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These articles all have a connection to Spain, which is where I now live. The articles may be about my travels, life, places or general things I have noticed in or about Spain.

  • 2023, week 32 journal.

    This week was a quiet one for me. I read a lot, worked on my family tree, saw a few friends and went out for dinner on Sunday.

  • 2023, week 33 journal.

    This week was spent mainly in Los Alcazares, but I did quite a lot. I made some videos, including my first attempt at underwater filming with my mobile phone. I ate out with friends, met other friends for a drink and watched a parade in Los Alcazares.

  • 2023, week 34 journal.

    This week was spent entirely in Los Alcazares, mainly in my apartment, working on my website. I did get out a couple of times to meet friends for a drink and a chat, but it was a relatively quiet week.

  • 2023, week 35 journal.

    This week was expected to be a quiet one but ended up being a busy week. I ate out a few times and saw some old friends. I bought a big trolley to transport my kayak around, and I revelled in Arsenal's victory over Manchester United.

  • 2023, week 36 journal.

    This week was quiet, but I did catch up with some old friends and collect a trailer to help me move my kayak backwards and forwards to the beach. As long as September stays warm, I may now be able to get out on my kayak more often.

  • 2023, week 37 journal.

    This week, I started a diet to lose some weight before I go on my cruise, and I also started to try to walk a bit more so that I can manage to walk around a bit more on some of the planned excursions.

  • 2023, week 38 journal.

    This week was another quiet week. I did a lot of computer work, I got some new reading glasses, watched two very good Arsenal games on the television and went out for breakfast with my friend June one morning.

  • 2023, week 39 journal.

    This week, I had to do a lot of work on my website. A piece of software I used malfunctioned, and I had to buy new software and install it on the server.  I also had to spend way too much money buying a new watch and mobile phone, which both broke within a couple of days of each other.

  • 2023, week 40 journal.

    This week I continued to do lots of work on my photos, adding them to photo albums on my website. I did the important job of renewing my home insurance and got my disability scooter included in it. 

  • 2023, week 41 journal.

    This week started slowly but finished in a flurry. I met lots of friends on Caldero day, spent a few hours with friends whilst out shopping, had dinner at a Chinese restaurant with another friend, met another friend for coffee and finished the week at another friend's house having dinner.

  • 2023, week 42 journal.

    This week started slowly and ended in a lot of pain, but one in which I saw an old friend for the first time in about 10 years.

  • 2023, week 43 journal.

    This week started with me in a lot of pain and finding it hard to walk. Towards the end of the week, the pain began to subside, and I started to feel better.

  • 2023, week 44 journal.

    This week, I continued to rest my leg. I got a knee support, which seemed to help with the strength and pain in my knee. I did a lot of work on my website and went out for meals with friends on different days.

  • 2023, week 45 journal.

    This week was spent working on my website and preparing to leave for my cruise from Barcelona to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

  • 2023, week 46 journal.

    This week was spent cruising towards Brazil on the Costa Favolsa, visiting Cadiz and Tenerife on the way.

  • 2023, week 48 journal.

    In week 48 of 2023, I travelled to and arrived in Rio de Janeiro on the cruise ship Costa Favolsa and spent 5 days there before flying home.

  • 2023, week 49 journal.

    This week I spent most of the time trying to recover from my holiday in Brazil. I rested my leg and worked on my website, but I did get out for dinner on Sunday.

  • 2023, week 50 journal.

    I spent most of the week trying to get rid of a cold and resting my leg.

  • 2023, week 51 journal.

    During week 51 of 2023, I saw a lot of friends, listened to some Christmas Carols sung by Spangles Ladies Choir and went for the Annual Christmas swim in the Mar Menor.

  • 2023, week 52 journal.

    During week 52 of 2023, I spent most of the time inside my apartment trying to shove enough tablets inside me to get rid of a cold.