LOL I bought a 1991 Fiat Ducato http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/hillybilly444/IMG_4728.jpg Am planning a long, round trip...over to Portugal, up the coast to Galicia, then back down via Salamanca and Toledo...not just yet though ;o) Not owned a motorhome for a few years so need to get reacqua...

Found one now! (A motorhome, not a unimog ) Thanks all!

Ah now I understand - I saw that movistar were selling/offering USB modems - wondered what they were! Thanks Gerry! So, I could eg buy myself a nice new netbook/notebook (they seem to have more battery life than a conventional laptop and are a bit more portable) and use a USB modem aka a dongle... T...

Sorry but you're going to have to explain what a dongle is and does and what you stick it in

OK - planning ahead for possible motorhome purchase and a road trip (Spain & Portugal). What are the options for having internet access whilst on the road? I mean independent of campsites etc. Would it be one of these new-fangled iPhone things? iPad, Blackberry, notebook/netbook, dongle...? WTF ...

Thanks for all the suggestions. Am presently considering one I've found that a guy in Casabermeja has - he seems to have 3 or 4 for sale at any one time...he imports them and puts them on Spanish plates. I did look into importing from Germany but have been told that numberplates there remain with th...

Ah, sad news...heartfelt condolences to you and your family...

I tell you what is funny - now that I have some money sitting in my Spanish bank acct, the staff are being everso friendly and making a point of telling me all about their latest offers every time I go in - TVs on zero % interest etc... :wink: Little do they know I've just transferred over half of i...

Thanks again all. TBH I hadn't given much thought to the currency issue, but now you're all making me think I'd be better off getting most of it out of Spain lol.

Am looking to buy a LHD Spanish plated motorhome, 1990 onwards, diesel pref, up to 10k euros, poss a bit more for the right vehicle. Not having much luck with the usual classified sites at the mo (full of fake ads...). If anyone knows of any for sale, please let me know. Also the whereabouts of 2ndh...

Thanks for that. Have also discovered there are some higher interest ING accts that I could already have transferred my money to! Darn!

I do already have a couple of UK based accts - Barclays and ING - but the interest rates aren't great and too great a deposit in either would take me over the protected limit under the FSCS scheme...I shall have a poke around tho...

LOL thanks for the replies.
Not had a great deal of success with shares in the past
Don't imagine I'd be able to open any new UK acct, what with being a resident in Spain...
Has anyone stumbled across any accts here in Spain paying OK interest?

OK - being in the fortunate position of having sold a house I now have a wedge of cash, presently sitting in my Spanish current acct. I need to do something with it! (None of the usual suggestions, please!) Have been given details of my bank's (Banco Popular) savings accts - typically 3-4% interest....

Hopefully
Sorted now thanks - http://www.cortijouribe.eu/cortijo_uribe_4.html

Can anyone recommend a nice hotel (boutique/romantic?!) within striking distance of Malaga airport or en route from there to Antequera direction? (For next week). Loads of the places I'm looking at are closed right now!

This link might get deleted but there's a Facebook Buy/Sell/Swap group for the Antequera area
http://www.facebook.com/groups/211721138912251/
where you could post a "want" ad! Spanish Lad set it up ;o)

country boy wrote:The Painting gang seem to be about 14 days behind the Tarmac gang, can be a bit of a surprise, especially if you are tall! (Head hits roof ),

Yes, have been airborne myself a few times!

Here in Estepa, they put speed humps in about 2 years ago - quite vicious some of them. Then they took some out...and put them back a little less steep. Now they've taken all but a few (still vicious) on the outskirts of town out again. In Villanueva de la Concepcion, they put them in, took them out...