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A Night with the Stars

Posted in Life, Spain, Tenerife, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »

We gathered up the dead pine needles into a thick square onto the hard baked earth. The needles pricked my fingers and sent clouds of dust into my nose causing an avalanche of sneezes. There were sharp stones, large boulders, tree roots and suspicious looking tissues dotted around the forest floor. We cleared a space [...]

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Fame at last, well in Manchester anyway

Posted in Food, Friends, Life, People, Puerto de la Cruz, Spain, Tenerife, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Which of the following statements would you say was false?
Hiking in the Teide National Park:
a) Exercises your heart and lungs
b) Tones up your leg muscles
c) Leaves your mind free to think
d) Is good publicity
e) Provides stunning, surreal scenery
“The answer is [...]

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Puerto de la Cruise?

Posted in Life, People, Puerto de la Cruz, Spain, Tenerife, Travel, fiestas, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »

“Let’s go and see the giant paella on Sunday.”
Horror movies are really not my thing so I wasn’t all that enthusiastic until Jack explained that the Lions Club were making an actual giant paella as part of the Puerto July Fiestas and that perhaps we should pop along and witness the creation.
We left at midday [...]

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