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The Cabra ( mountain Goat) was the other side of the chain link fence. Standing on its hind legs with the front legs tied with some material. It looked at me with its sad eyes pleading for help. Someone had been up to something very wrong indeed.

I aproached.

It was a trap!

A large monkey, standing like a man, confronted me.

I ducked and weaved but it punched me square on the nose.

Staggering, I ran for the large sticks we use to beat the Almonds from the trees when they are ready. I tried to poke and hit the evil monkey but it kept eluding me. From nowhere it pulled out a small pair of opera glasses.

It used them to better maintain the distance it needed to avoid my large stick. It had malevolence and evil plastered all over its nasty monkey face……….

And that, dear readers, is the danger of taking an afternoon siesta when the temperatures here in Spain are over 35 degrees and counting.

Anyway, that’s the strangest beginning to a blog post I have ever written. Get used to it. This is a site about our move to Spain but in a slightly less conventional sense. If you are interested in moving to Spain then I can help, with information and guidance, but this site is primarily here for me to allow a bit of free reign over my hindered writing elsewhere.

We moved to spain about 5 years ago now. In the last year or so we have begun making a living by having various online Internet projects that stop us from starving. Not very creative for the most part though. Here I will let loose a little, so to speak, while still trying to give some useful information as and when I see fit.

This site was one of those such projects. We used to sell Olives from here. The fact is that the shipping charges are so high that it is simply no longer possible to make a worhtwhile profit from it so I have taken it over to ramble about living in Spain.

Move To Spain And Be Poor

I have to be honest, when we decided to sell up and buy a Finca (rural farmhouse) in Catalonia, we didn’t really think ahead that much. We knew we had money for some renovations of a Spanish house and enough to live on for a few years. We didn’t really care about the rest. We knew something would turn up.

Unfortuantely it turned out to be renovating other peoples property. Not that it was a bad thing, it kept us going, but it was hard work.

Now we spend our time writing a lot of stuff online for money. Certainly easier and you can’t beat the fact that we work the hours that suit us. However, such lack of foreward planning is what makes so many expats repats, although I am sure that is not a word. Hey, my blog, my made up words, OK?

So, do you want to move to Spain? Do you have a plan? What will you do for work?

These things should be seriously considered before you take the plunge. Depending on where you decide to live your choices for work in Spain can be severely limited. Don’t think you can rely on doing building work in Spain. The economy has slowed right down, and with it such opportunities for building work. You may get some work or not, there is no way of telling really.

Have A Backup If You Move To Spain

To be honest, I am all for saying “sod it” and go on an adventure. It’s what we did. We are young so it doesn’t matter. As far as we were concerned it was simply, if we move to Spain and it does not work out we will go somewhere else.

Life is too short to not take chances. This is probably bad advice though. I should be sensible and tell you that you must have all your finances in order and know how you will live when your reserve cash runs out. If you are 75 then maybe this is adviseable. But if you are thirty then what the hell. Why not just move to Spain.

It can’t be worse then spending a lifetime with British summers can it?

Hey, if you do it and it goes pear shaped it’s not my fault though. We are all adults here.

Sometimes the fact is that we have to just follow our dreams. Too many people look back with regrets about what could have been. Me, I am so glad I did it. Every morning I look out across a valley full of olive trees and pine trees.

Not a bit of concrete in sight. Just Eagles soaring and the fantastic Spanish weather. Perfect.

We live in the middle of nowhere and you are reading this because I wrote it on my laptop that is powered by solar panels, as is the rest of the house. I have no electric bills, we stay warm in the water in Spain with a wood burning fire with wood from our land, and I get to shout at our Dogs approx. a hundred times a day. Perfect. Well, almost.

Anyway, why not just move to Spain if you want to? You can never plan for everything. Try to sort out work or finances in advance. Definitely have some money behind you, and try to get a good plan of action going. There is, however, a lot to be said for just getting off your bum and having an adventure. If it doesn’t work out then bugger off back to blighty as us Brits are fond of saying.

In other news.

When To Plant Vegetables In Spain

I know, where did that come from. I little bit disorganised isn’t it. Get used to it. I told you it would be random. I need some freedom of expression here guys.

So, it’s the end of August in this, the hottest year in Spain for about 80 years. This weekend we have planted brassicas. Now is the time to plant brassicas in Spain. Forget the routine you had elsewhere, it won’t work. Trust me we have tried it.

Plant cabbages, broccoli, cauliflower at the end of August. Also sprouts if you are forced to ( I was).

You can also plant lots of lettuce. In September you can plant leeks and some other stuff but I will let you know when and what.

Growing Tomatoes In Spain

This summer our spanish tomatoes have been the worst ever. We are still gettign a decent crop but I think the heat has really hindered them. The skins are tougher and we won’t have as many for storing.

Normally we buy a special variety that can be stored. Last year I picked the last of the spanish tomatoes for storing in October and we were still eating them in February or something like that. Won’t be happening this year.

Caring for Spanish tomatoes and vegetables is mostly a battle with the sun for the summer months. The amount of water they need is incredible. Not good for a man who has to have his water delivered via a tractor, I can tell you.

Moving To Spain? Why?

Because the summer goes on for ever. The people are friendly. The weather is mild all year round, it is cheaper to live. You can buy property in Spain with more land than you can shake a stick at (even a large one used to fight off monkeys) and it’s just all round better.

Things they don’t tell you about moving to Spain.

It’s windy, really windy. Not often in the Summer, although it is down south in the evenings. In the winter though, the wind can howl and go on for weeks at a time. Your roof can blow off, your olive trees can get uprooted (one of ours did), and there is little piped gas out of big cities.

Lots of places in the country have no water supply, no phone or electric, and no chance of getting them.

Ah, perfect. Gonna move to Spain, are are you already here? Is anyone reading this?

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