G & S Villa in Pinoso (El Pinos) in the Alicante Region.

Pinoso otherwise known as El Pinos, Between Alicante & Murcia.

D - Day 6th June 2008...

Yes, this was the day we finally ´took delivery´of & moved in to our new house in Spain, we look forward to entertaining many of our Panther & other friends here, it is only about a 35 minute drive from Alicante Airport.

We can be contacted Via Snail Mail at -

Mr & Mrs G Newell
P/O Box 193
03650, Pinoso
Alicante
Spain

Landline Telephone - (0034) 966196795.

Mobile - 693239123

To check the weather forecast for Pinoso click HERE

To see the Pinoso home page (in English) click HERE.

To see a page dedicated to our own dogs click HERE.

For Water Treatment & Water Softeners click HERE

Here are a few pictures taken over the past several weeks.

February 8th 2010. Well in to the new year now & hopefully the worst of winter is behind us! Shelagh has been on a short visit to UK doing a ´Mum visit´. Olivia has also been here for her first of several visits this year. We were also pleasantly surprised with an impromptu visit from Bill & Maureen - I now need an i-pod touch!! We have fitted a water softener (much help from Chris, see link above) & replaced our worn out dishwasher. Me buying on-line from a Spanish outlet... Well it all worked out & it was delivered from Barcelona!! A Dutch couple have bought the new-build next door as a holiday home & are currently having a swimming pool built in readiness for those lovely 40% plus summer days that are on their way.

December 23rd 2009. So another month passes, we finished collecting our olives and managed a total of 350kg, which translated in to 55 litres of Extra Virgin olive Oil!! A big thank you to everyone that sent Christmas greeting either via snail Mail or the Web. We followed the weather news in the Uk which really was no worse than a lot of other European countries. We got off fairly lightly here with just a dusting of snow, which can be seen on the following pics. Best Festive Wishes to anyone reading this!!

Christmas 2009.

"Quadman"

November 21st. Shelagh would like to thank those friends who sent her birthday cards & email greetings for today. She is a happy bunny as she has just had a swim on her birthday!! Then back to picking Olives!! Tonight we have reserved a local hostelry, not normally open on Saturdays, and are going there with some local friends.

19th November 2009. Les & Pearl have now left & the Hotel is closed for the rest of this year!! Still enjoying the Indian Summer with recent temperatures in to the mid 30´s.. I have a new (old) toy to mess about with on the land, as it is not a road legal version. If I manage to get to grips with it the road version will come later!! Naturally it is really aggravating the dogs at the moment!! Hopefully they will get used to it. We have started collecting our Olives & have taken the first batch of 100Kg to be processed in to Extra Virgin olive Oil - which we will collect in first week of Jan. We are still using the oil from last years crop so are quite pleased with the harvest.

1st November 2009. Having made previous statement - we are now expecting Les & Pearl on Saturday for a week or so, along with short visits from Mike & Jane & Bob & Jean. We have been going through a very summery time with temps in the sun getting over 40%, let´s hope it stays. We are still getting in our daily swims, possibly because we have had a heat exchanger fitted along with pool cover - see links -

http://www.pantherclub.co.uk/Georges/pool%20cover/poolcover.htm & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvKHREmW2KA

We are still very active with Barneys Dog Rescue which is currently trying o get charitable status, which will hopefully assist when fund raising.

23rd October 2009. Our year of visitors from the UK has come to an end!! We are now expecting a few visits from other Club members who also have property in Spain.

As most of you know we are heavily involved with a local Dog Rescue - www.barneysdogs.com A calendar for 2010 has been produced to help raise funds. It is an A4 full colour calendar & very nice too. If any one would like to purchase 1 or 2 (ideal Christmas presents) please let me know as we plan to send a batch to the UK, there is a full page for each month and they are a snip at 5 pound each, with all proceeds going on medication & food for abandoned dogs.

4th October 2009. Well, Elaine has been & gone & now we have 3 guests (Shelaghs´´girl´friends!!) All is well as it is 34% out on the terrace!! (just don´t tell Elaine)

12th September 2009. Just had a 2 day visit from Mike & Jane, always nice to see them. We had a couple of friends fly over for a 2 day surprise last minute visit which was very nice. Been quite busy with visitors this year. Elaine is due on Monday for her ..enth visit - so she must enjoy it! We harvested most of our almonds but the price paid for them is nearly half that of last year - so back on to bread & dripping!! We fostered 5 beautiful springer spaniel pups & it was no surprise that they were home really quickly, we then took on 4 other pups which we have 2 left, in the meanwhile we took on Raffas as our own 4th dog, not our usual large dog but a real cutie nevertheless..Shelagh has other UK friends due in Oct. & we hope to see Bill & Maureen on their next Spanish visit.

2nd July 2009. Elaine has now been & gone after her 2 week bask in the sun looking positively brown as a berry. A quick visit from Bill & Maureen on Wednesday, always nice to see them & ´chew the fat´. Suitibly chided by Bill I have now added a few extra pics!!

11th June 2009. Olivias birhday today & once again she is here in Spain! We have started the ´visitor´season!! Our friend Jean has been for a week & left, Elaine comes again next week & overlaps with Olivia for a couple of days & is here to the end of the month. Les & Pearl are due in July & other friends later, although busy we always look forward to visits from friends. The weather is Ab Fab & today hit a high for the season at 36% - thank goodness for the pool.. Shelagh became a grandmother earlier this month!!!

9th February 2009. Once again we went to the Pinoso ´Village Day´ yesterday. This is a very Spanish affair & very enjoyable, there are many stalls where local food ´tasters´are available & various market stalls. The weather was fine.

21st December. After a non seasonal cold spell we are back to a period of superb Spanish winter weather. We are in a period of clear blue skies & glorious sunshine, today at 2pm it is over 20% in the shade and 32% / 90% in the sunshine. Shirts off & pick the Olives...

14th December. Our recent trips to Town & visits to our P/O Box have seen us collect several cards from the UK. So a BIG thank you to everyone that has sent us a card. We have booked in to a local Hostelry for our Christmas day dinner, so we will be having dinner with about 16 others... No other news to report except to say that Elaine has booked for a return visit in ´09, either because she enjoyed her first visit or she just wants to try & beat me at cards!!

We wish all our friends in the UK a very Happy Christmas & New Year.

1st December. It is now nearly 3 weeks since 2 of our dogs, Tiny & Perdie went roaming in the ´campo. Sadly we have to accept that they will not return & can only hope they have been taken in & are being looked after elsewhere. The remaining Boxer (Mac) was lost without them & we have decided to take on foster dogs to keep him company. While scouring the various dog pounds we rather ´fell for´ another abandoned dog & have taken her on as our own! Currently we have 4 dogs!!