A friend of mine on returning his car to Record was told that the spare tyre and jack were missing, as he had not checked it on collection he had no alternative but to pay for them at great cost, maybe an idea to check when collecting, problem is usually the boot has all the cases in by then !! Be w...

I am receiving some telephone calls at night and when I answer they hang up, is there a number I can call to trace the caller ???

When watching on spanish TVE2 if you tune the radio into Five Live you get english commentary as well.

Thanks Scotty I will give it a try.

Does anyone know if there is a Pie and Mah shop anywhere along the coast, my mums craving a taste of East London !!

Thanks Cid, mine are Dobies cherry toms, I will let them grow as a bush and see what happens, I have rigged up a support system as they tend to fall all over the ground.

Thanks all for your input much appreciated....

What happens when I return to UK and rent a car ? they always ask for the paper bit that would show any endorsements and state that " the complete licence including paper part must be produced " ....

Do you have to remove the side shoots on cherry tomatoes ??????

I have just changed from a UK driving licence to a spanish one and note that the classes listed on my UK licence have been omitted on the spanish one, I queried this and was told that If I want to drive anything other than a car or car with trailer I will have to pass a test on that vehicle, this do...

I have used Record at the airport.

Thanks all for advice, I have today spoken to them and they were very helpful, and as I am retired I got an extra 40 euro discount , so far so good, I have english speaking telephone numbers to cover Europe in the event of needing assistance.

My car insurance is due for renewal and I have been looking around to see if there are any competative prices and Direct Line seem to be very good, my only concern is that dealing with a company like that is will I get good service in the event of a claim ? Any experiencies would be helpful. Thank y...

When they take your oversize bag at the boarding gate to put in the hold do they make a charge for it ????

I saw a very simple adaptor the other day in the local ferreteria that you could just plug your UK plug into and retain the fuse and simply plug into spanish socket cost about a euro, cheaper than changing the plug and safer.

Ivy groes anywhere with great gusto and no water.

Bauhaus had some hot tubs on sale recently for about 3,500 euros for a six seater.

I have saved a lot under the new charging , we only use about 20% at the top rate and programme all we can such as washing machine and dishwasher to be during cheap rate, also bought a gas kettle for use during high charges period, and it whistles !!!!

I went to the Police station in Malaga today, waited about 30 mins, not bad, and they gave me some more forms to complete and I have to go to the bank to pay 10 euros and then back to police with passport photocopy , receipt and form duly completed, will go next week and let you know what happens.

I am in the process of changing UK to Spanish licence and produced all the documents and did the medical , they returned my NIE number saying it was "out of date " I now have to go to the Policia National to have it renewed, I thought they were issued for life, mine is twenty years old. Is...