Hot

Guardamar will expect a top temperature of 34 C. tomorrow and sunshine all week.

Have a thought to us in North West England - maximum on Sunday 14 C. and rain rain rain ….

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A lovely sunny day .. ..

A lovely sunny day here in England and warmth to match Spain ...

This unseasonal weather is expected to last for the next few days and then temperatures will drop to normal.

It is strange to sit in the garden in such sunny and warm weather and yet the trees are still to leaf.

It is not unusual to have snow at this time of the year so we'll just wait and see what is still in store for us.

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Is it hot enough ?

The people of Madrid the madrileños will soon find their weather getting extremely hot - temperatures heading to 100F. ( 38C. )

No doubt they will be heading for the cooler climes of Guardamar where the temperature will reach a maximum of 88F. ( 31C. )

The breezes from the sea will make sitting on the beach very pleasant.

Here in the UK today will see a maximum of 64F. ( 17C. ) if we are lucky .. this is a great improvement on recent days. It is still raining so no sitting in the garden.

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It's a fallacy - the weather in Spain !

The dictionary defines " fallacy " as an incorrect or misleading notion based on inaccurate facts or faulty reasoning.

Well many people picture Spain as a country of continuous hot sunny days - now that is a fallacy !

The north of the country Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria usually has cold and wet weather throughout the winter as a norm and is very much like the UK.

What surprised us and many others from the UK is how cold it can get during the night down on the sunny coasts of Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol. Just remember the flats and villas are designed to stay cool with their cold tiles - and they do in winter !

The local shops sell numerous types of heaters - especially I think for the northern Europeans - the locals tend to wrap up warm in a fleecy dressing gown ( I think that is a good idea and next winter I shall be purchasing the same )

Carpets and rugs  tend to be expensive in Spain - quite a few people can be seen carrying their UK purchased rug onto the plane at Manchester airport ..

Like everywhere else the cost of electricity is likely to rise in Spain again this year as global energy prices rise. However much we try to save on electric cost in Spain we are always hit by a hefty standing charge ( in the UK standing charges seem to have disappeared ) ..