Many thanks for all your comments on previous posts.   Tenerife was, as usual, an enjoyable and relaxing break, but we've been there so many times now, we've run out of places to visit and things to see, so we'll be looking to pastures ne... Read more

Well people, we're off again.   About this time tomorrow I shall be stepping out of Reina Sofia airport on the island of Tenerife for a week of sun, sand and ... beer.   Somewhere along the line, I'll spare fifteen minutes to think ... Read more

Exactly one year ago today, Her Indoors and I jumped on a plane and cleared off to Tenerife for a fortnight. Regular readers will know that we usually disappear three or four times a year. With retirement tightening the wallet a bit, we decided ... Read more

If Her Indoors ever mentions a minicruise again, I shall not be responsible. The entire thing was a catstroscope from the minute we got out of the car in Hull to the moment we got back in the car at Hull this morning.   The only respite w... Read more

  When we go to Tenerife, we stay in the same place. Not only is the area flat, but under the apartment complex there is a parade of restaurants and right across the road is pub: The Rumpot.   Run by Steve "Taff" Martin and his wife K... Read more

I think you may be ready for the next dose of Canary Island catastrophe.   Because of my inability to walk far, we spent most of our time idling round the pool and people watching. There was one girl, slim and pretty thing she was, but if m... Read more

I can't put it off any longer. I have to bury the ghost of Tenerife and I can only do that by burdening you lot with it. You deserve it.   Most of you will be aware that we went in January for a week. Bad as that was, Her Indoors decided... Read more

Just a quick update from the island of eternal don´t give a toss.   Scorching temperatues, topless sunbathers (not me) hot food, cool beer and I am missng home ....NOT!!!

By the time most of our British contingent get up and read this, I shall be plodding along at 35,000 on my way to the Island of Eternal Spring and cheap beer.   I was saying yesterday, before comedy rudely interrupted me, that I don't li... Read more

Caution: this post contains more stars then the Good Food Guide, the difference being they're rating restaurants, I'm deleting expletives.   We have returned from Filey with a vow never to go back there again. We met there, we celebrated... Read more