Many of you know that that we are animal lovers, we have two cats, a dog, two terrapins and a hamster living with us (as well as the Roach Family – but they should be going soon!). We are lucky in that our landlord allows us to have this ‘zoo’ in our home – but…
New Profile Photo
Well, eventually I have done it – the profile photo, avatar or whatever you would like to call it has been updated. Now, all I have to do is remember all of the places that I need to upload it to: Twitter, Google +, Flickr, You Tube, Facebook … That’s my Sunday evening taken…
Costa Teguise, Lanzarote
The resort we are staying on, Oasis Lanz Club, is in Costa Teguise close to the island’s capital, Arrecife and seems to be a perfect base from which to explore the island, being quite centrally positioned. There are five beaches within walking distance and the sea front promenade is beautiful to walk along watching the…
Tenerife to Lanzarote
We could have just flown across and been there in about an hour, but we fancied doing it a different way, so we took the slow ferry from Santa Cruz to Arrecife on Friday night, landing in Lanzarote 24 hours later and it was great fun! The timetable said we would set off at 23:30hrs,…
Getting Things Done in Tenerife
One of the Tenerife Forum members posted this short film recently and I couldn’t believe how accurate it is – I am showing it here for those of you that are not members of the forum as I think a lot of you that have experienced Spanish Bureaucracy will really appreciate it! The film was…
Artist helping Live Arico
For as long as she can remember local Artist & Illustrator Alison Sturgess has always loved drawing, painting, cutting and sticking – anything that allows her imagination to run riot & sparkle! She works from life, photographs and imagination; more often than not all three in the same piece. The key to her work lies in…
Tenerife Forum
Well it looks like one of the old Forums here is Tenerife might be in trouble, it has been off-line for a few days now and apparently the ‘owner’ cannot be contacted (and seems to have been out of communication for some time reading various comments on Social Media sites today. Now a lot of…
Twitter Weekly Updates
You will have noticed that I have had a programme on the site that sends a list of all the Tweets made on ‘The Beach’ during the previous week – I thought it was a good idea, however now I am not so sure and have discontinued it for a while to see if anyone…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-24
Up early to take a friend to the aiport today, its going to be a long day now! # @melvaguapa Have a look here http://hootsuite.com # RT @smashingmag: We're giving away 3 Unspoken WordPress Themes (http://bit.ly/ipI2Pg). To win one, just RT this msg! # I need to arrange a meeting with @melvaguapa to discuss another…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-17
New comments on the Solé article, you can still help! http://ow.ly/4RrLp # RT @cesarmillan: Now this is what I call "dog whispering!" More photos of Europe tour here: http://ow.ly/4Tj8j http://twitpic.com/4wqbmt # Cheers, Mark! RT @markchute: #FF these splendid tweeple @dianepower1961 @UnderwoodWines @taylorsbutchers @BeachinTenerife @Paintball_Pongo # Too Close for Comfort RT @johnbeckley: Think there's been a…