Firgas!

After the rum distillery we travelled the short distance to a small town called Firgas, made famous by its production of some 200,000 bottles of sparkling mineral water every day. Some of the views around here are absolutely stunning and, for an island mostly made of...

yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!!!

Ever since I have been going to Gran Canaria I have enjoyed a drink of Arehucas and coke – it’s their local rum, distilled on the island and when I first drank it I renamed it Christmas in a glass!!! I don’t like rum normally – not the smell...

Leaving On A Jet Plane!!!

photo credit: Tom T   Hola mis amigos!!! Just a quick note to say that I won’t be around for a week because……. I am going on a well deserved holiday!!!!! I have just checked the temperature and it is currently 27 degrees. That will do for...

Seven Weird Things about me!!!

I have been tagged by Jay over at the Deppeffect to write about seven weird facts about me – only seven – well, here goes: 1) I can’t plan for anything – I wasn’t always like it – years ago I’d got Christmas in the bag by...

Watch out for your mother in law’s tongue!

photo credit: kimberlyfaye    Look here and wonder what your plants are saying about you? I shudder to think what my neglected bay tree has been saying to my last rose of summer – but it does make you realise – that people who talk to their plants have...

Ooo eee Twitter Twitter – Tweet Tweet…

photo credit: Jacob Bøtter Okay so I changed the words but it does make me think of the chirpy cheep cheep song. I now have ‘Twitter’ on my system – another learning curve for my addled brain to deal with. So far its all going well although it...