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    An Irish Person Surviving a Spanish Summer

    I moved to Spain from Ireland’s west coast. If you’ve never experienced it, imagine standing inside a damp sponge while someone repeatedly throws Atlantic gales and driving rain at your face. Rain Rain isn’t an event in Ireland, it’s just ….Ireland! If it stopped raining for twenty minutes you might take the risk and hang…

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    Watching the Los Gallardos Wildfire From 60 Kilometres Away

    When most people think of a wildfire, they imagine standing at the edge of the flames or watching firefighters battling an inferno. But there is another side to these events—one that reaches much further than the fire itself. We live around 60 kilometres from the current Los Gallardos wildfire. Although we are not in immediate…

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    The Dangers of Wildlife in Spain

    Well, it’s not everyday that you can say you’ve been whacked on the head by a grasshopper! The end of June and it had been another hot day. We were all chilling out on the terrace, quietly chatting while the sun went down, when it happened. I suddenly felt as though somebody had punched me…

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    El Tres Amigos en Huércal-Overa

    Pam O’Loughlin has been friends with Jill & Ian Terry since 1999, first meeting in the UK through their love of dogs, in particular the Canaan Dog. When Jill & Ian moved to Fuerteventura at the beginning of 2017, it wasn’t long after that, that Pam returned to her home country of Ireland. Fast forward…

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