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High-speed rail route through Ronda shelved?

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Is it possible that the controversial plans for a high-speed rail freight route through a beautiful valley near Ronda are about to be dropped? If so, it will be great news for hundreds of local residents who have been objecting since the plans were announced in October 2011

Help, help me, Ronda!

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Paul Whitelock reckons an extract from the lyric of the Beach Boys 1965 hit resonates with lots of people who have come to Ronda to live. But why is this stunning city so special?

Doppelgängers in Andalucía

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You’ve all heard the rather wacky theory that John F Kennedy, Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Princess Diana et al aren’t dead at all and are living on a remote island somewhere in the world, well Paul Whitelock thinks that Andalucía is also a hiding place for the rich and famous

Review of 2011… from the mountains

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Here’s Paul Whitelock’s personal review of the year – of events which have affected Spain in general and the Serranía de Ronda, where he lives, in particular

Wet, wet, wet!

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Paul Whitelock has had enough of water lately – flooded houses and gardens, rising damp, sewage, a drowned horse and dirty well water. What else could go wrong?

Jack Frost in Andalucía

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It has been a very cold winter in the Serranía de Ronda. Paul Whitelock was inspired to write about Jack Frost by the continuing icy mornings he is experiencing where he lives in the campo outside Ronda

AVE high speed trains coming to Ronda

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After years of waiting, it was announced this week that the proposed high speed rail link between Antequera and Ronda is to go ahead. The proposals are now out to public consultation

Spanish irrigation unravelled

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Paul Whitelock has recently found out all about Spanish irrigation systems – the hard way

My Top 10 places in Ronda

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Paul Whitelock selects his favourite places in Ronda, the town where he has made his home

My Top 10 places to visit in Spain

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Recently Paul Whitelock wrote about his Top 10 places in Andalucía. Here he selects his Top 10 in the whole of Spain

My Top 10 places to visit in Andalucía

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Which are your top 10 places to visit in Andalucía?

The geography and politics of Spain

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Whilst the history of Spain is long and complicated, the geography and political set-up are fairly straightforward. Paul Whitelock takes a look.

Spanish police

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Paul Whitelock has become a bit of an expert on the Spanish police lately

The accent, smoking, beer and red tape

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When Paul Whitelock moved to live in the Serranía de Ronda there were just three things he did not like about the place. The acento andaluz, smoking in bars and the beer. Oh, and the bureaucracy …!

More and more Spanish noise

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Having written recently about how noisy Spain is Paul Whitelock has discovered some interesting new noises that have recently added themselves to the local repertoire

The geography and politics of Spain

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Whilst the history of Spain is long and complicated, the geography and political set-up are fairly straightforward. Paul Whitelock takes a look.

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My Top 10 places to visit around Ronda

Following a request from a reader, Paul Whitelock chooses his Top 10 places to visit around Ronda having already shared his Top 10 places in Spain and in Andalucía and his Top 10 favourite spots in Ronda itself