‘What’s that doing there? It’s disgusting. I’d never eat one of those.’ The man in the queue in the café pointed at a vegan pasty,...
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It’s the time of year when I get the urge to breathe new life into our The Real Tenerife website. This feeling is prompted annually...
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Four flighty faeries dance on my draining board. Tiny creatures with features almost too small to make out. Clinging lilac and purple gossamer chemises hint...
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‘It’s like being in Midsomer Murders,’ remarked our friend Sarah after her first day staying with us. By the end of her visit, she tasked...
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The socialist newspaper the Morning Star popped up in my Facebook stream last week. The post involved a report criticising Paul Nowak, General Secretary of...
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Over the weekend, I had a message from a friend I used to work with on an online magazine in Tenerife. He received an email...
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Despite two periods of living and working close to where the Gallaghers lived in Longsight and then Burnage, I never met or saw Liam or...
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Margo runs her hands down the back of the tweed skirt, smoothing it as she lowers herself onto the plastic seat. She looks around her,...
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One of the categories on my website is ‘Life in another country.’ We were living in Portugal when I launched the site, so it was...
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‘Do you think what happened to Jay Slater will affect the number of people going on walking holidays?’ asked one of our nieces when we...
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By the Time Dawn Breaks
A tale of mystery & magic from the Canary Islands. available to buy on Amazon here
Camel Spit & Cork Trees
A fast-moving travelogue about life in off the beaten track areas of Portugal - [Find Out More]
The Real Tenerife
An insider's guide to Tenerife written with insight and passion by travel writers who, for 14 years, lived on the island ... [Find Out More]
Walk This Way Tenerife
The best of Tenerife’s walking routes written by travel writers specialising in Tenerife & the Canary Islands... [Find Out More]
