Readers of what is rapidly turning into the domestic appliance and bed hunt blog will no doubt be on tenterhooks to hear the latest installment in the saga. This is about the freezer part of the fridge freezer. Naturally like virtually everything else in the flat it comes from my mother’s house so is of […]Read Post ›

Beds, huh. Tried buying one recently? It seems that the days of well-sprung mattresses have died and one has to factor latex into the hunt. Latex? I thought that was for gloves that we wear when fixing the Land Rover. And of course, for products made by the London Rubber Company. It may well be, […]Read Post ›

At the weekend I broke the Kenwood Chef. I didn’t blow up the motor or anything crucial like that, just managed to destroy a couple of essential plastic bits. This is yet another of my mother’s antiquated but functioning appliances. I am beginning to think these ancient appliances are in far better nick than I […]Read Post ›

Three euros for a huge piece of potato and onion tortilla, some bread, and a large glass of red wine. (Algeciras bus station) It’s good to live with a professional decorator, even if spending his spare time painting the flat isn’t his idea of fun. Spring flowers. HMS Argyll, in Gib over the Easter weekend […]Read Post ›

Every Friday there is a tour of the Garrison Library, which is a historic research library here in the centre of Gibraltar. In fact it is only about five minutes walk from my home, but I have never organised myself to turn up at the appointed time. However, the other Friday, I rang up to […]Read Post ›