Monthly Posts

February 2012
M T W T F S S
« Jun    
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
272829  

18. On the move again

Diary of a Downshifter – Part 18 Downshifting to Spain

The Pillars of Hercules

It was when I found our two year old daughter climbing up the cliff from the house to the road that I realised that sooner or later we were going to have to move. Fabulous views were one thing but you can’t live [...]

17. Money

Diary of a Downshifter – Part 17 Downshifting to Spain

As a diversion from describing our life as downshifters, it’s worth looking at a major feature of our lives at the time perhaps as a warning to others who may mistakenly think that downshifting is all happiness and bliss. One of the features of our downshifting career [...]

16. The Castle

Diary of a Downshifter – Part 16 Downshifting to Spain

Castellar was unique. The bees loved it. We loved the views – Africa, Spain, Gibraltar and so on and Mara’s bar in the medieval Moorish castle. The scent of dama de noche and jasmin pervaded the place and the sound of flamenco music filled the evening air. [...]

15. A house on a cliff

Diary of a Downshifter – Part 15   Downshifting to Spain

The problem with living in a rat infested hovel is that it is difficult to sleep at night and with the amount of physical work that I needed to do to get building materials down a near vertical slope to build a house meant that I [...]

14: Downshifting Even Further

Diary of a Downshifter – Part 14 Downshifting to Spain

After 18 happy months in Finca Granadero we decide to move on. There was no rational explanation for this other than the fact that we had got itchy feet and I wanted to live nearer Gibraltar and in better bee country. We looked for many properties [...]