Spain: Friday 1st March - Tuesday 5th March (2024)

I expect to be in Spain at about 10.30hrs CET Friday 1st March until about 09.00hrs CET Tuesday 5th March. I expect to be at the house by noon, maybe a short while after, it depends on how long it takes me to do the groceries shopping. But then again it could be about 1pm because I might need to transport a sheet of perspex from Valencia on the roofrack of a car. I won't be sleeping at the house on Saturday night / Sunday morning, I will be in a hotel approximately 9km-10km from Valencia city centre. But Friday, Sunday and Monday nights I will be at the house. And Sunday morning I will be in Valencia city, but I'm not sure if I will check out of the hotel at 9am or noon.

I had a very bad health scare starting in mid January and I needed to take 2 weeks off work. It was vertigo, not an illness to take lightly. I thought it was all over, no more salary and no more escaping the clutches of Britain and transmogrifying to Spain. But I did several Epley manouvres and the vertigo has all but gone, it's basically in remission and I need to ensure that it doesn't surface again. I'm back on track.

I am hoping to start life in Spain in November 2024 BUT I am experiencing delays with... a lawyer... but despite this I might still make it in time. Selflessness appears to be scarce in England, if this lawyer was selfless I am sure I would not be experiencing this delay. There are several major things that I can not do including visa application, starting the removals process, setting up a virtual business address and setting up a business bank account until this lawyer completes what he is required to complete. I am thinking of buying a Spanish registered left-side drive car in England, driving to a ferry, taking a 2-3 day ferry to northern Spain then driving down to Costa Blanca for the final leg of the migration.

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 Spain - 2nd February 2024 to 5th February 2024

I expect to be in Valencia at about 10.30hrs CET Friday 2nd February 2024 until about midday, then 'home' for about 13.00hrs CET. I expect to leave Spain at about 21.30hrs CET Monday 5th February 2024. In between these times? Some very minor shopping at IKEA and Leroy Merlin and some (quite a lot of) varnishing at the house. And the Sunday market for the first half of Sunday, of course. I think I will be replacing the glazing in the front door with plexiglass but not until March or later still. I am hoping to relocate back to Spain in November 2024, the weather should be cool enough for the removals guys!

On 15th January 2024 I awoke with vertigo (BPPV?) and this is suspected to be caused by virus but right now not certain. I am still not right from this, still not in the all clear but I hope to be within two weeks. I have some prochlorperazine tablets which have a moderate corrective affect on the issue but this medicine is by far not a cure.

First week of March 2024, a long weekend, I expect to be in Spain again for a light break, to do some DIY at the house (including reglazing the front door, hopefully) and to visit the Sunday market, of course...

Here's some of the varnishing I did. Lol.

SU11FEB24: I got back from Spain but on the airplane I immersed myself in note taking on my smartphone for about 30 minutes and that caused me to have a vertigo episode which was very nasty. To cut a long story short I am now in the midst of 2 weeks off work because of the vertigo. I performed the Epley Manoevre on my right side and I have never vomitted so much in my life! Tomorrow I hope to do the other side.

            (That's not me in the diagram)

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