Spain Archives - UP A MOUNTAIN IN SPAIN

December 6, 2025

The Stone man of El Maestrat

I have been meaning to write about Felix for ages. I have…

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February 13, 2025

Fayre, fairs and ferias

REPOSTED FROM 2015 WITH UPDATES – ACTUALLY IT BECAME UNPUBLISHED FOR SOME…

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February 4, 2025

El Cabanyal written in 2019 and updates at the end

El Cabanyal is the shame of Spain, or actually a lot more than this. Although the area is a historically protected neighbourhood, it is blighted by plans to drive a monstrously wide road through the middle of it.

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September 1, 2024

The taverna-come-inn everyone used to go to.

Outside Atzeneta just past Col de Basa (where all the mobile masts…

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July 15, 2024

Se vende – or actually we could not care less if we sell or not!

For Sale signs of all kinds in Spain and why they are so different. Also how to find that place in the mountain.

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April 21, 2024

Time to laugh, time to smile

Smile and laugh! Here are some images that personally make me smile…

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February 5, 2024

A right madam robin redbreast taps on my window

It is about 6 in the morning and I hear a…

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January 7, 2024

Abandonment in age, the past of Spain and why people live longer

Aging in Spain and why it is a better way than the UK due to freedom

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December 2, 2023

Thoughts on my first meal out, Spanish bars and restaurants

It wasn’t until I was twelve that I ate out for the…

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November 3, 2023

The day of the dead or as it is said in spanish “el dia de todos los Santos”

This is a brief blog. 2 days ago it was the…

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