Spain: Saturday 28th September 2024 to Wednesday 2nd October 2024

 Spain: Saturday 28th September 2024 to Wednesday 2nd October 2024

I almost didn't post a BlogPost about my next trip to Spain. I almost forgot to. 

I should be in Spain from about 11.30pm Saturday 28th September to about 2pm Wednesday 2nd October. I'll be going straight to the house so I should be there by 1.30am.

On Sunday 29th September I expect to be in Valencia city from about 9am to about 1pm. There's not much to do on a Sunday so I'll probably be working on the roof electrics and wooden canopy frame that's on the roof.

J&Co

Unbeknownst to many are Jacob & Co watches. Sadly some of those whom Jacob & Co watches are known to don't know that the 3-dimensional features within the watches have meaning. Meaning. Also unbeknownst to many is the very big, humongous, and very long-term problem that, internationally speaking, China has with England. Most, if not all, of Jacob & Co's dragon themed watches communicate that this very big, humongous, and very long-term problem that, internationally speaking, China has with England has still not been solved. I only say most, if not all, because I simply haven't been able to look at all of Jacob & Co's dragon themed watches. 

On Monday 30th September I will probably be visiting IKEA in Valencia and I expect to be doing some grocery shopping closer to the house. 

By the end of October I expect to be in a position to enquire about removals estimates, and hopefully by the end of the year I will be able to apply for the visa. I meet all the criteria plus more for the visa but this does not guarantee that I will get it.

SU24NOV24: I have enquired about removals estimates - they are about GBP£3,000 - GBP£5,000. I have applied for information to obtain a Police Certificate for my Non Lucrative Visa (NLV) application. I now have three units up and running. If successful I hope to move in early 2025.

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 Spain: Saturday 8th June 2024 to Wednesday 12th June 2024

This might just be my last short trip to Spain from England because my next journey to Spain from England might be to start the first year of my non-lucrative visa term. I have not applied for the visa yet but I do not meet any of the typical reasons for refusal. Now, on the subject of the visa that I intend to apply for - hopefully within four months from now - I am hoping for some workarounds. My case is unique and very unusual, impossible to stereotype. Hopefully the right people in the right places will understand and will effect the required workarounds. You know, the Lester Gray problem that started on 2nd August 1968 in England. What a blight.

I expect to be at VLC at approximately 1930hrs CET Saturday 8th June when I will hopefully get a shuttle bus to my hire car then I intend to do some minor shopping in IKEA, Leroy Merlin and one of the nearest supermarkets in Alfafar. Then along to the house hopefully arriving by 2300hrs CET.

On Sunday 9th June I expect to be in Valencia from about 0900hrs CET to about 1200hrs CET. Then back to the house when I might just cut the perspex for the front door. The front door has been an expensive pain, about EUR600 so far. I had to have the locks changed (two of them) - about EUR350 (?!). Then I had to buy a 5mm thick 2m x 1m perspex sheet - about EUR160 including gasolina and ratchet straps for the roof of the car! Then I had to buy some rubber 'U' channel for the edges of the perspex sheet - about EUR10. Then a straight edge to do the cutting with - about EUR10. Then some privacy film - about EUR30. And I had to buy some escutcheon plates for the locks on the front door. And some chains and padlocks - about EUR90. Now I need to buy a cutting knife with extra blades in Spain - about EUR10. I just hope I don't make a mistake when I do the cutting and when applying the privacy film... (Yes, I did buy privacy film that is suitable for perspex).

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 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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Spain, Christmas 2023 and more...

 Spain, Christmas 2023 and more...

I expect to be at the house from about 11am-11.30am Saturday 23rd December 2023 until about 7am Friday 29th December 2023.

On Sunday 24th December 2023 I will probably be in Valencia City for most of the morning. 

There's one of The Workplace that's long-term involved with Harold Branson as is his mother. Basically committing GDPR offenses with a view to receiving air flights and/or holidays that Harold Branson has thieved. He's already thieved tens of thousands of GBP£s of goods (I think he's referred to it as "...robbing the warehouse...") and sold these goods to existing customers at knock-down prices amounting to collectively several thousands of GBP£s. I think one of the customers has been complaining because he's being looked at for handling thieved goods.

So, I arrive at Valencia Airport at about 0945hrs CET. I get through Passport Control. I walk about thirty metres. I look to my left and there's a service dog, as far as I am aware completely independent of the Airport, and it looks at me and within about two seconds it suddenly sat and refused to move - it knew that I was kidnapped in England and it was signalling for the Police to get involved. It was a very eerie moment. All I could do was carry on walking. It was all too quick for me to take a photo. But the dog just knew what the problem is. And after all it was a service dog.

Christmas wasn't that bad. Lol.

This is one of the many Blue Flag beaches where I now call 'home'. (Photo taken 25th December 2023).

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Spain October 2023

I am in Spain from about 9.30am CET Saturday 14th October (2023) to about 10.15pm CET Wednesday 18th October. I expect to be at the house from about 3pm Saturday 14th October to 8.30pm Wednesday 18th October doing some varnishing, fitting a new light in the hallway, installing a new doorbell, assessing drywall installation, measuring sockets etc. I do expect to be in and out of the house throughout this period but at the moment I don't intend travelling far except for Sunday morning when I expect to be in Valencia doing some shopping. I currently don't anticipate going to Gandia as I have been during past visits but if an emergency happens I will have to. Some of the places I will be visiting in a combination of probably and definitely are Letreros Cullera, Lidl Cullera, the 247/365 laundromat, Carrefour Cullera, Cullera cemetery, Maxi Cash Cullera, San Antonio beach Cullera and other local beaches.

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July 2023 and September 2023 in Valencia, Spain

 July 2023 in Valencia, Spain 

I expect to be at the house from the very early hours of 9th July 2023 to late afternoon 12th July 2023. Hopefully it's still secure, I used a very heavy-duty Master chain on the front door. Hopefully everything will be okay.

I have 'pencilled in' May 2024 to be my last possible month in England. It looks as if I am eligible for the Non-Lucrative Visa. I am in the process of trying to set up a passive (or, semi-passive) income through three, possibly four, tenanted apartments in the north of England. Plus I have some savings.

I am having to work under Andrew's old pseudonym and unfortunately I am suffering quite a bit because Harry (Andrew's father) has one of the managers increasing my workload for him. It's the work / life balance thing, and the working hours. The most recent pay rise should have been about 8% instead it was a plain 5%, the fact it was a plain figure is suspicious enough, so it amounts to a pay cut in real-time. Then they have introduced some logistics software called Paragon which supposedly makes things more efficient - yes, I believe it does make things more efficient but the drivers are doing more work meaning more profits, and less vehicles are being used meaning even more profits but what do the drivers get out of it? Nothing. Yet they are the ones doing more, earning more profits for the business. And I believe that in March 2023 Harry found a way, through 'his' manager, to increase my workload despite the new software. I believe that at least one Judge wants to jail this manager for thefts of goods owned by the business but will it happen? I don't think this manager knows that Harry has spent many years of his life in prisons and mental hospitals since 1962 and that the pair of them have been surveilled. But I must go on, I have to try and escape England, the ongoing atrocities and impending atrocities. Viva Espana. Lol.

SU16JUL23: I believe there were two attempts at getting to me whilst I was at the house in Spain, - many thanks for the attempts - but the idiots have hacked some electronics which I do understand and I believe they used direct threats via cellphone? A shame. I expect to be there again in mid September this year. What did I achieve this time? I completed the security camera installation (round of applause), did the second (and final) coat of varnish on some of the woodwork on the roof terrace and did some more in-depth assessing of the work required on the interior. Most of the work required on the interior is cosmetic but I am qualified to do this, it is basically a top to bottom redecoration (it's not in very desperate need) but a LOT of preparation is needed to undo the cosmetic issues throughout the house. The house is perfectly liveable, watertight etc. It just needs know-how and skills to bring up to a good to high standard.

SU10SEP23: I'm at the house again, until Wednesday evening. I've just been doing a few minor DIY bits. I hope to tackle some of the more serious issues tomorrow. I'll probably be going to IKEA in Valencia tomorrow to buy a few cheap items to make life easier here. I still haven't completed on the 3x units in Yorkshire in England but we're at the conveyancing stage so hopefully any week now. For those of you that don't know, Lester Gray will be jailed for life next month (October 2023), I suspect in France, and his father Richard Branson will serve a short term in prison next month, in Greece I believe. It's all go. Lol.

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