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English films in the south

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Popcorn at the ready… The latest cinematic offerings are going to be available in English in the south. The CC Gran Sur has finally opened and English language films will start to be shown in September. Wonder what will be first?
 

Who put the lights out?

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Just when you thought the climate conditions couldn’t get any more extreme in Tenerife, it starts raining black snow!! Well, ash, actually. The 110 degree plus temperatures have triggered a major forest fire in Los Realejos. At around 3.30pm, the skies above the west coast turned eerily yellow, to be followed by a black cloud [...]

The old chicken and egg debate for Tenerife

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Been having the old chicken and egg debate on the excellent Tenerife Forum website, as to whether the level of service in the local hospitality industry is crap because of the ’servers’ or the visitors.
Does Tenerife have the worst level of service on the planet, or do we do ok?

Tramps - good for Tenerife

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

Called in briefly at Tramps yesterday afternoon (Saturday). What a good do! Radio One were broadcasting live, featuring some of their top name DJs (apparently). I’m afraid I’ve been out of the scene since Pampers have replaced partying, but even for an old duffer like myself, the atmosphere…ahem, vibe… was fantastic.
This kind of event can’t [...]

Ryanair to fly to south Tenerife

Friday, July 20th, 2007

Certainly a good thing to see that Ryanair are switching operations from the north airport to the south this winter.
Although the airline only currently operates to Tenerife from Shannon and Dublin, it should still act as a welcome adrenaline shot for the tourist and property industries.
Commenting on the move from Tenerife North to Tenerife South, Ryanair’s Director [...]

What Tenerife could learn from the Redcoats

Friday, July 20th, 2007

Having just returned from a press trip to Butlins in Skegness I have the urge to rant about the hospitality attitude in Tenerife.
I have to admit, that my expectations were fairly modest. I was a Butlins virgin, and as such, I had only the misconception of all-day Bingo, sychophantic Redcoats and noon-till-night knobbly-knee contests as [...]

Tenerife musings

Monday, January 15th, 2007

Sorry, been ‘off air’ for a while. Writing commissions (including being contracted to ghost write a novel) and various features have been filling the spaces around pretending to be a dragon for my two kids and battening down the hatches during our latest bout of tropical winds. The weather here definitely seems to be getting [...]

Latest with the book

Friday, September 29th, 2006

The Sky TV thing went well. Peter Purves is a charming chap and made a very good host. Didn’t give me a Blue Peter Badge though - git.
Since been invited on a new ITV series about working abroad, so I obviously didn’t make a complete pig’s ear of the Sky appearance.
Had some great local press [...]

TV appearance

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

Well, blow me! Been invited to be a guest on Sky TV’s ‘Destination Lunch’ programme, hosted by Judith (package holiday) Chalmers and Blue Peter Purves. Flying back to Blighty this Monday for filming on Tuesday. Life in the fast lane, eh? If only I could drive.
I’ll post the broadcast date and news of how the [...]

Flying high

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Those lovely people at My Travel have just published a review of More Ketchup, in which they describe it as… ‘a hilarious insight into the wild and wacky characters of an expat community in a familiar holiday destination’. Bless ‘em.

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