Finca Arboleda has been approved for inclusion on to a site called Your Holiday Matters it should prove to be good for us as people will know they will be staying at a place where we care about the quality of the service we provide.
Wow! that was a bit serious.
I seem to be having a Manana week. The tax man is still keeping us waiting, manana is the cry.
I ordered some gravel on Monday and it hasn’t been delivered yet, it’s Friday, because the lorry is kaput, so I went to get some gravel with the trailer and there was another problem, they don’t actually have the gravel, MANANA!
We’ve been revamping the patio area around the stables, I’ll post some pictures when the gravel arrives and we can finish it, manana.
I upgraded the blog and that always gives me problems, normally because i have to think a bit before using the new program, therefore no new blog for a week, there’s always Manana.
Still I’ve still had a better week than John Terry!
“Some birdwatchers are keen rarity seekers and will travel long distances to see a new species to add to one of their “lists”, e.g., life list, national list, state list, county list, etc. These fanatical birders are commonly known by the light-hearted slang term twitchers, particularly in the United Kingdom (though non-birders often mistakenly use twitcher as a synonym for birder or birdwatcher).”
I’m not sure whether David who stayed here last week would like to be known as a Twitcher but he and Kipper who was here with him and their wives the previous week were certainly pretty keen. David kindly left a list of the birds he saw in the area between 26th April and 10th May 2008.
Here is the list for those who are interested.
Lesser Grey Shrike, Black Winged Stilt, Black Wheatear,
Wheatear (Northern), Grag Martin, Roller, Turtle Dove,
Collared Dove, Grey Headed Woodpecker, Pied Flycatcher,
House Martin, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Bee-eater, Hoopoe,
Serin, Spotless Starling, Sardinian Warbler, Woodchat Shrike,
Stone Curlew, Crested Lark, Red-rumped Swallow, Alpine Swift,
Spotted Cuckoo, Spotted Fly Catcher, Linnet, Goldfinch,
Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Whinchat, Swallow, Little Owl,
Kestrel, Kite.
We have loads of Apricots ready, shame you’re not here to try them, maybe next year?
We went to Albox last week to see our good friends Pat and Pete, actually the real reason was to see the their new dog, Sammy, an 18 month old cross from the local rescue centre, APSA. She and Stig got on fine and we took them or maybe they took us for a long walk in the spectacular countryside around their home.
Sammy was exhausted when we got back as she persisted in racing up and down every hill we saw. Stig was a bit disappointed by the lack of Rabbits to chase.
Of course you know by now this is just an excuse to post some pictures here
Tuesday seemed lika a good day to go to Mojacar and see our accountant about how much tax we owed for 2007. As usual here things don’t always pan out as you expect. A couple of weeks ago we left some forms which the taxman needed to stamp and these should have been ready to collect but…the taxman is on strike for more dinero, I hope he doesn’t take it from us.
Anyway I had the camera with me so I’ve posted a few pictures here of the Pueblo, the coast was sunny but a bit hazy.
Emma and Louise work with animals in Scotland and helped at the local animal welfare centre when they stayed here last August. Now they are back for another stint and to catch up with the 2 and 4 legged friends they made last year.
Paws relies on volunteers to walk, groom and clean the animals they also need help maintaining the site and gardening.
So if you think a holiday at Finca Arboleda might be too boring, lying by the pool all day, maybe you would like to help for a few hours with the good work at PAWS.
We can provide you with more information or follow the link above.
Just got a mail from the UK, snow in April in Hampshire!
Why not book a holiday here in May, we’ve just had 2 cancellations and will give you a good price and your money back if it snows!
Cartagena is less than an hour north of Vera close to Murcia airport. Flights from here are generally in the evening and Cartagena has been recommended as an interesting place to spend a few hours. With nearly 3000 years of history from Carthagian and Roman times to the Spanish civil war where it was a stronghold against Franco there is plenty to see and do. Then you can enjoy a last meal on the harbour front before heading for the airport.
Walt Disney in 1954, cropped from a NASA photo
A new book on urban legends of the province has just been published
Some of the urban legends of the province of Almeria are about to see new light as a new book on the subject is published by local author, Alberto Cerezuela.
The most famous one, which claims that Walt Disney was born in Mojácar, has been well publicised, but there are plenty others which have awakened the interest of the young author. When asked by 20 minutos about the Disney story, Alberto said that it was a very interesting tale. He says he spoke to a resident of Mojacar who says he was Walt Disney’s neighbour, but that the claims were difficult to prove, especially as the family are not prepared to do any DNA testing.
Another of the author’s favourites is Los Fuegos de Laroya. This legend tells stories of spontaneous combustion in the small village of Laroya in the year 1945, with clothes, furniture and even animals suddenly bursting into flame.
The book in Spanish is called ‘Enigmas y leyendas de Almería’ and is published by Ediciones Culti
