Braai. Community Duty. Finally, almost a year after Covid-19 restrictions in Portugal, last weekend Rozanne and I decided to have a...

Gout. Name and Shame? I rarely drink now, half a glass of red wine at lunch and the odd whisky at night. This Sunday, Siobhan Franklin, a...

Homegrown and The Climate Band Wagon Why is it that anything you eat from your own orchard, garden or field always tastes better than...

Reflections It is two years this week since I was diagnosed with my second bout of cancer having suffered multiple heart failure brought...

Oh Shit! Not Once, Many Times I start with the explanation “Oh Shit!” repeated many times. After collecting the Jag last week from the...

Leadership As I get older I feel the world is becoming crazier and crazier by the day. Just look at works of art being sprayed with...

Gay Zombies You are reading this as Rozanne has obviously driven us across Spain through Portugal and back again safely. The Citroen C5...

Too Much Travel I have been advocating living one's life to the full but personally have sort of hit a brick wall, physically and...

During our trip away from Besterio, our home village, we were informed by telephone there had been a severe storm. Zulmira, the lady who...

I am changing the name of the Jaguar to Woeful. After seven months of trouble-free motoring with a brand new engine, it decided to break...

I am writing this in Xàbia, Spain visiting my friends Han and Yasmin Derksen. Han, you will have seen me mention often in my travels...

This week was marked by the death of an Icon, without doubt the world’s most respected person held in awe by many of us. The passing of a...

What Is Stalling Agricultural Development in Africa? Much of what I am writing about this week is not necessarily directly related to...

Bullfight I wonder how many of you I will offend? Last week Rozanne and I attended a Portuguese bullfight at the Campo Pequeno Bullring...

This week we bade a sad farewell to our very good friend and neighbour Patrick Holt. Of our neighbours, Patrick was the first we met,...