High-speed rail route through Ronda shelved?
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
Doppelgängers in Andalucía
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
Review of 2011… from the mountains
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,
Wet, wet, wet!
Paul Whitelock has had enough of water lately - flooded houses and gardens, rising damp, sewage, a drowned horse and dirty well water. What else
AVE high speed trains coming to Ronda
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
Spanish police
Paul Whitelock has become a bit of an expert on the Spanish police lately
Four Spanish weddings …
Paul Whitelock has had the good fortune to have been invited to four weddings on Spanish territory
Inheritance Tax scrapped in Catalunya
Paul Whitelock looks at the detail of the decision and provides further information about this potentially punitive tax for residents and non-residents with assets in
The most stunning place in Spain?
Two cities which have recently become official “sisters”, Ronda (Málaga) and Cuenca (Castilla–La Mancha), are arguably two of the most stunning locations in Spain
Last Sunday in September
A typical autumn day for Paul Whitelock in Montejaque?
My God! What have we done?
Are you awake? Yep. Can’t sleep. Me neither. Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Probably... My God! What have we done?
From North Devon to South Spain in six decades – Part Three
After three decades of regular visits to Spain, it got to the millennium and 25 years of married life
From North Devon to South Spain in six decades – Part One
Well, it took nearly 60 years but I made it in the end! When I was born in 1950 I didn’t yet know that Spain
The great Andalucian Exodus
Left battered, bruised and in economic ruin after the Spanish Civil War, millions of Andalucians sought a better life in northern Europe, write Andrew Pearce