Day: May 29, 2011

Overcharged in a bar because you aren’t not a local?

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Someone sent me this link from arboleas.co.uk and asked my opinion on it. The poster claims that: Been in the Albachez bar in Arboleas tonight, be on your guard as there is one price for the Brits and one price for the spanish!! will not be going there again!! To which I reply, and the following is only for Andalucia: If in doubt, look on the wall for the official price list. They can only Continue reading Overcharged in a bar because you aren’t not a local?→

Driving in the Outer Hebrides

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Today I discovered that you can’t brake on a cattle grid. The discovery was made as I approached the aforementioned cattle grid at a decent speed in the nippy Ford some poor fellow had rented me. On the otherside of the grid was an oncoming car, which had considerately stopped to allow me past, as it was a one-car-at-a-time job. As I happily jabbed the brakes, the Ford obediently slowed, hit the wet cattle grid, Continue reading Driving in the Outer Hebrides→