 years. She is ill, mistreated and desperately lonely. Tania the elephant was only a baby when her herd was wiped out in the wild. Left alone in the world, she was immediately sold to a […]
Stop Using Live Pigs for Gunshot Wound Training!
British army medics are being sent to Denmark to shoot live pigs with automatic weapons. We have to stand up to stop this cruel practice. In the U.K., it is illegal to subject live animals to injuries in order to train doctors or medics. Not so in Denmark, though — which is why the British […]
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