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Armas Ferry – Fuerteventura to Lanzarote
Armas Ferry – Fuerteventura to Lanzarote The ferries between Fuerteventura and Lanzarote run roughly once an hour and are operated by Armas (slow ferry – 35 minutes) and Fred Olsen (fast ferry – 25 minutes). My son and his wife were staying in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote for a few days, with his wife’s family. So…
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Do I get homesick? Dealing With Homesickness.
Do I get homesick? This time I talk about whether or not I get homesick living in the Canary Islands. I can understand some people suffering from homesickness, of course. However, I cannot say it is something that effects me since retiring to Fuerteventura. Firstly, it is largely a mindset. Fuerteventura is my home now…
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Fuerteventura Vlog September 2016 – A Lovely Month
Fuerteventura Vlog September 2016 September and October are often the two nicest months here. The weather is wonderful, with generally less wind, and the Spanish holiday period is over so there are less people on the beach and no more noisy fiestas in the area. We did have some rain, which is very unusual, but…
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Am I Lucky To Retire To Fuerteventura?
Am I Lucky To Retire To Fuerteventura? Absolutely not! When we decided to retire to Fuerteventura, as far as I am concerned, luck had nothing whatsoever to do with it. Sue and I decided that we wanted to retire in Fuerteventura, so we worked towards that. I always say that if it was down to…
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It’s A Bad Day For Rabbits – Hunting Season
I awoke at a ridiculous hour this morning. It was just getting light and my dogs were not happy. Then I heard what was upsetting them. It has started – hunting season! Shotguns going off on the hill behind our house. As I write this it is 4:30pm the guns are still going off. Every…
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Fuerteventura Vlog August 2016
Fuerteventura Vlog August 2016 August was a very hot month here in Fuerteventura with lots of Calimas (hot, dry, dusty winds from the Sahara). This vlog contains: eating out at Casa Vieja in La Oliva with friends car repairs (just a bit of tlc to the tow bar that was looking a bit rusty) buggy…
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One year on Youtube – My Experiences So Far
One Year on Youtube One year on Youtube! It is hard to believe that I have been making videos for Youtube for a whole year but life just flies by the older you get, unfortunately. Overall I have enjoyed it. It is certainly very frustrating at times. Particularly when you have put a lot of…
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Dance of the Pool Toys – a bit of fun!
Dance of the Pool Toys I was working on a video which was taking longer than I expected to edit. I looked out of the window towards the pool and saw the inflatable pool toys moving around in the breeze. That provided the spark of an idea so I set the camera up and started…
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Monthly Vlog Fuerteventura July 2016
Monthly Vlog Fuerteventura July 2016 – A Hot and Quiet Month We had no visitors during July and as it was quite hot, with a Calima too, we did very little apart from cool off in the pool. That suited us but doesn’t make for much of an interesting video. But that is life here…
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How to spell Fuerteventura!
The many ways people spell Fuerteventura Why did I end up living on an island with a name that people seem to have so much trouble spelling (and pronouncing)? My Mum, bless her, could never get the word out without stumbling over it which she and us always found funny although she would have been…