I have been going back and forth to the El Maestrat, Castellon for 13 years,… Read the postLiving in El Maestrat
My son Charlie and his girlfriend Becca came to stay for a week mid… Read the postEnjoying Pou de Píques on a cold windy day in june
Here is a surreal story about a friend of mine who bought a casa in… Read the postBuying a casa the Spanish way
Major update! Please read at end of English text! La Estrella is situated 24 kilometres… Read the postThe lost village of La Estrella 2014 updated 2018
When I bought the masia 12 years ago, I was invited to a… Read the postA la mesa con una paella y la familia
List of building defects in my masia – I think this is called a… Read the postLast disaster post of building defects
Just after World War II Spain started to attract increasing numbers of tourists, drawn by… Read the postEl Cabanyal
Raul is the most frustrating plumber I have ever met. He says he… Read the postRaul and why he never comes when he says he will
It was November 15th and we neighbours had just taken the olives to be pressed.… Read the postOlives, fire and ashes to nearly ashes
At the time I was a happy camper when the boiler arrived September 30th, even… Read the postThe Damn Boiler and farewell to not a very beautiful relationship
By now my solar system was properly sorted and purring along nicely, but the same could… Read the postBoiler what boiler and which one now?
Speaking of THE election, it may come as a surprise to some of you… Read the postThe Dump Trump election wake
Felix continued putting form in the land around the masia – re-distrubiting the stony ground,… Read the postConcentrating on the outside for a bit
So. It has been a long time since I have been on this page, maybe… Read the postThe Finca Diaries Revisited
Tim Brunsden’s video of the opening party Nit de Maestrat is here! To recap the story… Read the post¡Vive el Maestrat and party!
Montse used to work in radio and you can hear why. Her throaty smoke-scented voice… Read the postMontse and her Bar at Sant Pau Monastery
It is now exactly a staggering 10 years since I first set foot in beautiful… Read the postA celebration of El Maestrat!
For the last two years I have been observing the slow increase of the white… Read the postThe snail baggers
They said it would never happen. The cost was toted across the world as a… Read the postCastellon’s ghost airport comes to life!
There is a striking monastery outside Albocasser with a small café run by Montse who used… Read the postFallas costumes and Paella
Toni is a beekeeper and educator, not to mention someone with movie star presence. He promotes… Read the postBeekeeping with Toni the beekeeper
Give me any excuse for a glass of wine and I will be there. Two… Read the postLa Fira del Vi, wine festival of Useres
You are rubbing your eyes. You cannot believe what you are reading. Somebody who has… Read the postI was ready to love Ryanair and kind of do
Two years ago I had a lot of large tractor holes dug for a lot… Read the postIf these trees can survive here, they will thrive anywhere
I can believe, but do not want to believe how quickly time goes by. It… Read the postIts that time of the year again, banging shutters and almond trees
A friend of mine kept on talking about an artist who used to live in… Read the postPepe Nebot and life in a haze
You go into the super market, or even the wonderful food market in El Cabanyal,… Read the postHow to peel a prickly cactus fruit and why you should
Wine making is of course a very long tradition in Spain. Back in the old… Read the postA Spanish wine harvest or “vendimia”
It is a lamentable fact that in Spain unemployment among the young is double the… Read the postA young woman of Spain
The castell a fifteen minutes walk from Atzeneta was showing a small exhibition that took… Read the postA sort of hippy artist
EL Maestrat where I live is dotted with old fincas, many uninhabited and in need… Read the postMountain Life in El Maestrat