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Forum: Spain
Jul 21st 2025, 1:01 am
Replies: 46
Views: 8,436
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Now we are going to lose BBC sounds

You need to set Your country as UK. Sounds is not geo blocked yet IIRC.

Nord VPN is about £3 a month for up to 10 devices. I was in Crete last month, took a UK set Now TV stick with me and that...
Forum: Spain
Jul 20th 2025, 9:01 am
Replies: 46
Views: 8,436
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Now we are going to lose BBC sounds

If your using a VPN you should have no problems using the beeb app on your smart TV/computer/laptop/tablet/phone and I'm guessing your Alexa echo dot (with a phone its worth investing a few €'s in...
Forum: Spain
Apr 2nd 2025, 10:53 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,316
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Solar Install costs

Its OK to ignore positioning when you have a lot of panels, most people don't Fred. In the UK I'm running 26x500w panels (ground mounted at the end of the garden) but I re-angle the brackets a...
Forum: Spain
Mar 25th 2025, 11:54 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,316
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Solar Install costs

Make sure the brackets the panels are fitted to are adjustable. To get the most from your panels their angle need adjusting twice a year minimum

Solar Panel Adjustment – Off Grid In Spain...
Forum: Spain
Oct 22nd 2024, 8:04 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,336
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Mask time again?

My wife retired as a (very) senior mental health nurse with a 40 year pension then within months covid arrived and she was called back; within weeks the demand on mental health services shot through...
Forum: Spain
Oct 22nd 2024, 7:25 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,336
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Mask time again?

Respiratory Consultant said "it may stop that one instance when you are exposed, at worse it will do you no harm". No reactions from people, maybe a quick glance but to be honest I don't care. I've...
Forum: Spain
Oct 20th 2024, 3:38 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,336
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Mask time again?

I have COPD and have not stopped having a mask with me when out and about. If I'm anywhere surrounded by people (usually supermarkets) I put the mask on.
Forum: Spain
Oct 9th 2024, 12:51 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,242
Posted By bob_bob

Re: FRESH VEGETABLES MARKET STALL.

Keep supplying the food banks mate, easier to do and more rewarding.
Forum: Spain
Jun 21st 2024, 10:30 pm
Replies: 108
Views: 9,379
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Voting rights in UK after 15 years

Scrapped the 15 year rule? Tories are desperate for votes. You leave the country you should loose your right to vote.
Forum: Spain
Apr 7th 2024, 10:37 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,438
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Family holiday home within an hour of Malaga or Alicante airport - area reco

Search the ThinkSpain site and google earth

https://www.thinkspain.com/property-for-sale/la-cala-de-mijas/townhouses?order=LowToHigh
Forum: Spain
Jan 16th 2024, 3:45 am
Replies: 108
Views: 9,379
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Voting rights in UK after 15 years

So you pack up and migrate to a new country and want the right in the country you left? Thats a bit cake and eat it in my opinion...when you leave your leave your right to vote behind.
Forum: Spain
Nov 26th 2023, 10:36 pm
Replies: 33
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Views: 2,782
Posted By bob_bob

Re: vpn

Has that actually ever happened?
Forum: Spain
Nov 14th 2023, 9:51 pm
Replies: 78
Views: 7,929
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Economic Migrants

So you choose Spain to retire to, you may have purchased property, you may pay rent, you bring along your pension(s) which is spent within the Spanish economy; how much does a typical brit retiree...
Forum: Spain
Nov 4th 2023, 10:32 pm
Replies: 78
Views: 7,929
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Economic Migrants

Too many people needing social housing = chronic shortage. I'm sort of retired but have a UK property portfolio. Hear in South Wales three years ago I could (and did) buy a 3 bed terrace houses for...
Forum: Spain
Nov 3rd 2023, 10:13 pm
Replies: 78
Views: 7,929
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Economic Migrants

The UK is paying £7,000,000 a DAY in hotel bills for housing illegal migrants, this is not sustainable. There is a chronic housing shortage in the UK, house prices are sky high, rent is sky high so...
Forum: Spain
Sep 12th 2023, 10:02 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 807
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Benalamdena

Yes, open Thursday
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100059977340931
Forum: Spain
Aug 20th 2023, 10:14 pm
Replies: 52
Views: 4,065
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Is inflation on the turn?

Because I've too much time on my hands I just put the list in the link which quoted Tesco coming in at £52.02 into an online Tesco list, came in at £43.40. Do they just make the numbers up?
Forum: Spain
Aug 19th 2023, 12:06 am
Replies: 52
Views: 4,065
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Is inflation on the turn?

I think your right.

I only spend around three months of the year in Spain these days and I do all the food shopping and cooking in the UK and Spain and overall the UK is cheaper than Spain. Some...
Forum: Spain
Aug 18th 2023, 8:34 pm
Replies: 52
Views: 4,065
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Is inflation on the turn?

I just looked at the link to food items in Europe, where in the UK did they shop, Fortnum & Masons food hall? Lot of those prices are way off the prices you pay, way too high for some of the items.
Forum: Spain
Jul 30th 2023, 1:32 am
Replies: 53
Views: 15,868
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Starlink on offer

Depends on a couple of things, one is what version of CAT cable you run; I use CAT 6 and it takes 1Gb easy enough and looses very little on a 70m run of cable to a 'summer' room in the garden..

If...
Forum: Spain
Jul 26th 2023, 11:19 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 15,868
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Starlink on offer

Starlink would be a last option for me. Some areas without fibre access can get a good 4g signal so a cheaper options I'd guess would be an unlimited data only sim and sim router. A reliable...
Forum: Spain
Mar 28th 2023, 7:30 am
Replies: 5
Views: 891
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Room rentals in Benaldamena?

When are they coming? Airbnb off massive discount in the off season months on one or two month lets
Forum: Spain
Mar 5th 2023, 9:27 am
Replies: 24
Views: 7,813
Posted By bob_bob

Re: digital photo for passport renewal

In the UK for the next elections you must take photo ID with you, passport/driving license or you can apply online for a photo ID card, fill in the online form and submit your picture off your phone.
Forum: Spain
Jan 19th 2023, 6:34 am
Replies: 33
Views: 5,940
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Moving to Spain

I think airbnb has had a big impact on smaller hotels and B&B unless they offer something different like teaching Yoga/painting et al Why pay sometimes more for a bedroom and breakfast than you do...
Forum: Spain
Jan 18th 2023, 10:08 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 5,940
Posted By bob_bob

Re: Moving to Spain

I took a DNA test as part of my family history research using a kit I bought off https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ When you get the results you'll see a breakdown by percentage of countries/areas your...
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