Load Of Bull

Dave Bull takes a trip to the heart of the Alicante wine region ‘Los Pinos’ (the pines) and staggers home afterwards, no doubt…

PINOSO

For those looking for the real Spain and an idea of true Spanish rural life, Pinoso has that and more. Pinoso, which is also known as Pinos, is tucked away amongst mountains on the Murcia/Valencia border sitting 450 metres Read the rest of this entry »

…WE STILL WEAR SANDALS

Roaming around this old town Dave Bull resisted the urge to do it as the Romans did all those years ago and left his sandals at home for a visit to LA Romana

LA ROMANA

‘Very welcoming and truly beautiful’ is often how  La Romana is described and so it’s no real surprise to find Read the rest of this entry »

So there we were. Standing outside of a bar near my home, my son alongside me and both of us injured; my son with blood pouring down his face from a head wound, and me with claret pumping out of my cut Read the rest of this entry »

Firstly may I welcome you all to this page where I’ll (hopefully) be offering some advice, help, info and probably lots of observations on life as an expat, but also from the perspective of the toughest job in the world…being a bloke. That may get a few ladies reading this slamming the washing machine door in anger but its Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been out on the road during September visiting readers from Pinoso, Abanilla, Quesada and quite a few others actually and I must thank the NOSMO KING club down in Torrevieja for inviting me along on the 15^th when I gave a chat about some of the funny things that have happened to me (and others) in Spain down the years, we had a laugh and this month I’m off to Benijofar on the 12^th to meet some more expats and, of course, have a bit of a giggle…

I had the electrician in this month to replace the cooker hood that I melted with the great chip pan fire of July Read the rest of this entry »