Archive for February, 2010
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
As everyone who saw the horrifying pictures of that raging torrent of water in Funchal - people being saved from the water by helping hands, and cars left crushed by the force of the onslaught – will know, Mother Nature has been showing her more aggressive side of late. ...
Posted in Current affairs, Driving, Weather | 4 Comments »
Monday, February 15th, 2010
OK, I’m afraid it’s inevitable, with the skies as they are today. How can I not talk about the grim weather we´re having? Especially since my family just called me from England to say how beautiful and sunny it is there, and how my parents and my brother’s family, visiting ...
Posted in Culture and Customs, Weather | 2 Comments »
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Today, I’m not going to talk about the weather. Thank goodness for that, I hear you say.
Living in Spain we are all used to the uproariousness, the joyous shouting and laughter, the noise of everyone from the bombona man calling out to customers as he brings his gas canisters, ...
Posted in Culture and Customs | 2 Comments »
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Oh dear, I seem to be rather weather-obsessed, don't I? I blame my mother, who being a typical Englishwoman, is never happier than when discussing what sort of wind is blowing, where it's coming from, and whether there's going to be a frost tomorrow morning. The weather forecasts on TV ...
Posted in Our Environment, Weather | 3 Comments »
