According to the Vanguardia newspaper Ikea is coming to town. The company is opening a store in nearby Sant Pere, in the same commercial...

2020 hasn't been the best of years for TdM. First of all covid19 meant that all our early summer bookings were cancelled. Now the lift is...

As from today in Catalunya face masks must be worn whenever outside the home the local Generalitat ruled yesterday. It seems this has div...

In 1776 the declaration of independence was signed on this day and Great Britain let the then 13 colonies of the USA have their freedom �...

Happy Pride to all our LGBT+ supporters. Over 50 years ago the fight for gay equality took a huge leap forward with the Stonewall Riots. ...

The weather has been warming up over the last couple of weeks, and these week we're in for quite a bit of sunshine.

At the end of last week the local council announced that the beaches here can reopen yesterday... The current norms of social distancing ...

Things are easing up here slightly as our region enters phase 2 of the lockdown easing process. Barcelona city will remain in phase 1. On...

No really... back at TdM. This week, as our area is in phase one of the lockdown easing I was able to go to TdM and check everything was...

Today marks the 100th post in as many days. Obviously there are posts older than 100 days, but it was 100 days ago that I started the o...

The wearer is Getting warmer and warmer here now, and summery is in the air, despite all the problems of covid19. Unfortunately for all...

As from today masks are obligatory outside the home when social distancing of two metres cannot be maintained. For some time now most peo...

Today Vilanova, along with mossy other parts of Catalunya, moves into phase one of the easing of lockdown. From today Cafes and bars can...

The weather, like most years, is changeable during May. This weekend looks like it's going to be a wet one, but the temperatures are s...

We are very lucky in Vilanova to get very clear skies and at night there is a general lack of light pollution which means star spotting i...

Normally the weekend before or after Sant Jordi we would be organising and enjoying an Afternoon Tea at TdM, this year, for obvious reaso...

Nope, not describing a local water park, but the weather this weekend. According to the forecast it looks like it's going to be a bit gre...

A huge thank you to everyone who is following and/or just reading the blog. Over the last couple of weeks the average number of views (hi...

"Don't worry." - advice often given to me, someone who has worried since birth, so it's like water off a duck's back. Don't worry ... if ...

This is obviously something I would never have thought I would have to write about on the TDM blog, let alone on any blog, However, havin...