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Bus transport to and from Vejer de la Frontera - times and information.
The Comes bus fleet provides local transportation for the ProvinceI don't expect this to be my most exciting blog. But since I gave up my car, I've found that information about Vejer's buses is hard to...
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The mysterious aqueducts of Santa Lucia
The footpath past the water mills is a popular hiking route.Like many people who live in Vejer, I've often enjoyed walking the footpath beside the aqueducts of Santa Lucia in the company of visitors...
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Corredera number 2 - renaissance of a house.
Fascinating things have been sleeping behind the front door of Corredera number 2One of the things that most fascinate me about Vejer is the wonderful and sometimes mysterious old houses in the...
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Lomo en manteca; Vejer's speciality spread:
Preparing the lomo en manteca, October 2015 Lomo en manteca, loin of pork in lard, is a highly flavoured dish prepared by adding spices to pork fat, which is then used to coat the meat for cooking....
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The Shelly Family of Vejer
The street named after Eduardo ShellyWhen I wrote my history of Vejer, I mentioned in its introduction that the presence of the English name of Shelly, well-known through various streets and buildings...
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Vejer's Mercadillo: the New Town Market
Pedro packs my bargains - 4 cotton shirts for 4 euros.Underwear unlimitedA Spanish classic.Fun fabricsJeans like a catch of fishWinter warmers A treeful of teashirts. I love the kind of arts and...
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A Vejer poem for Easter
For Easter, I'd like to share this poem which I wrote in 2012. Like many of my poems, it considers the relationship between art and sacrifice.Martyrdom of an Unknown Saint; parish church of El Divino...
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The Processions of Semana Santa
The Easter processions, with their candles, hooded habits and swaying floats are part of the iconography of Spain, and anyone who visits will want to see them at least once. Vejer holds five...
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Out in the campo - Finca Las Lomas Agricultural Complex
The flat green fields we can see from the Corredera. Like most people, I've often stood on the Corredera in Vejer and looked out over the fields below without really knowing what I was looking at, so...
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Ángel Tinoco - Franco yes! Oil, no!
Ángel Tinoco at his shop on Juan Bueno I thought my recent publications about the Civil War were a bit short on local detail, so I decided to pay a call to local historian Ángel Tinoco in his shop on...
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The Civil War - the Maquis, resistors of tyranny.
The Sierras - a harsh sanctuary ‘Maquis’ is a term which describes the guerrilla fighters of the French resistance. During and after the Spanish Civil war, it was also applied to the fighters who...
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Vejer and the start of the Spanish Civil War
The proclamation of the Republic on the Plaza de España, February 1936 Since I’ve been writing about the history of Vejer, people have often asked me for information about what happened here in the...
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The church, the muzak and the tourist dollar...
Vejer's church is the ultimate landmarkThis blog doesn’t aim to be controversial, but something has been preying on my mind for a while, and maybe this is the place to voice my doubts. Half way...
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Vejer de la Frontera and the Barbary Corsairs.
View from the Mayorazgo Tower. Before the houses were built, the whole coastline was visible When I’m asked to take visitors on a historical tour of Vejer, I like to begin at the top of the...
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Juan Relinque, hero of the hazas.
Juan Relinque's protest, acted out in music and song during Carnival.This weekend, Vejer will celebrate one of its heroes. Juan Relinque was a fifteenth-century campaigning lawyer who took on the...
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The Names of Spain
Vejer: the 'piconero' delivers coal, while Maria 'la Gabonilla' passes by in the background. Most people know about the Spanish system of nicknames in which first names are shortened, combined or...
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La Barca - Vejer's water world.
Nature is slowly taking over the old mill.Some time last year, I saw this photo by my friend María Muñoz Melero of the old water mill at La Barca, and was fascinated by a relic of Vejer’s past which I...
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La Cobijada - a beautiful impostor.
Andalucian women, covered and uncovered.La Cobijada - a beautiful impostorI was taking a walk in Vejer a little while ago when I met Eric and Barbara, a lovely couple from Canada. They told me how much...
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The Living Nativity: a beautiful way to begin Christmas.
The ZambombáLike many refugees from the more materialistic British Christmas, I love to spend the season of goodwill in Vejer. Rather than struggling to heap up extravagant gifts for ever more...
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Arte Vejer: a new home for artists.
Sol MuniainIt’s been a while since I added to this blog. The busy summer, several trips overseas and the loss of my camera, not to mention my novel ‘The Three Witches’ have all kept me away from my...
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