.....well we English guys can scrub up well too - otherwise, how did I get on the cover of Vogue?

...and those that try too hard to be a fashion plate, are worrying.

I was referring to the photo!

Brilliant, but are you British? or French?

Now that the temperatures has gone down a couple of degrees, my brain is functioning better and I wanted to reply to the OP’s interesting post, explaining why people who may want to return are hanging on in Spain.

Supposing you have a nice four-bedroomed villa in Spain, on a 1,000 metre plot, with a large swimming pool, and you’ve lived here for something like 12 years, but you’re a bit fed up for various reasons and are considering a return to the UK.

In a cheaper area on the Costa Blanca, if you could sell, you could expect something like 200,000 Euros, the equivalent of £180,000.

So you check what is available in your chosen UK area, take the South-East, for example.

Hythe, Kent – a terraced house.

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex – a small semi-detached house

Woodbridge, Suffolk, a small flat

Brighton, Sussex, a small flat

London – a parking space.

And to top it all, the UK prices are going up again, while Spanish prices are still dropping.

That’s why people are hanging on in their four-bedroomed detached . . .

What he said

...and he...

and he....

After all, if an American said to you 'is England nice' you'd probably waffle on for hours about did they mean the countryside, which part of England, the different dialects, characteristics of different regions.... all valid for England (let alone Wales/Scotland/NI)... so it's even more relevant for a country the size of Spain.

Where the hell did you find that photo?

I lost it about 2 years ago, could you please send it back to me.

It means a lot to me, it shows my cousins and their mates.




The smaller guy without the stick is my cousin Pablo age 31

The bigger with the stick is his brother in law age 33

The on the end is Ernesto age 29, and the other is his younger brother, I dont know how old he is.....

I do too, but some folks write of Galicia as being very wet. But ok that is their view. Let them think that. Yes Spain is diverse even Galicia is different than Cantabria or Castilla y Leon.

Sheep? like this? http://www.thebigsheep.co.uk/
We have old stone walls too you know?

That is what I said, they cannot sell their house

..........Im British, but then some of are descended from the norweigans who invaded france - hence Normandy - then William the Conquorer invaded us here in Hastings in l066 which for some strange reason they celebrate by having a bonfire and fireworks on the beach where he landed on October l4th, so i guess we are all mongrels - lol! I just happen to have the name Jaques, but it doesnt have a "c" which is different from the French Jacques!

And as for the old spanish mens photo, i just googled "pics of old spanish men" and it came up but i cant remember which site it was...............Im surprised Julio Iglasias didnt appear, (with his hairy chest and medallion)

My photo was taken by me many many years ago...He is also old, Spanish and not me!

Just goes to show you cant kid a kidder.............

Cheers

I left spain 3 weeks ago, I miss spain so much. But Im back here for work, thats all. nothing else. found a job after aweek being back. money money money.
I hate being back here. Same old people here stuck in a rut, everything is so bloody depressing here. yes theres a asda and tescos, but give me my old crappy supermarket in spain anyday.
The weather here just grinds people into a state of gloom.

Damn straight. When I'm in the UK I really miss the pleasant outgoing nature of people and the great weather. I so hate being here in the UK

To quote the thread title "Why do you live/stay here if you hate it so much?"
I have to confess, I quite like Vejer, having been there many times, but would I want to live there, ¡ni en sueños! Already too many Brits there, kinda ruined it for me.

Out of interest why would to many brits ruin it for you?