Blog Entries for Ian B

Here at last

ianburton100@hotmail.co.uk — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Well here I am folks, I am finally living in my little cortijo in southern Spain. Luckily the local town has a free internet cafe for everyone so I thought I would drop you all a quick line. Wow what a journey. I bought a caravan to tow across Spain so that I had something to live in while I am renovating my property. I should have realised it was maybe not the best plan when we got about three quarters of the way to Plymouth to catch the Santander ferry when the car overheated. This was to b [...]

Impending Change.

ianburton100@hotmail.co.uk — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Hi all,

Well, sorry I haven't been on for a while, just so busy getting thing ready, as well as both of us having a full time job and trying to finish the house for rental. Sorry, I'm rambling!

We have booked our ferry, Plymouth to Santander, hired a van for our stuff and bought a little caravan to live in so we arealmost ready for the off. By the end of May we will be on site and getting started, so I will be offline for some time.

Once back on I will give you a b [...]

The Right Place?

ianburton100@hotmail.co.uk — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0100

We made several trips to the Alpujarras over the coming year, but not much success. Some houses we liked but the land was unsuitable or the track too long. Some had fantastic location but the house didnt catch the imagination. On all our trips we stayed with Dave and Belinda which was helpful as they had gone through all this themselves so had plenty of sensible advice. Eventually we were sitting back in England and we deceided to go out again purely for a holiday, no house hunting. We [...]

Update

ianburton100@hotmail.co.uk — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Hi all,

Just a quickie as I am watching "Dexter", my favourite anti hero at the moment.

I will write a longer entry this weekend,(is it me or did I just hear a faint groaning noise?) But I have some news to impart.

We are finally looking at an actual date to move over "lock, stock and barrel" Its looking good for the13th/14th May!!

Its been a long time planning but now we have an actual date it seems much more real. Anyway, there it is and I am buzz [...]

The Hunt for El Cortijo Estupendo

ianburton100@hotmail.co.uk — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Hi All,

The search for a property that would suit us turned out to be a bit harder than we thought. For one,we had no idea what we actually wanted. We had trawled through pages and pages of internet property sites and the only thing I can say is, don't trust tiny pixelated pictures, they bear little resemblence to the real thing.

We met a few agents while we were looking, one in particular stood out. She wasn't the person we eventually bought a house from bu [...]

Real Spain.

ianburton100@hotmail.co.uk — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Hi all,

Not a continuation just yet, just a random waffle, (you lucky people!)

Just been on E Bay to try and sell a few non esentials in preperation for when we do eventually up-sticks and move. I hate technology at times, it is supposed to save us time and usually ends up wasting more than we have! My PC keeps crashing and if it keeps up it might just go crashing out of the bedroom window!!

When I come out to Spain its odd, it feels like I am where I should be, it feels lik [...]

Deep in the Foothills!!

ianburton100@hotmail.co.uk — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Back again, I have just finished a rather long and boring seven days of work, so now you all have to face my long and rambling witterings, sorry bout that.

Where was I? Oh yes, we had arranged to meet Belinda and Dave by the side of the main road. Their place was down a "track", a thing we had not yet had the pleasure of. They were waiting for us, as promised standing by their faithful old Land Rover. Lots of greetings followed and first impressions were good, the natives seem [...]

Blog again.

ianburton100@hotmail.co.uk — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Hmmm,

How frustrating, I had written a lovely rambling blog yesterday and lost it all due to my ancient computer i guess. I must change the big transistor, its throwing out a lot of heat.

Anyway, after researching what appeared to be the perfect area, there was nothing left to do but try it out for real. So accomodation booked, car booked flight booked, we set out on a cold English morning to Stanstead, destination Almeria. Malaga is also an option I have since used and at a pinch [...]

Blinkin heck!

ianburton100@hotmail.co.uk — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Just wrote a 500 word blog, then tried to save it and it crashed, bummer.

Will try again tomorrow, I an just too damn angry now, GRRRR!

Ian B's Blog.

ianburton100@hotmail.co.uk — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Dear reader,

Finally I have been let loose with my own blog! Are they mad? I will try and make a weekly entry, but time, motivation and alcoholic influence may vary both quantity and quality of my entries.

My wife Ali and I have been planning a move to the Alpujarras for what seems like an eternity, so I will start right at the begining, (lucky old you) hopefully by the time I catch up with myself, I will be typing from Andalucia, not a cold wet terrace in [...]

Blog 2, revenge of the blog!

ianburton100@hotmail.co.uk — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Hello all,

Right, where to begin? We used to do the usual trips backwards and forwards to Espana, once or twice a year. Luckily we have friends that have a very nice villa near the town of Turre, about half an hour or so from Almeria airport.

Spending days sitting by the poolside, reading books in the sunshine. (How come it's so much easier to read by the pool with a J.D and coke beside you?) Ali said in passing one day " You know, I really want to retire out here", [...]