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Need to Know

Spain is noisy, and the Canaries are noisier than ever as Carnival approaches. So how can you tackle nuisance noise? On islands where outdoor living is a year-round reality, noise is unavoidable, and the Canarian Government is taking…

Rules of the Road

German drivers, for example, automatically use the Reissverschluss (or zipper) system when two streams of traffic merge. This involves waiting until the last minute, then cars entering the single flow alternately, like the teeth of a zip. It…

Ready For Anything

As we head into Lanzarote’s springtime, it’s the ideal time to ensure your home is prepared for what the climate will throw at it. This is traditionally the most unsettled time of year weather-wise, and although rain is still rare,…

Soul Mates!

Pet Soul is a recently-opened pet shop in Playa Blanca, and once you enter you’ll immediately understand why it’s named. This is a place with empathy, heart and plenty of soul. "I always go to pet shops when I’m on holiday,”…

Make it Stop!

Lanzarote vet Jane Burke issues an appeal for support in a campaign to end a tradition based in cruelty and suffering. I am on the scrounge. I want a favour. Now I know many of you may be tired of my severe vegan rants (my children…

The Kids are Back in Town!

Lanzarote rugby has had a few ups and downs over the last years, but on an island with plenty of British expats, as well as local Spaniards, Europeans and Latin Americans who are rugby mad, it’s always going to find a way. That’s…

Clean Barcelona

While Madrid’s new city government attempts to reopen the city’s famous “Madrid Central” zone to traffic, Barcelona has taken its anti-contamination measures way further, establishing a 95 square city centre zone where high emissions…

Scooter Control

Regulations governing electric scooter use have, up to now, been left to local councils – who have responded in all sorts of different ways. However, Spain’s traffic department the DGT has just published provisional guidelines aimed…

Park Life

The number of cars and motorbikes on Lanzarote has risen constantly. There are now over 129,000 registered vehicles of all types on the islands, a figure that includes 33% more cars and more than twice as many motorcycles than there were 15…

Peppers & Chillis

In this regular feature, we focus on one of the Spanish ingredients that are readily available on Lanzarote, but which you may not be fully aware of. Spain was the first European country to receive peppers and chillis from America,…