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
It was November 15th and we neighbours had just taken the olives to be pressed.… Read the postOlives, fire and ashes to nearly ashes
Speaking of THE election, it may come as a surprise to some of you… Read the postThe Dump Trump election wake
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
There is a striking monastery outside Albocasser with a small café run by Montse who used… Read the postFallas costumes and Paella
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
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”
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
Now that the cold spell seems truly over, I remember why I love this time… Read the postAlmond blossoms in spring
The old man was sitting in the doorway of an ancient house, much older than him. We… Read the postI can’t remember how old I am