Archive for April, 2009

Clash of the Titans in Tenerife

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Following in the delicate footsteps of Raquel Welch in a fur bikini, seems like Warner Bros are preparing to shoot another major epic in Tenerife with a Hollywood remake of Clash of the Titans. More Tenerife films info here.
S’all good promo for the island, unlike that splash of fantasy about the forthcoming Tenerife eruption printed [...]

Joe is loving this new Tenerife Video by Pedro Felipe

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

Canarias reductos de biodiversidad from Pedro Felipe on Vimeo.
Joe is loving this amazing Tenerife video by Pedro Felipe.
Whack up the sound, sit back and be astounded…

Counting the quakes in Spain and Tenerife

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Spain earthquake count: 7 new tremors in Spain yesterday, none in the Canary Islands. Biggest measured 1.9

And today’s weather in Tenerife south… partly sunny with a high of 24, a low of 18 - same as yesterday.
Visibility is 16 kilometres, which means you can just about make out La Gomera, if you squint (though obviously [...]

New Tenerife video

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

Joy is talking about cucumbers, fish and cow flesh on our new Sky Travel video
We were supposed to be showing how cheap it is to shop at local markets, but half the buggers weren’t open when we got there. Twice we went to Las Galletas to try and catch the fish market fully open. Both [...]

Spain quake count and Tenerife weather

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

Spain earthquake count: 42 tremors (over 1.5 on the Richter Scale) in the last 10 days, including 3 yesterday, largest was 3.8
The Canary Islands remained wobble-free yesterday.
And today’s weather in Tenerife south… partly sunny with a high of 24, a low of 18.
Winds brisk enough to make eating sandwiches on the beach a crunchy affair.
Visibility [...]

Daily tremor tally in Spain… and the Tenerife weather report

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Spain earthquake count: 47 tremors (over 1.5 on the Richter Scale) in the last 10 days, including 3 in the Canary Islands.
And today’s weather in Tenerife south… jolly sunny with cloud-free skies and a high of 22, a low of 17.
Visibility is 17 kilometres, which means there’s no calima, fog, smog or blizzard. Which is [...]

Earthquakes in Spain

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Some people count traffic, some people spot airplanes. I’ve recently developed an unhealthy interest in counting local earthquakes. Perhaps it’s my age, perhaps it’s my medication. Perhaps it’s both. But although I’m assured that it’s perfectly normal, I still find it astounding that Spain experience so many earth movements (notching above 1.5 on the Richter [...]