marsh man Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 41 minutes ago, throttlemonkey said: Almost Three years now since the 3 of us waved goodbye to London and relocated in Baza,Granada,España. Our rural farmhouse b&b is starting to take off, with visitors all year round.Now growing all our own veg,chicks,turkeys,rabbits,ducks,RLpartridge.Have collected,goats,pigs,a crippled donkey, a circus pony, and a 300 kg castrated boar that took six men to despatch, and butcher. he kept us well fed for over six months. Bella, my youngest daughter was five years old(the three oldest girls we left behind in the UK) and was thrown in at the deep end at school, is now fluent in Castillano, and English, and now learning French. The teachers speak no English, and use her to teach the younger British kids Spanish. I've told her to charge for her time.She has 12 acres to play,cycle,Quad, horse ride,hunt lizards bats mice , mushrooms,insects,and is always occupied, and always smiling. The fish in the lake, are as big as busses,wild boar have replaced the London city foxes, but taste much better!and can ride or drive off road all day long without crossing tarmac or seeing anyone. It's been an uphill struggle,but well worth the effort 😀 Been reading this thread with a good deal interest and very pleased things have worked out well for you and the family , you have told us the good bits now what about the bad bits ( if there is any ) and what do you miss from the U K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throttlemonkey Posted October 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Marshman, the bad bits. Spanish bureaucracy! It took 2 years to register with the tourist board,mainly because of the Correos, (post office) It gets cold in winter, -16 at night, it is snowing here right now, were 900m above sea level. Last winter burned six tonnes of olive and Almond wood. A month ago we had a hail storm which lasted no more than 20 minutes but devastated my olive and almond and grape harvest this year. The hailstones left bullet holes everywhere, the garden looked like Beirut. but after 2 weeks all the plants had recovered. All I miss of the UK are my other three daughters, and friends in London, but they all visit regularly.absolutely nothing more, I am dreading the trip back at Christmas. It feels like once a week I get a sharp kick in the balls from somewhere, but the remaining six days make everything worthwhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throttlemonkey Posted October 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Oh, Spanish Foxes,(Zorro) are quite a bit more intelligent than your average London street fox! In cohoots with the Garduñas (beech martens) that love the taste of turkey heads that are so stupid as to poke their heads out of their pallet house to see what's happening outside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yates Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Just seen this post, three years late. Glad things are working out well for you and your family. Good luck and best wishes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 29 minutes ago, throttlemonkey said: Marshman, the bad bits. Spanish bureaucracy! It took 2 years to register with the tourist board,mainly because of the Correos, (post office) It gets cold in winter, -16 at night, it is snowing here right now, were 900m above sea level. Last winter burned six tonnes of olive and Almond wood. A month ago we had a hail storm which lasted no more than 20 minutes but devastated my olive and almond and grape harvest this year. The hailstones left bullet holes everywhere, the garden looked like Beirut. but after 2 weeks all the plants had recovered. All I miss of the UK are my other three daughters, and friends in London, but they all visit regularly.absolutely nothing more, I am dreading the trip back at Christmas. It feels like once a week I get a sharp kick in the balls from somewhere, but the remaining six days make everything worthwhile. Many THANKS for your detailed reply , interesting to know the nights are a lot colder than we have here in the U K although I cant imagine what it is like 900 meters above sea level as where I lived we must had been 2 meters below sea level as we had 5 feet of water in our old house when we were flooded in 53 and our last house we moved from last year was only two roads away from that house . GOOD LUCK and hope everything continues to work out for the better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Just a shame you cant get a straight flight to Granada anymore, unless things have changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris B123 Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Throttlemonkey, have you a website for your B&B? or facebook page. Thanks Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 I did the same but I only moved to Abercynon Wales about twenty miles north of Cardiff. More foreign in some ways than Spain but I can be back in Paddington in two hours and for £8 on the train. I love it, rural and honestly good people who have lived through a lot of social hardship, but deserve better. You soon realise that a lot of people in the valleys have no hope of ever escaping the life that fate dealt them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Vince Green said: I did the same but I only moved to Abercynon Wales about twenty miles north of Cardiff. More foreign in some ways than Spain but I can be back in Paddington in two hours and for £8 on the train. I love it, rural and honestly good people who have lived through a lot of social hardship, but deserve better. You soon realise that a lot of people in the valleys have no hope of ever escaping the life that fate dealt them. The people with a chance and hope of escape left long ago. Many skilled and educated people left when they closed all the industries. My grand father (an engineer) and many colleagues left for Holland for a whole, or similar places where they could work and make good money. They took their skills, experience and knowledge and left the valleys, and that skills and expertise left forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retsdon Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 On 03/07/2015 at 19:26, Zapp said: whilst being unable to get far beyond a botched drink order themselves in Spanish. 🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throttlemonkey Posted November 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 11 hours ago, la bala said: Just a shame you cant get a straight flight to Granada anymore, unless things have changed. easyJet now have twice weekly shuttle from Gatwick and Manchester direct to Granada👍 10 hours ago, Chris B. said: Throttlemonkey, have you a website for your B&B? or facebook page. Thanks Chris. Look for Cortijo Vergara on Facebook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throttlemonkey Posted November 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 10 hours ago, Chris B. said: Throttlemonkey, have you a website for your B&B? or facebook page. Thanks Chris. Look for Cortijo Vergara on Facebook Google maps ref 37.512,-2.779 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 What’s the shooting like? Ever have people out to hunt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 Great to know its possible to fly direct to Granada again, handy little airport. Thanks for the heads up. You have settled in a good area, ski in the morning, have a dip in the med a couple of hours later. Enjoy Desfrutar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandspider Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 On 31/10/2018 at 23:45, Vince Green said: I did the same but I only moved to Abercynon Wales about twenty miles north of Cardiff. More foreign in some ways than Spain but I can be back in Paddington in two hours and for £8 on the train. I love it, rural and honestly good people who have lived through a lot of social hardship, but deserve better. You soon realise that a lot of people in the valleys have no hope of ever escaping the life that fate dealt them. How do you get to London for £8 by train? Costs me more than that to get to Bristol, and I only live in Chepstow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 37 minutes ago, sandspider said: How do you get to London for £8 by train? Costs me more than that to get to Bristol, and I only live in Chepstow! I live in London (on the outskirts) and in the morning it costs me about £8 to get into London Bridge. But it is capped at £12.50 daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 On 03/07/2015 at 15:57, throttlemonkey said: Well I don't speak any of the languages spoken in London so don't think its going to b a worry elsewhere ha 😅😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 Looked at flights this morning, Manchester to Granada 32 quid one way. Thats still pretty good. I used to fly there regular from Stansted about twelve years ago , I had many £9.99 flights with Ryanair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retsdon Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 42 minutes ago, das said: On 03/07/2015 at 17:57, throttlemonkey said: Well I don't speak any of the languages spoken in London so don't think its going to b a worry elsewhere ha 😅😅 Of course, if you didn't laugh you'd cry. There are probably more Londoners talking like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOWsR5CdHFk than are talking like you or me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Retsdon said: Of course, if you didn't laugh you'd cry. There are probably more Londoners talking like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOWsR5CdHFk than are talking like you or me. What on earth was all that about lol. There is some real carp on the tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retsdon Posted November 3, 2018 Report Share Posted November 3, 2018 11 hours ago, oowee said: What on earth was all that about lol. There is some real carp on the tube. His channel's called 'Vanbanter' and it' has over 100,000+ subscribers. He seems like a nice lad, but quite honestly the culture and language is completely and utterly alien to me. Of course, that's quite possibly because I"m just getting too old...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted November 3, 2018 Report Share Posted November 3, 2018 1 hour ago, Retsdon said: His channel's called 'Vanbanter' and it' has over 100,000+ subscribers. He seems like a nice lad, but quite honestly the culture and language is completely and utterly alien to me. Of course, that's quite possibly because I"m just getting too old...... You and me both. It's just so much clap trap. I watch some rubbish but at least something is happening in the ones I watch. 🙂 Any other good ones? I must admit I like the 'Stop a Douchebag' channel . I need to get put more 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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