Holiday apartment In Vera Playa, Spain

25/08/2024

Aug 2024: My Cousin and her friend have had an amazing week at Veranda Agua - exploring by local bus, by foot and by car. Always a great meal at Bombay Tacos 🍽

12/03/2024

March 2024: Temp 17 degrees - low 20's

21/01/2024

🥰Our Market Days

31/12/2023

30/11/2023

Budget high-speed trains coming to Murcia!

The first low cost, high-speed train (AVE) between Madrid and Murcia will start on December 10 with fares from as little as €7. The ‘Avlo’ service by Renfe will take 3 and a half hours with stops.

29/06/2023

I experienced this Guided Painting at 'Desert Springs' Golf resort. Also held in other towns around Mojacar and Vera etc. 30 euros for 3 hours. The canvas and all materials were provided and you take your finished canvas home afterwards. Drinks not included...

21/06/2023

🇪🇸 June 2023: New furniture, the Geode @ Pulpi, Painting classes and sprucing up the front door.

26/04/2023

‘Inferno Week’ 🔥 ☀️

Spain braced for record-breaking April temperatures of 40C

Spain could experience its hottest ever day for the month of April this week with forecasters predicting temperatures of up to 40C (104F).

Record-breaking temperatures are expected between Wednesday and Friday with temperatures reaching levels normally seen in July.

The extreme conditions will follow the driest March in 20 years in some areas which has increased growing concerns about the nation's water reserves and officially placed Spain into long-term drought.

Reservoirs are around 15% below average levels with some shrinking to just 26% of capacity, while the dry conditions are raising fears about the outbreak of more wildfires with summer approaching.

Spain's state meteorological agency Aemet said there will be a "progressive entry of a very warm and dry air mass of African origin" causing "values typical of summer".

Aemet said temperatures in the Guadalquivir valley in southern Spain's Andalusia region, which is home to cities such as Seville, "could even reach 40C" on Thursday or Friday.

The agency said temperatures are expected to drop on Sunday and Monday, "ending this episode of exceptionally high temperatures for the time of year".

The top temperature ever recorded in Spain for April was 37.4C (99.3F) in Murcia in the southeastern part of the country in 2011.

Temperatures above 30C (86F) are expected across much of southern Spain on Wednesday before continuing to rise.

Residents are being urged to think about how they use water supplies as drought conditions continue to grip Spain despite recent cold and wet conditions for many other parts of Europe.

Agriculture has also been badly hit with crops struggling in the hot and dry conditions.

Last week, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned of the continuing "challenge" his country faces from the impact of climate change.

"The government of Spain and I are aware that the debate surrounding drought is going to be one of the central political and territorial debates of our country over the coming years," he said.

Spain has seen low rainfall and high temperatures for three years, with 2022 being its hottest on record and with the Mediterranean warming faster than the global average due to climate change.

Last summer, firefighters struggled to contain wildfires in June as temperatures exceeded 40C (104F) amid weather conditions usually expected in August.

Temperatures continued to soar through the summer, passing 45C (113F) amid extreme conditions which led to many deaths and increased the pressure on emergency services.

In 2021, the dangerous levels of heat saw Spain swelter in temperatures above 47C (116.6F) as heatwave conditions gripped southern Europe.
Source: Sky News

25/04/2023

🌞 Mid 20’s so far, in April 🏖

22/04/2023

❤ Sun, Sea and Selling Houses, filming on our development :))

Happy weekend everyone 🌞 We have had a wonderful week filming for our next series of Channel 4, Sun, Sea and Selling Houses.
Our house hunter was such a dream to film with 🙏
Did we find her, her dream home in the sun? You will have to wait and see :)
PUNT ROMA Oasis Fashions Mojacar Michael Kors

04/04/2023

In nearby Garrucha...

14/02/2023

❤️ Feliz día de San Valentín 🇪🇸 🇬🇧

14/09/2022

Nice Tostada breakfast @ one of our new eateries - ‘Maya’. Two tostada’s with toppings, one Café con leche, Biscoff biscuit and an orange juice: €7.80 (£6.75)

10/09/2022

Mosquito netting for the main bedroom

10/06/2022

June 2022

08/06/2022

🥰 New Pool fencing in place, with extra pool grass space than before 🇪🇸🇬🇧

08/06/2022

🥰 Pool to yourself for an evening swim...

14/04/2022

Looking forward to experiencing this some time this year :))

La Geode in Pulpi makes it onto the playlist of an international medium
The BBC makes a documentary about the origin of the Andalusian Monument by Pilar Jaravía

That the Giant Geode of Pulpí leaves no one indifferent, is something that all Almeria residents and visitors who have been able to enjoy the grandeur of this geological work of nature know.

On this occasion, the admiration for this Andalusian natural monument has crossed borders and has aroused the interest of an international media.

The BBC published a video documentary of this spectacular Almeria monument. The report perfectly explains, at the hands of the geologist and coordinator of the Pulpí Geode, Milagros Carretero, the visit to Mina Rica de Pilar de Jaravía, its origin, and how the crystals that make up the Geode were formed.

The BBC stands for 'British Broadcasting Corporation', the public radio, television and internet service in the United Kingdom, with more than nine decades of experience.

An independent means of commercial and political controls that operates under a royal statute that guarantees said independence. The BBC has a network of more than 250 correspondents in the British territory and more than 100 capital cities around the world. With broadcasts in English and 27 other languages ​​and an audience of more than 300 million people, it is the largest broadcaster of news and current affairs on the planet. It provides current affairs, reporting, analysis, and debate on radio, television, and the Internet, and is known for the impartiality, accuracy, and independence of its content.

For this reason, it is more than that this Andalusian natural monument is cast among the wonders that this international media has documented.

The Pulpí Giant Geode continues to be recognized as one of the most beautiful geological constructions in the world. Less than two months ago it was named a Natural Monument of Andalusia, based on this recognition at the regional level, the Pulpí City Council seeks more ambitious challenges for the future, the people of Pulpí do not want to settle for this recognition and seek to be among the most important in the world, and be recognized internationally by UNESCO. An intention that seems to be getting closer to becoming a reality.
Source: La Voz de Almeria in English using Google Translate

05/04/2022

Our beach...

16/03/2022

🇪🇸 Have experienced the red sand and winds once in 7 years but nothing like this...

15/02/2022

💎 Looking forward to visiting the Geode this year...

22/12/2021

13/12/2021

🇪🇸 🌲Well worth a stay in Spain, in December. The main town of Vera is dressed beautifully for Christmas. The temperature most days was still around 20 degrees.🌞

13/12/2021

10/12/2021

😍 Before and after: Much nicer, new bedside tables to match the White bed frame

25/11/2021

🥰 Not just Sunny Spain... ❄️ 🛷

FOR YOUR INFORMATION...

Sierra Nevada ski resort above Granada City opens for the 2021/22 season this Saturday 27 November. Don't miss the first Ski and Snow Report on Spectrum FM Costa Almeria tomorrow at 10.30am (CET)with Jonathan Buzzard from British Ski Center, Sierra Nevada live from the resort giving the latest conditions

28/09/2021

September 2021 update: New corner sofa, Terrace plants and Kingsize bed

06/09/2021

Iglesia de Santa Maria