I am taking my car to garage tomorrow for a full service ... my Spanish language/vocabulary is very limited re car parts ...but I need to explain that .. the bonnet catch or latch does not work properly ... and that the screen wash does not work ... (wipers do but no liquid is sprayed on the screen)...

thanks very much Sid for your comments ... most helpful in locating the right place in the garden ... now to dig the big hole ... having planted a young walnut tree recently, I know what effort is involved in digging said hole in rock-filled soil! thanks again for your help ... and Happy New Year to...

I have just bought a young lime tree ,,, 'bout 4-5ft tall ... ?can anyone tell me what/where it will need eg full or less sun, abundant or less water etc? any advice gratefully received ... thanks in advance

thanks to Trooperman and Roz ... my sister was needing bus/train info to visit daughter recently moved to Ronda ... neither of them drive ... so train and especially bus info much appreciated ... I have passed on to said sis ... thanks again

many thanks for all your comments/information ... most helpful and much appreciated ... thanks again

Has anyone information about the easiest way to get from Malaga airport to Ronda by bus or train? thanks in advance ...

casita-bonita ... have sent you a pm ..

thanks for that info casita-bonita ... most helpful ... will follow up ... thanks again

Can anyone recommend a gestor in Velez Malaga or thereabouts ... English speaking preferred as my Spanish can't cope with explaining my complicated financial affairs! ...

it has rained here not just this November but also in September and October more than i can remember ...

I too have had enough of the rain ... the stream has been a raging river for weeks ... weeds growing apace and leaves falling copiously ... and no chance to get outside to do anything about either! ...

This Autumn is more like Winter!

here it is a gota fria with a vengeance but minus the rain ... 5 degrees on my patio this morning ... now dropped to 3! ... not ever known it this cold in October!

T'was bad here ayer but not that bad! ... cross fingers for tomorrow!

this morning someone told me about a fibre which can be used instead of sand to filter pool water ... he did not know what kind of fibre ... ?does anyone know? ... he also said that fibre did not need changing, unlike sand ... ?does anyone use such a fibre and how often does it need changing?

amazing and quite prolonged lightening storm last night ... ?over towards Almeria? ... not much rain tho ...

meteomalaga forecasting a gota fria this weekend ... any sign of that yet anywhere?

fascinating and delightful story olive ... ?foot stamping ... maybe someone attuned to water diving can hear/feel the earth reverberating as they stamp and when the sound/feel changes there is the water level ... ?

people might not be swimming in the sea around Nerja as there have been many medusa jellyfish along that coast east of Malaga ... maybe they like the sewage?!

olive: to me, fascinating the history of these places we live in ... and thank you for your comments re domestic water/electricity in your area ... and would love to hear of your water diving efforts!