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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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Talcum powder terror and a monster sardine – all part of life in Tenerife

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Tenerife is a strange place. But no stranger than the other islands when it comes to bizarre Canary Island Carnival antics. After partaking in the odd, yet pleasantly fragrant Battle of the Powder in La Palma, and watching a giant sardine being led to its cremation by a bunch of male, fishnet-wearing mourners, very little [...]

New Tenerife video

Monday, March 16th, 2009

New video about Sundays in Tenerife right here. Joy is talking about Sunday roasts, sandy strolls and wandering minstrels. Though not necessarily in that order. She also talks about a very ‘twanquil’ village -  but pretend you didn’t hear that. Doh!

Jennie Bond on Tenerife

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

Well, I wasn’t totally sure what to expect when I met Jennie Bond in Tenerife last Wednesday. I think I anticipated she’d be like the Queen but with attitude. As a hardened and professional journalist (her, not me), it’s always difficult coming up with questions that aren’t banal and that she’s answered a zillion times [...]

Life is never boring in Tenerife

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Well, can’t say life is ever boring in Tenerife. I’m off to interview Jennie Bond tomorrow. The ex-Royal reporter and bronze medal winner of ‘I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here’ is taking time out to talk to me about her favourite travels and what makes a great holiday. Probably being left alone by [...]

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