I’m sitting at my desk all rugged up on a cold and sunny day. I’m a British-Australian living down under, and if you drove a spike through the centre of the earth from my place you would just about end up in the Canary Islands. Which is where I want to be. And can’t be.Continue reading “From Australia to the Canary Islands – I’m Halfway Around the World from Where I Want To Be.”
Tag Archives: Fuerteventura
NO LAS DEJEN CAER
LAS ANTIGUAS RUINAS DEL PARAÍSO DE UNA ISLA DEL DESIERTO Antiguas granjas salpican el paisaje de toda la isla, especialmente en los pueblos del interior y sus alrededores. Algunos han sido restaurados, y por supuesto a un gran costo, pero muchos han quedado en ruinas mientras se construyen nuevos edificios, a veces justo al lado.Continue reading “NO LAS DEJEN CAER”
A Prison in the Sun wins Readers’ Favorite Book Award Finalist 2020
I am excited to announce A Prison in the Sun, Book 3 in my Canary Islands Mysteries Series, has received the Readers’ Favorite Book Award Finalist award. I’m over the moon!! About A Prison in the Sun After millennial ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, he moves in to find his muse.Continue reading “A Prison in the Sun wins Readers’ Favorite Book Award Finalist 2020”
Exploring Jandía
How could I forego the invitation to visit Punta Jandía, Fuertventura’s southern tip. I’d already passed up the opportunity to visit Villa Winter and the village of Cofete due to the nature of the drive. But I was reassured that the drive to Punta Jandía was straight and flat and no big deal at all,Continue reading “Exploring Jandía”
A Day in Gran Tarajal
On Thursday, I caught the bus to the Spanish seaside town of Gran Tarajal on Fuerteventura’s east coast. I knew I was in for an adventure, the bus journey alone amounting to almost an hour of door to door scenery. I am a real sucker for scenery. Only, so many times on the journey IContinue reading “A Day in Gran Tarajal”
A Short Journey into the past in Puerto del Rosario Fuerteventura
Finding Puerto del Rosario Sculptures Every time I walk around the little port city of Puerto del Rosario – the city of sculptures – I discover something new. Yesterday, I walked to the end of my street Calle León y Castillo, which took me straight down to the commercial port. The day was warm andContinue reading “A Short Journey into the past in Puerto del Rosario Fuerteventura”
A Day in Fuerteventura with Photographer JF Olivares
Meeting Majorero photographer JF Olivares I had only been on the island a day when JF Olivares – a friend I met on Facebook in 2017 and who inspired both my novels set on Fuerteventura – offered to show me some of his favourite places on the island. He’s a charismatic and passionate man andContinue reading “A Day in Fuerteventura with Photographer JF Olivares”
The Sahara arrives in Fuerteventura
A Calima hits the Canary Islands The Calima: I knew it would happen if I stayed here long enough. Maybe that is why I choose to be here for a whole month. I wanted to test how I would handle it. Periodically, the Canary Islands get choked in Saharan dust that wafts over the oceanContinue reading “The Sahara arrives in Fuerteventura”
A short walk around Puerto del Rosario Fuerteventura
Playa Chica or Los Pozos Feeling energetic this morning, I set off for Playa Chica, the lovely beach in the Los Pozos quarter of Puerto del Rosario. It was about 10am and the cool northerly wind aside – which had caused locals to don jumpers, jackets and even scarves – the day was glorious. TheContinue reading “A short walk around Puerto del Rosario Fuerteventura”
Discovering Fuerteventura – From El Cotillo to Tefia
A Brief Spell in Corralejo The northern end of the mountainous island of Fuerteventura contains the sprawling metropolis of Corralejo situated on the eastern corner, a tourist town that has completely obliterated the once quaint fishing village and small port receiving boats from Lanzarote. I took no photos in the short time I was there.Continue reading “Discovering Fuerteventura – From El Cotillo to Tefia”
Isobel Blackthorn 