Hi Roz I hope you are well. 8) Just back after having surveyed the devestation at our farmhouse. :evil: :x Back again on 14th Feb with my better half to buy a housefull of stuff!! :crazy: Someone passed on your regards so thanks for that, Brian or Maxine I think :?: It seems that Quercus is going st...

Just back from Cortes having gone to survey the damage done to my farmhouse in the recent floods. Thank God for insurance :!: :!: :clap: :clap: Anyway, I had to stay in a hotel and despite being topsy turvy with flood damage in the lower level of their hotel the new owners Bill and Maxine Findlay ma...

How many of the forum members got flooded? Our property was under 1 metre of water. :cry: :cry: :evil: I am going over very soon to take an inventory and salvage what I can whilst a few others are clearing up the mud and :sick: inside at the moment. We got the news on Xmas Day................great p...

Zahara de los Atunes is situated on the coast down a minor road off the N340 halfway between Tarifa and Vejer de la Frontera. The village of Atlanterra is down a road from there going back towards Tarifa on the coast but is a dead end. I spent a family holiday there some years back and quite honestl...

Thanks Roz [ or should I say neighbour]
I will give them a buzz unless others on the forum have any recent experiences of the place

Geoff Forster from Benarraba is a very talented web designer and photographer and I can recommend him wholeheartedly from personal experience. [email protected] is his e mail address.

This place used to be extremely good as far as I have been told but every time we tried to go there it was shut :evil: :evil: :!: :!: Am absolutely determined to get there in August but have seen bad reports on the net......taken over by "non Spaniards" :roll: :roll: :wink: and the food ha...

Thanks PP. I am sure that one of these will be perfect.
Thanks again.

Thanks PP

Hola Amigos :!: :!: Following the huge success of the forum finding transport for my hollies I am afraid that I now have to pose another question :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :!: Our friends are getting the train back from Cortes to San Rocque and will need a taxi from there to Gib. I would like to g...

Another one to try that operates from GIB, if you haven't already. Not the cheapest, but reliable. http://www.autosaguirre.com/ And the prize goes to Frank......I am sorted with a Ford transit 9 seater in Gib :!: :!: :D :D Not only that but it is 232 euros cheaper than the 5 seater I had been dumpe...

Hello Princess p
I think you must mean Auriga Crown which is the one I usually use but it is 100% sold out

Bad news...........Brunos sold out...... .....a bit like the new film
Anyone else got any ideas or can help me

Thanks Frank, trying this one now................never heard of it before and it didn't come up when I googled hire car firms in Gib etc.
Awaiting a reply confirmation tomorrow or earlier hopefully..............will keep you all posted

Hi Katy, That's right. :shock: I have also been told that that all the hire businesses expected a poor year due to the credit crunch and euro and so reduced their leasing of cars etc :twisted: :twisted: . Basically they have been caught out as people are going on their hols anyway and there are not ...

http://www.ownersdirect.co.uk
is the site I would personally recommend above all others.

Recently back from New Year celebrations in Cortes. Had a brilliant evening on the 31st at El Gecko. :D :D The food was excellent and as always the atmosphere was superb as Sara and Nafecia looked after all the diners. Can't wait for the summer ............shame not to be going sooner !! There were ...

Got another from a foodie mate who says it is the dogs bo**ocks of all satay sauces :!: :!: 2 onions 1-2 tablespoons of peanut oil 3oz of roasted peanuts 1/2 level teaspoon of chilli powder 1 level teaspoon of light brown sugar salt 1 tablespoon of soy sauce juice of half a lime Peel and thinly slic...

Hope you all like this recipe for leftover chicken and/or turkey. We have used it for many years and it is a real winner!! Ingredients for 4--6 BLANQUETTE OF TURKEY 1 1/2 lb of cooked turkey/chicken meat 1 large onion 3oz unsalted butter 2oz plain flour 1 pint of turkey /chicken stock 1 small tin of...