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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 2:26pm
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Brian chambers

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Hi, myself and my wife are moving over in February, I’m from Scotland and Fiona is from Dublin, looking forward to our new life in the sun and we both are really excited to be retiring out in Spain, just wanted to say hi and will be in touch nearer the time with several questions etc, will be looking for some new golf buddies also. 

Regards Brian &fiona 

Madcatwoman

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 3:22pm

Madcatwoman

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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 3:22pm

Hi,

Welcome!

We hope that when you move over you love Spain as much as we do :-)

Brian chambers

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 3:26pm

Brian chambers

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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 3:26pm

Many thanks 

Kimmy11

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 5:18pm

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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 5:18pm

Hi Brian and Fiona, and welcome to the forum!

My in-laws lived in La Marina, after they retired, for 18 years and loved it.  A neighbour of mine, who also owns a holiday home on La Marina urb, is a keen golfer and has found the most cost-effective way to play regularly is to join the many Golf Societies around - usually advertised in the back page few pages of the free newspapers, which you can pick up in supermarkets, estate agents, etc.  I don't know whether there are any societies on the urb, but my neighbour has joined the Golf Society at Imanyo's bar restaurant in Daya Nueva, about a 15/20 minutes drive from the urb.

It's good that you're moving in February - typically, it's our coldest month, but with daytime temperatures around 15C, it will probably still feel quite warm to you guys!  We've lived here for 7 years and have no regrets.

Wishing you all the best for your move.

Kind regards,

Kim

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Brian chambers

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 5:24pm

Brian chambers

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Joined: 18 Dec 2022

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 5:24pm

Kimmy11 wrote on Sun Dec 18, 2022 5:18pm:

Hi Brian and Fiona, and welcome to the forum!

My in-laws lived in La Marina, after they retired, for 18 years and loved it.  A neighbour of mine, who also owns a holiday home on La Marina urb, is a keen golfer and has found the most cost-effective way to play regularly is to join the many Golf Societies around - usually advertised in th...

...e back page few pages of the free newspapers, which you can pick up in supermarkets, estate agents, etc.  I don't know whether there are any societies on the urb, but my neighbour has joined the Golf Society at Imanyo's bar restaurant in Daya Nueva, about a 15/20 minutes drive from the urb.

It's good that you're moving in February - typically, it's our coldest month, but with daytime temperatures around 15C, it will probably still feel quite warm to you guys!  We've lived here for 7 years and have no regrets.

Wishing you all the best for your move.

Kind regards,

Kim

Hi Kim,

Many thanks for all the useful information on the giving front I’ll check it all out once I’m over there, looking forward to our new life and meeting new friends,

Best wishes Brian & Fiona 

Hammy85

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 7:43pm

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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 7:43pm

Hiya! And welcome 

Golandrina

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 3:51pm

Golandrina

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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 3:51pm

A couple of sites that may be of help are:

Citizens Advice Bureau Spain for bureaucratic stuff, and

N332 for anything to do with driving in Spain.   This website, and their Facebook page, are run in collaboration with officers of the Guardia Civil for English speaking people, and the website has an English version of the Spanish equivalent of the Highway Code on it.

Brian chambers

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 4:27pm

Brian chambers

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Joined: 18 Dec 2022

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 4:27pm

Hi,

Many thanks for the useful information.

Regards Brian

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