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Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain

This is our real life, in real Spain. Ten years of adventures since swapping our glorious Victorian House in leafy Essex for a tiny flat in a wild Andalusian village. I was once a Radio Producer in London, not a great one. I sacked Richard Hammond for not knowing enough about cars. Was rude to J.K. and binned her rubbish first edition new kiddies book. Told the man behind Amazon when it launched in the UK that nobody wanted to shop online for books. So I ran away to Spain with my other half and

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07:13

Day 77 - "Benidorm Brits and Bikinis"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/06/01

Today the story of a railway porter who transformed the whole of the Spanish tourism industry, a story that involves a Bikini and General Franco. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 77 Benidorm Brits and Bikini’s Sunday, the eve of Phase 2 and another step toward the new normal here in Spain. Today the Spanish Tourism Minister Maria Reyes Maroto has said that the UK must improve the Covid19 rates before Britain’s can be allowed to come back to Spain for their holidays. Last year

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Day 76 - "Fiestas and the F-Word"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/31

Saturday and the weekend has come with some bad news if you are planning a party in Spain, this is the story of a British couple behind the police lines in Spain, a daily diary of Lockdown. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 76 Fiestas and the F-Word Saturday, and the weekend has come, and with it a rise in Spaniards testing positive for Coronavirus, it would seem, that “somebody said we are having a fiesta” Nearly all the new cases are from people getting together for a party, in

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07:04

Day 75 - "Property Nightmares!"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/30

Today how we lost a cool £49,000 to a Spanish bank, that we will never see again. Property nightmares and how to avoid them, here in Spain. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Disclaimer, we do NOT receive any remuneration from advertising, the views expressed our our own and not others. Day 75 - Property Nightmares Friday, Day 75 phase 1 and the blind men are still here, it is confirmed that we will be in Phase 2 by Monday, I we are still a little confused as to what extra benefit

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06:49

Day 74 - "Shady Deals"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/29

Today shady European Deals and shady terraces, as we continue our daily diary of Lockdown, Spanish style. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 74 shady deals Thursday has arrived and we are awaiting the blind men, not that they are actually blind, but they are hopefully going to fit the awning blinds that run along the top of our pergola. Some rather sad but predictable news from the Spanish economy, and that is 38,508 fewer pensions were paid out last month as the Covid19 virus has

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06:39

Day 73 - "Beach Vigilantes"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/28

Wednesday and there is news that tourists coming to Spain will be greeted by beach vigilantes, who will be employed to make sure we all socially distance and bathe in the correct safe way. Day 73 of Spanish Lockdown for a British couple and their three-good legs cat. Find out more here: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 73 Beach Vigilantes Wednesday week two of Phase 1 and we learn that the Spanish Government is going to make sure that you naughty old tourists behave yourself on the costas, if

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06:41

Day 72 - "Gone to Pot"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/27

Could legally growing marijuana save Spains Economy? Today the whole podcast is going to pot, after all it is time we started to chill and relax, before the onslaught of tourists arrive here in Spain. This is the daily diary of a British couple in Phase 1 Lockdown in Spain. Find out more here: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 72 gone to pot It is Tuesday, and today we celebrate 1,918 lives not taken by the virus, the Health Ministry mis-calculated the figures which represent a 7% drop in the

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Day 71 "Peseta Pats"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/26

Monday and day 71, and a few tips about buying a property here in Spain and what you need to do as a Brit, before January 2020. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 71 Peseta Pats Monday of week two of phase 1, we are still confused about why we have not moved to Phase 2, so I asked my Spanish neighbour from Granada. “There are not enough beds in the Hospital, of the critical kind.” She said. It would appear one of the worries is a flood of inter-province holiday makers would risk

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Day 70 - "Tourist Trap!"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/25

Day 70 of Lockdown, and Spain will be open for tourists in July says Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today. What will it mean, and what is it like for tourists here along the Granada coast? The daily dairy Podcast of a British couple and their three good legs cat, living on the Costa Tropical. Find out more here: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 70 "Tourist Trap!" Sunday comes with a breeze and more Mediterranean sunshine; the Spanish Prime Minister Uncle Pedro has announced today that he is going

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Day 69 - "Alhambra"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/24

Day 69 it is Saturday and a tale of majestic beauty and ticket fraud, the daily diary of a British couple in Lockdown, still, in Spain. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 69 Saturday and the weekend has arrived with thirty plus temperatures, somewhere nearby somebody has some gentle Spanish guitar music playing and the birds are singing away. The Alhambra Palaces have said they plan to open again on the 1st of June and are putting in place social distancing measures, so I guess

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07:39

Day 68 - "More pain in Spain"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/23

Day 68 and the miserable news that we stay in phase 1 for yet another week. The peasants are revolting in Madrid and the leader of the far left Podemos Party - Pablo Iglesias has had to call in police reinforcement to protect his luxury mansion in an exclusive part of Madrid from the hoards complaining that they do not have enough to eat. Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 68 More Pain in Spain Friday and the day dawned full of promise but by the time afternoon came, God

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06:35

Day 67 - "Holidays in Spain?"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/22

Today do you think you will be taking your summer holiday in Spain this year? Dirty deals behind closed doors and road works. find out more here: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 67 Holidays in Spain? Day 67 We have reached Thursday of Phase 1, Day 67 of Lockdown. So many numbers, so many days so far. The sweet sound of the birds singing in the trees, the gentle roar of the sea in the bay in the distance has been replaced by a terrific roar of the road gang who are re-surfacing the main

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Day 66 - "Palm Sun Day"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/21

Day 66, and this is a story of an old man called Pepe, a palm tree and a trip into the little seaside town of Salobreña. Daily life behind the police lines in Spanish Lockdown. find out more here: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 66 Palm Sun Day Wednesday of phase 1 and yesterday evening we went along to the big house, belonging to our friends Petra and Justin. We did a bit of watering; they have a great many planters filled with exotic plants that all get thirsty in the warm weather. We also

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Day 65 - "Stealing from the sun"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/20

Day 65, Tuesday and Phase 1 of the unlockdown, today stealing from the sun and the return of the peseta. Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 65 Stealing from the Sun We are in Phase 1 of Unlockdown – it is Tuesday and the weather is improving, bringing with it our hay fever. We both suffer from it, I have to say that I didn’t really suffer in the UK, but although we live in the coast, it really gets me for about a month a year. Some of culprits include the blossom from Olive

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Day 64 - "Wise Words"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/19

Day 64 of Lockdown, day one of Phase 1, and life is just starting to get back into gear, albeit with only a few small changes, here in Spain. Today a story of why Ernie Wise influenced our decision to come to live in Spain. Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com

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Day 63 - "Christmas and The Magna Carta"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/18

Day 63 and the reason we don't work Christmas Day anymore, how the Magna Carta protects us but not the Spanish. A daily diary in Lockdown from a British couple behind the police lines in lockdown in Spain. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com The Seaside Gazette https://www.theseasidegazette.com/ Day 63 Christmas and the Magna Carta It is day 63 of our Spanish Lockdown, tomorrow brings some freedom, I think, but in true Spanish Practices style there is a lot of confusion and weird

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Day 62 - "Everybody Out!"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/17

It is day 62 of our Spanish Lockdown and we have reached Phase 1, well on Monday, here in Granada and Malaga, hooray. But there are plenty of rules to follow. This is our daily diary of life here and a glimpse back into the past when we worked for LBC Radio in London. Find out more here: https://www.thesecretspain.com Full uncorrected transcript: Day 62 It is day 62 of our Spanish Lockdown and the good news is that we can go to Phase 1 of the un-lockdown process here in Andalucia, Spain, from

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Day 61 - "Civil Unrest and Manic Mondays"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/16

Day 61 and this is the story of a British couple behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain, the real story of day to day life under the Alarma. The frustrations of a loss of freedom despite the Health Region reaching the criteria for the easing of Lockdown, the Government have decided though to keep us in Lockdown. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 61 - Civil Unrest and Manic Mondays It is Day 61 of our Spanish Lockdown, we have reached the point last week when we were hoping for a

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Day 60 - "Golf and Grandmothers"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/15

We have reached Day 60 and frankly have had enough, but we are taking courage by channeling my Great Great Grandmother (Pictured in the episode art) This is the story of a British couple behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain, the real story of day to day life under the Alarma. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Here for: Natalie's Golf Conditioning Podcast Day 60 It is Day 60 of our Spanish Lockdown and we have had enough, enough of the weather, enough of not being allowed,

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Day 59 - "Bosoms and Birthdays

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/14

Day fifty nine. Life behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain for a British couple and their three good legs cat. Today Bosoms and Birthdays Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 59 bosoms and birthdays It is Day 59 of our Spanish Lockdown, Wednesday, there is a rumour that Mercadona has masks for sale in its stores, and if so we will buy some. I notice that the UK Government is encouraging people to make their own out of sticky back plastic and a pair of Val’s old knickers,

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Day 58 - "Bombs and Bonfires"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/13

Day fifty eight. Life behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain for a British couple and their three good legs cat. Today Bombs and Bonfires Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 58 Bombs and Bonfires It is Day 58 of our Spanish Lockdown, and what a miserable wet day it has been, chilly too. It is quite annoying that the UK is enjoying good weather and we have had, well really quite British weather. A few days ago, we had a massive fire along the vega – the reed beds between

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