Category: Travels With Banksy

As holidaymakers and travellers from the UK face airports, delays, proof of ‘spends’ tests in Spain – and massive flight and other travel costs, the Society’s Leigh and Andrea tell the tale of their incredible journey from Portugal to Spain … It was cheaper, more comfortable – a chauffer-driven road trip by taxi! Prices etc… Continue reading Why we went 1,500 miles from Portugal to Costa Blanca by taxi

It’s almost like we ex-pats have been punished for leaving the clammy shores of the UK. Some of us fled Britain for sun, sea and sangria, others left for health reasons or cheap property. Some for life style. Still others retired to Europe and some, like us, came out for business reasons. But it was… Continue reading Now we ex-pats can visit UK without being ‘homeland lepers’

While good old Blighty blisters under summer heatwaves rarely seen before the Brits moan about it being hard to get away for a fortnight in the sun! And, on the other hand ex-pats, like us, who want to go home, are being made to self-isolate because the NHS doesn’t recognise the jabs we legitimately had… Continue reading Slovaks protest over Covid passports while we ask, were we just a herd of vaccine fools?

In recent days on sites like this, people who have chosen to live abroad for whatever reason have been expressing their dismay at being described as ex-pats. Some say the word expat is loaded with innuendo, insult and whiffs of old spice and colonialism. They see it as a sniffy term conjuring up white linen… Continue reading So, which are you? An ex-pat or a migrant? Is there a difference and does it matter?

Authorities in Moravia and parts of the Czechia have asked for volunteers to stay away. Government leaders have said that so many volunteers have turned up to help that rescue areas are over-flowing – and thousands of firefighters, troops and police are already there or on their way. At least five people died and more… Continue reading Volunteers urged to stay away from hurricane ‘living hell’ in Moravia and Czechia, near Slovak border

Leigh and Rodney discuss the story of Hurricane Hero Joe Dore and how an alligator town snapped over a mention of Trump! Much, much more as well…join us now #Trump #LoneStarState #alligator #Hurricanehero #Portugal #Slovakia

Yesterday, when The Society published the moving story of Hurricane hero Joe Dore leaving his job at the local store – a job he had held for 30 years – I only felt it would do good. Maybe help a little man who rescues animals and has helped many people in the town of Winnie… Continue reading The house I live in, the home of liberty … this is what America once meant to me