River Ebro Babble

“Cr**py” Catalan Christm...

Posted on Dec 23 2010 | No Comments

Let’s get right to the point:- in my Catalan/English dictionary “Caga” is translated as “shit” and “El Caganer” is translated as “the shitter”. As you’ll see that’s... Read More »

Walking in Southern Catalonia –...

Posted on Dec 16 2010 | 1 Comment

Date of walk: Fri 10th Dec Temperture in Tortosa: 16C Mountain Temp: approx 13C Wind: N 3-6km/h This is the first walk we chose from the new walking guidebook for Southern Catalunya -find it page 76 – Walk 9. The drive... Read More »

Barn Owls at the Ebro Delta

Posted on Dec 13 2010 | No Comments

Family photo! It was a stroke of luck that just before I turned off my computer on Saturday night I had a last peek at Facebook and noticed Cristian Jensen’s update: Sunday morning they were going to be ringing Barn... Read More »

30 Self-guided Walks in Southern Cat...

Posted on Dec 11 2010 | 3 Comments

Mountain Walking in Southern Catalunya The mountain ranges of Tarragona offer fantastic walking. But it’s a secret! You wouldn’t know it by looking at most guidebooks because the area is barely mentioned. Once... Read More »

Is Live or Dead Bait Allowed on the ...

Posted on Nov 02 2010 | 5 Comments

If you are thinking of coming to Catalonia to fish the River Ebro and have been trawling the websites you could be forgiven for believing that fishing with live and dead bait is permitted. Many of the websites offering fishing... Read More »

A Season of House Martins

Posted on Oct 12 2010 | 2 Comments

There I was sitting on the balcony, drinking my morning coffee and looking at the empty and crumbling house martin nests. Remembered that I had dozens of photos that I hadn’t got around to editing and posting! It’s... Read More »

National Poetry Day – The Peac...

Posted on Oct 07 2010 | 2 Comments

As today is National Poetry Day I thought I’d share a poem that I cut out of a Sunday magazine back in 2002 and that 8 years later (looking a bit worse for wear) is still here on my desk in Spain. When I came across this poem my life was feeling a little unravelled. I’d lost my mum, both my sons had left home and in general and for lots of... Read More »