An interesting article from the Indy, although more for the holidaymaker than the settler.. I'm sure posters on this board know my views already, so I'll keep my own feedback quiet for a time.

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/...n-8654380.html

Too late.. you already spilled the beans, Stevie.

That's not an article it's a travel ad complete with links...chav-vertising They will write one about Libya if they get the revenue. Useful for anyone thinking of visiting.

Maybe paying better commission than Rajoy and his cronies.

. . . and Aoife Ní Riordáin is probably Irish . . . and the Irish know what best suits the Brits . . .

I normally try and share Stevie's optimism, hard as it is at times, and I'm not usually awake at this time, and this is definitely not a Spanish attraction.

We've just had an earthquake, quite a major tremor, it woke me, the dogs, and all the dogs in the neighbourhood. We get lots of them in our earthquake zone to the south of Alicante and I used to have a programme on my PC that measures the strength of them, but I got a bit blasé over the years and removed it.

15 years ago we had a more severe one, a few miles inland but still in expat land. I noticed a strange side effect a few months later. Fincas went up for sale around the Dolores area at half price.

Yes it woke me as well, I am near Los Montesinos.

So am I. Here's the culprit.

http://www.02.ign.es/ign/layoutIn/si...moTerremoto.do

How far are yous two from Lorca in Murcia where there was a nasty one a couple of years back ?

About half-an-hours drive on the motorway.

I don't want to upset Steve, so something attractive about Spain. I admire the attitude of Spanish people towards their local town hall. They never bother with planning permission for minor works on their homes, knowing full well that the licence money goes straight into the pockets of the mayor and his cronies.

I think we are about 45 kils but not sure, I did visit Lorca last year and it was awful seeing such beautiful buildings so badly damaged.

I like living in Spain but if had British type weather then I'm sure I would leave.
If I could afford to move to the Caribbean I would go.
So I suppose the weather is the main attraction.
Bearing in mind that warmer weather usually means warmer people so I'm not as shallow as I might seem at first. No matter how good the lifestyle is in Scandinavia, you won't get me there, rich or poor, if not in midsummer.

I suspect you have never lived in the Caribbean. Living with what is seen as almost obscene wealth as compared to the inhabitants causes a lot of tensions. Just go about two miles outside the holiday areas and the atmosphere changes.