Stop the Slaughter of Wild Boar
Government rangers with high-powered rifles are shooting wild boar in the Forest of Dean. Officials claim the cull is necessary because of a recent explosion in the number of boars …
Teo & Tigra Nature Reserve (Video)
One of the justifications that I used when I was getting the GoPro Hero 3 was that I wanted to take some ‘action’ shots of Teo and Tigra. I have …
Road Bike (Video)
This is a timelapse video of what I call my ‘core’ ride: a 28km cycle through Almerimar, past the golf course and rowing lake, up towards Guardias Viejas, along the …
Revamped lorry designs could avoid hundreds of cycling deaths
Excellent article (news) in The Guardian today as a study by a team at Loughborough has concluded that to increase safety for cyclists lorries should have longer cabs, rounded noses …
Fitness Goals
Time to bite the bullet and commit to some fitness goals! In recent months I have (slowly) been getting fitter, and more importantly, figuring out what this bag of old …
Map Showing British Schools Worldwide
Apparently Spain has 60 British Schools making it one of the ‘best covered’ in the world for Expats – although one must bear in mind quality v quantity! If you …
Britain To remove winter fuel allowance for expats in Spain
According to The Times British pensioners living abroad in countries warmer than the UK received more than £16 million in winter fuel payments last year. This is ridiculous! Once you …
Big decisions looming for expats as UK pensions rules change
I see the Telegraph rolled out their standard image of expats walking hand in hand along the beach (representing the idyllic expats dream we all know to be a load …