Tasarte

Road kill

Walking along the GC-200 to the Cruz de Tasartico from La Aldea de San Nicolás is one uphill slog. Trekking alongside…

Guigui

White light/white heat

Do not adjust your monitor. The sun really was that retina-burning bright on my recent visit to Guigui, Gran Canaria’s…

Alcaravaneras

Viva Alcaravaneras

Alcaravaneras was the first football team I played for on the island. Not that this is a photo of their pitch….

Quintanilla

The great escape

So, there we all were. Familia Hirtes García-Machin. Making our getaway from Las Palmas and heading for a deserved late…

El Puertillo

Hello sunshine

Alex Bramwell, on his consistently-informative Sunshine Guide to Gran Canaria, has…

Paseo de Canteras

Surf’s up

Nothing says surfer chic more than a camper van parked on the beach with the raging sea beyond, flanked by some…

Tufia

Tufia: Can you dig it? Yes, you can

The east of Gran Canaria is where Tony Robinson would have a field day. Because…

El Confital

Meeting McCarthy

A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by legendary journalist John McCarthy for Radio 4′s Saturday Live. The plan was for the interview to be recorded on El Confital beach, showing a side to the island most tourists don’t see. But we didn’t quite get there.

Feeling the heat

They were…

La Laja

Cock and balls

Tener cojones. To have balls is a popular expression in industrial Spanish, translating as to be courageous. Tener cojones grandes….

Aguadulce

Life’s a beach

Including Aguadulce, there are a grand total of 82 beaches on Gran Canaria. You can safely quote me here as…