I had a burst of creativity when I came back from El Hierro, but I’ve been remarkably unproductive lately. So here’s my list for today:1) Do some [bleep] writing for [bleep]’s sake.2) Do some [bleep] marketing for [bleep]’s sake.3) Get some [bleep] exercise for [bleep]’s sake. And never mind the house. The dust rats will still be there tomorrow.
La Palma is a confusing island to drive around. There are so many steep ravines that the roads tend to be twisty. If you want to go north from Cancajos, you have to start by taking the road south out of the village. If you want to drive southeast to the lighthouse from the Teneguía volcano, you have to go northwest to begin with. I’ve lived here for seventeen years,…
I’ve escaped! I left all my responsibilities behind and bunked off to visit a friend on El Hierro for a few days. So on Sunday I took the ferry out (just 12.50€ for a foot passenger) and I’m flying back late on Thursday afternoon. The ferry is almost as fast as the flight, because the ferry is direct, and the flight goes via Tenerife North. As usual, getting away and…
Wines from La Palma have improved enormously in the 20 years since I came here. Partly this is because they’ve created a “Denominación de Origen” which is much the same as the French “Appellation d’origine contrôlée” – you have to pass quality standards to be able to put the words on your bottle. And partly the local wine producers have just plain worked hard. Still, there’s an element of luck…
The travel writing gig took a little longer than expected, but the site is now up at http://www.lapalma.co.uk/ I don’t own the site: I just did all the “Insider Expert” bits.
Well, our son’s room is painted. He decided to go for blue, and we chose paint that’s supposed to cover with one coat. Luckily, the ceiling was already white, so we just had to point over the pink walls. We put most of the furniture in the guest room, and the bookshelf on the landing, and got stuck in, all of us. This was the first time our son had…