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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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08:00

Day 57 - "Railway Children and Sewers"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/12

Day fifty seven. Life behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain for a British couple and their three good legs cat. Today Railway Children and Sewers Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 57 It is day 57 of our Spanish Lockdown and the cold wind has returned and is blowing everything around, making the dogs bark and giving the usually mild-mannered Mediterranean Sea white horses. I do love being by the sea, everyday it is different, different colours, from proper Med Blue down to

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08:49

Day 55 "The Pain in Spain"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/10

Day fifty five. Life behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain for a British couple and their three good legs cat. Today The Pain in Spain. Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 55 - The Pain in Spain It is day 55 of our Spanish Lockdown and Uncle Pedro has succeeded in shattering the country into tiny pieces. Some parts will move forward to phase 1 including the Basque region which jumps to moving between provinces too, I am sure it has nothing to do with the support that the Spanish

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06:48

Day 54 - "Naked women and fireworks"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/09

Day fifty four. Life behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain for a British couple and their three good legs cat. Today naked women and fireworks. Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 54 Naked women and fireworks It is day 54 of our Spanish Lockdown. Victory in Europe day. Last night there was an enormous fire that stretched along the coastline between Motril and Salobreña. The reed beds were alight, and the fire raged most of the night. It was finally put out at 10.30 in the

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07:42

Day 53 - "Buzz Aldrin and Marshall Tito"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/08

Day fifty three. Life behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain for a British couple and their three good legs cat. Today back to the sixties and why the Spanish might face chaos Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 53 Buzz Aldrin and Marshall Tito It is day 53 of our Spanish Lockdown, phase zero hasn’t brought any real change to our situation here. Except Chris has been able to go to the pool supply shop that is now open. He came back with a boot load of chemicals, but the rules

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07:28

Day 52 - "Corkscrews and ants"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/07

Day fifty two. Life behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain for a British couple and their three good legs cat. Today back to the sixties and why the Spanish might face chaos Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 52 corkscrews and ants It is day 52 of our Spanish Lockdown and a Wednesday worry, the hateful weekly shop is with us once again. This morning our neighbour was stopped by the police on the way back from the chemist. “Where are you going?” – back to my casa “Where have

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07:56

Day 51 - "Cops and Kaftans"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/06

Day fifty one. Life behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain for a British couple and their three good legs cat. Today back to the sixties and why the Spanish might face chaos Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 51 Cops and Kaftans It is day 51 of our Spanish Lockdown, and the day started early, Chris had a BBC interview to do on Skype, so I set the laptop up for him and got out the figures and facts just in case they asked him about specific numbers. Today it was Sonia on

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09:37

Day 50 "Fifty days of Lockdown"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/05

Fifty days of Lockdown. Life behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain for a British couple and their three good legs cat. Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com A random handful of clips from the last fifty days of lockdown.

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06:35

Day 49 - "Gin and Toksvig"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/04

Day forty nine, Gin and Toksvig, Life behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain for a British couple and their three good legs cat. Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 49 Gin and Toksvig It is day 49 of our Spanish Lockdown, the start of phase zero and limited outings for exercise both for children and adults. The day is going to be hot so an early start to build some shelves for a cupboard and to finish plastering over the cables I had put in for the wifi. All done by 10am

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06:41

Day 48 - "On yer bike!"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/03

Day forty eight, On yer bike! Life behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain for a British couple and their three good legs cat. Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 48 On yer bike! It is day 48 of our Spanish Lockdown, slowly we are unpicking that lock, last week, the children could go out for a bit of exercise, today we can join them. I went for a walk, I planned to take a gentle ramble into the countryside, maybe accompanied by my trust tape recorder, giving you a walk with

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07:01

Day 47 "Bank robbers and other bees"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/02

Day forty seven, Bank Robbers and other Bees. Life behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain for a British couple and their three good legs cat. Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 47 Bank robbers and other bees It is day 47 of our Spanish Lockdown and the wind has dropped, the sun has come out and the world looks a better place. And you find me outside. Tomorrow we are allowed out to exercise, of course there is an awful lot of complex times and where and when you can go, how old

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06:59

Day 46 - "Blue Peter and Alcoholics"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/05/01

Day forty six, Blue Peter and Alcoholics. Life behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain for a British couple and their three good legs cat. Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 46 Blue Peter and Alcoholics It is day 46 of our Spanish lockdown, Chris is busy watching a webinar for managing your gym back into business, it is going to be a long complex journey to open gyms up again. They are a major place where contagion could occur. Until there is a vaccine the new normal is

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06:09

Day 45 - "Flies and poolside cocktails"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/04/30

Day forty five, Flies and Poolside Cocktails. Life behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain for a British couple and their three good legs cat. Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 45 flies and poolside cocktails Day 45 of our Spanish Lockdown. When will it ever end? Uncle Pedro, the Spanish Prime Minister has issued a very complicated phasing of return to halfway normal life. No dates, as it will be based on how many deaths have occurred as each day goes by. It is progress but

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08:06

Day 44 - "Tea and Pee"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/04/29

Day forty four, Tea and Pee. Life behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain for a British couple and their three good legs cat. Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 44 Tea and Pee It is Day 44 of our Spanish Lockdown and we have cautiously put the cushions out on the garden furniture.. I know it is a bit rash, but looking at the weather, which of course was cloudy again today, it says there should be no more rain for a whole week. The weather in Spain varies a great deal, it

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07:22

Day 43 - "Parker and Lady Penelope"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/04/28

Day forty three, Parker and Lady Penelope. Life behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain for a British couple and their three good legs cat. Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 43 It is day 43 of our Spanish Lockdown and I was woken today by the noise of the traffic below us going to work. Which I guess is a good sign. So far only construction and manufacturing companies have been allowed back to work. The kids can go out to exercise and yesterday we witnessed scenes

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08:12

Day 42 "Killer Prawns and Jeremy Clarkson"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/04/27

Day forty two, Killer Prawns and Jeremy Clarkson. Life behind the police lines in Lockdown Spain for a British couple and their three good legs cat. Find out more at: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 42 Killer Prawns and Jeremy Clarkson It is day 42 of our Spanish Lockdown and Jen and Jack have sent us a picture from their balcony showing a little girl excitedly whizzing down the road on her tiny scooter. For the children of Spain, today is a red-letter day. They are now allowed out once a

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06:35

Day 41 - "Shampoo and Donkeys"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/04/26

Today Shampoo and Donkeys Day Forty one of the Spanish Lockdown, the sometimes amusing, diary of a Brit in southern Spain under the 'Alarma' - normal life has stopped. To find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com The Miba Hotel and Restaurant mentioned: https://hotelmiba.com/ Day 41 Shampoo and Donkeys It is day 41 of our Spanish Lockdown and I should not have mentioned Noah as today it has poured with rain all day, everywhere is damp and miserable. The Mediterranean does not do wet days very

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07:05

Day 40 "Monkees and Post"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/04/25

Today Monkees and Post Day Forty of the Spanish Lockdown, the sometimes amusing, diary of a Brit in southern Spain under the 'Alarma' - normal life has stopped. To find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 40 Monkees and Post It is day 40 of our Spanish Lockdown and if I was Noah in the Bible the floods would have gone, and I would be getting off my Ark by now. Today thin beardy boy, from the local courier delivered our spare microphone, as the other two have succumbed to the heat and

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06:40

Day 39 "Boobies and Zoom"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/04/24

Today Boobies and Zoom Day Thirty nine of the Spanish Lockdown, the sometimes amusing, diary of a Brit in southern Spain under the 'Alarma' - normal life has stopped. To find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 39 Boobies and Zoom It is day 39 of our Spanish Lockdown, last night brought more custard and more bad dreams. I seem to keep getting those high anxiety dreams where I am not in control. I have not really had them since I worked at the radio station. And it was about the radio

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06:57

Day 38 "Mary Poppins and Locusts"

Spanish Practices - Real Life, Real Spain ·

2020/04/23

Today Mary Poppins and Locusts Day Thirty eight of the Spanish Lockdown, the sometimes amusing, diary of a Brit in southern Spain under the 'Alarma' - normal life has stopped. To find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 38 Mary Poppins and Locusts It is day 38 of our Spanish Lockdown and yesterday evening I made perfect custard. I usually just guestimate the ingredients but as Birds Custard is an expensive commodity here I actually followed the directions on the side.. and blow me you

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