About Paul Whitelock
Paul Whitelock is a retired former languages teacher, school inspector and translator, who emigrated to the Serranía de Ronda in 2008, where he lives with his second wife, Rita. He spends his time between Montejaque and Ronda doing DIY, gardening and writing.
Paul Whitelock is a regular at the popular Bar Rincón in the square in Montejaque. He normally sits outside on the terrace, but yesterday it was…
Paul Whitelock attended his first corrida de toros at the age of 21 when he was living in San Sebastián in the Basque country. His…
Ronda Romántica is the festival, normally celebrated in May, whereby historic events and pageants are acted out on the streets of the City of…
The Spanish government introduced nationwide changes to electricity charging and billing on 1 June 2021. These changes have to be applied by all…
Secret Serranía contributor Paul Whitelock has just completed the process of importing a UK vehicle to Spain and re-registering it onto…
Paul Whitelock chooses his top 10 places to visit around Ronda. Do you agree with him? If you have alternative ideas, please use our
St George is the nickname I’ve given to my builder, and now good friend, Jorge. This 48-year-old gallego, born in the same town,…
Back in September 2020 Secret Serrania contributor Paul Whitelock wrote about the
Both HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and Spanish Hacienda have declared war on UK citizens who own property in Spain,…
From Orson Welles’ infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast to Richard Dimbleby‘s
With travelling around restricted at the moment, because of Covid-19 lockdowns, our contributor Paul Whitelock has…
If you have been coming to Spain for many years you may well have asked yourself at some point: “Whatever happened to the Osborne bull?”
8 March is International Women’s Day. Paul Whitelock investigates…
International…
The Spanish Ley del Tráfico is somewhat different to the UK Highway Code. Our contributor Paul Whitelock passes a slide-rule…
Sorting through his stuff, our contributor Paul Whitelock came across this print-off of an e-mail giving a fresh…
