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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 14 journal.

    The week started slowly. I did a lot of work on my website while feeling under the weather. The weekend was a blur of late deliveries, great meals, great golf and crazy football.

  • 2023, week 15 journal.

    The week started well when I had my TV mounted on the wall. I did a lot of work on my website and edited many photos. I went to Murcia to see the flower festival and went for dinner on Sunday.

  • 2023, week 16 journal.

    This week was spent mostly working on my computer or sitting and reading my Kindle in the sun. It's great to have the sun back out.

  • 2023, week 17 journal.

    The week started slowly and ended with me booking another Mediterranean cruise and a free lightning show over the Mar Menor.

  • 2023, week 18 journal.

    The week started with me ordering a new computer table, which was delivered and put together before the end of the week. King Charles III was crowned King of England, and Arsenal was guaranteed 2nd spot in the Premier League when they beat Newcastle.

  • 2023, week 19 journal.

    The week started with the very sad news that my friend Sandra had lost her battle with cancer. She was one in a billion and anyone who met her could call themselves a lucky person to have known her. RIP Sandra, you will be sorely missed.

  • 2023, week 2 journal.

    This week was spent mostly indoors with a cold.

  • 2023, week 20 journal.

    The week started with the delivery of a new combined washing machine and dryer and became a lot more exciting as I set off on a cruise around the Mediterranean on Thursday.

  • 2023, week 21 journal.

    The week started in Civitavecchia, Italy, before sailing back to Valencia in Spain and returning to Los Alcazares at the weekend and watching the Premier League´s final games of the season from the comfort of my sofa.

  • 2023, week 22 journal.

    The week started quietly recovering from my cruise around the Mediterranean, which finished last week. I had a few deliveries arrive and some that did not arrive. At the weekend my sister arrived from the UK.

  • 2023, week 23 journal.

    This week, I started to swim a bit more in the mornings. My sister Karen was staying in Los Alcazares for a week and joined me several times to feed the fish. I bought a few things for my apartment to make my life a bit easier, but I generally just took it easy.

  • 2023, week 24 journal.

    This week, I got the results of last week's tests from the Doctor. I took a short trip to Alicante to see Bob Dylan in concert and my friend Cindy arrived from England to stay with me for a holiday.

  • 2023, week 25 journal.

    This week was very mixed; I did lots of swimming, enjoyed a local celebration at the beach, suffered from a bout of GERD, caught up with lots of friends I hadn't seen for a while and had the bad news that an Uncle had a heart attack back in

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  • 2023, week 26 journal.

    This week, I decided that after a few weeks of starting to swim more, I would try to step up the distance I was swimming and go swimming every morning. I will note how far I swim each day from now on.

  • 2023, week 27 journal.

    This week, I swam quite a bit, met a few friends, and booked myself onto another cruise, this time going from Barcelona, Spain, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the end of the week, I had a severe bout of Acid Reflux, which caused some pain.

  • 2023, week 28 journal.

    This week included lots of time trying to stay cool in the extreme heat that warnings were given about. I did a bit of swimming and spent time looking at the jellyfish.

  • 2023, week 29 journal.

    This week I did a lot of swimming. I went to Murcia to see Rod Stewart in concert and met my friend Gail there. I went to San Pedro del Pinatar with my friends Kathy and Tony to see the Arsenal U21s play Villareal B in a friendly football match.

  • 2023, week 3 journal.

    This week was a quiet week. Lots of my time was spent fighting off the cold I have, but I got out on Friday and had a few beers at a local bar.

  • 2023, week 30 journal.

    This week started with me panicking, worrying that my apartment block would be demolished. I went to an 80th birthday party/meal. I stayed up all night to watch an Arsenal game live from California and did lots of swimming.

  • 2023, week 31 journal.

    I seemed to spend the first part of this week waiting for deliveries or people coming to my apartment for some reason, and at the end of the week, I travelled to Murcia to see one of my favourite groups, Simply Red, in concert.