Tag: fuertaventura
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Fuerteventura – 2016 in 3 minutes
Fuerteventura – 2016 in 3 minutes Fuerteventura – 2016 in 3 minutes – my Fuerteventura 2016 review in a short video. Well actually it didn’t seem to take much longer than 3 minutes to happen in real time but I guess that is what happens when you get older and you are an expat in…
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Fuerteventura Kite Festival 2016
Fuerteventura Kite Festival 2016 Watch out for low flying sharks at the Fuerteventura Kite Festival 2016 This was the 29th annual Fuerteventura Kite Festival 2016 which takes place every November on the Dunes Beach near Corralejo. As usual there were hundreds of colourful and amusing kites flying above the beach and, of course, the weather…
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Corralejo Fuerteventura – What is it like?
Corralejo – What is it like? Corralejo is the biggest resort in the north of Fuerteventura. It is located on the north-easy coast and is popular with tourists from the UK, Italy and others. Unlike Caleta de Fuste and Costa Calma, it has life apart from tourism, which includes fishing and the port. This I…
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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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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…
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Fuerteventura Roads – What are they like?
Fuerteventura Roads Generally the Fuerteventura roads are very good. We don’t get the weather here that ruins roads in the UK and northern Europe. By that I mean the constant freeze/thaw in the winter that breaks up the surface. I enjoy driving here as the roads are interesting with lots of bends so you don’t…
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The Beautiful Beaches of El Cotillo, Fuerteventura
Beaches of El Cotillo – North of the village The beaches of El Cotillo are very varied. There are sheltered beaches to the north of the village and more rugged (but more spectacular) beaches to the south. I started the tour to the north, near the Toston lighthouse, where the beaches lie among the lagoons.…
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Talented musicians – Fuerteventura 2016
What happened in June – Living in Fuerteventura 2016 This month’s Fuerteventura 2016 blog shows what we got up to living in Fuerteventura in June. It was a relatively quiet month with some lovely weather. It was Sue’s birthday so we went to El Cotillo to celebrate. After a nice meal, eaten overlooking the sea…
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Battle of the Somme – Fuerteventura Trenches
Battle of the Somme On 1st July 2016 it was the 100th anniversary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme, a major battle of the First World War. 20,000 British soldiers died on that day alone. I found some natural features in the landscape here in the dry river beds near Lajares…