Hey Jean..know you are busy with your dog show at the mo but come across THIS while surfing..have you seen this site before..may be of interest to you..for your holiday/ reccy coming up VERY soon...

Hi BB thanks for that link , another one for bookmarks, OMG I have so much info in there I hope now the puter dont go down , I thought it had early hours of this morning you are not by any chance back in the area from the 12th are you ??? I could of come a hike up to your pad ee ee just thought I could become a squatter hope you are OK I have a job keeping up ,take care

Luv Jean

Your very welcome..I still don't know if I am even going over at all yet, so much going on here at the mo..if you are going to squat at the ole homestead take a paint brush with you....

Don't tell her to take a paintbrush, if she dares to go near Competa with it the mayor will be out in a flash, oooh I hope not, anyway he will come out, Nope he has already done that, anyway you need a licence!!.
Luv Eve
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He probably needs a good woman to really sort him out now... that will calm him down a bit..

spoken for I believe, he even bought him the opening of the new village night club.
So women out there don't hold your breath while you wait for him. Must so though he brushes up rather nicely in a suit as oppossed to his frock. Mind you if you like loin clothes then you should have seen him at Semana santa!!
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You can just see the headlines in the daily sport can't you....or even la Voz..

night night
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Sleep tight...

Bit of a late response - but I hope you are enjoying the area and settling in.

Cheers, we have settled in really well and are thoroughly enjoying ourselves.
Not all pleasure though - we have managed to get through the red tape and are enrolled on the Padron, registered for free medical treatment and have applied for our N.I.E. no's which should come through next week. Free Spanish lessons at the Town Hall start next week also.

One tip for anyone coming out, don't ditch your garden furniture thinking it will be cheaper here - it isn't (even the plastic stuff)

Actually we found a few shops that sell it cheap in our area, but theres not as much choice.

In the UK (I'm here at mom) I notice that everyone is having sales on garden furniture as summer didn't happen this year and they are stuck with the stock

Sales on garden furniture will be starting here soon too!

I'm not too sure about price comparison with the UK, but I do know that they are anywhere from 30% to 50% discounted from summer prices.

I know, I paid good money for my stuff.

Well here is an update. We have been here since May basically and things have went from Good to GREAT week by week.
Our business seems to be growing weekly and once the summer is over it will be scarily good. (different for the Costa Del Sol). Business is so good that we are having to move to an apartment with a storage area so we can store our equipment. Amazing. I love living in Benalmadena Pueblo but we just need the space.
I am going to buy myself a new car next week to help carrying the gear around. Things are going very well here and we love living in Spain. I would reccomend it to anyone and everyone.