Great video, Patrick's looking well as the compere. We had a couple of visits to the Stagger Inn over the past two weeks and thoroughly enjoyed the banter with the friendly staff and fantastic food.

i started following your channel in 2023, moved to Torrevieja for 10 months, i literally ran back to Sweden, a very difficult experience. Catalina was the only place i liked.

Crackin

Happy Burns Night guys from CORBY, known as LITTLE SCOTLAND. 🥃 My little sister makes amazing tablet. LANG MAY YER LUM REEK. HASTE YE BACK. HASTA LUEGO.🏖

A wee bit of rain and under 10 degrees. My heart bleeds purple piss for you.

Brilliant 👏

I live a little inland, and live in a town where lots of businesses close in July or August, when the Spanidh have their traditional annual shut down. I like that the dozens of bars and restaurants are open all year round for the other 11 months

Youv'e got the best voice in the place Barry bhoy😊👍💚

Having an apartment in Villamartin, we sometimes like to drive into Torrevieja late afternoon/ early evening for a stroll around and maybe some churros/ tapas/ ice cream depending upon the weather. Nice to visit, not sure I’d like to live there. I agree it will be a while before the port development benefits are felt by the town and locals - just read today that the hippy market is going to be moved to a park for about a year to allow for the renovation - I’m sure that will be devastating for their businesses, as few people will go out of their way to visit that market, but now most people walk through it and make occasional purchases ( it’s not all tat!) There are quite a few of our favourite Spanish restaurants in Orihuela Costa which also close for a couple of months out of season I do hope the investment in Torrevieja pays off! Enjoyed the video - not yet visited El Rincon, will try it!

I think the Haggis could sing better!

Alicante is class ,no British bars

Did you stagger out

Can't understand a word, 😂but love the bagpipes! Welcome back to filming. Missed you guys. Nicki x 😘

Good old Stagger Inn.

Blackpool

Just as well you didn't buy a house there

I couldn't believe the Apt prices on Idealista til someone told me Linares is one of the poorest parts of Spain.....

The life we want, we're in the process of applying for a visa from the UK. Can't wait

Frist vegan place I've seen 😊

Opening my eyes to the other Spain.Authentic

Interesting video Barrry. Thank you. A couple of years ago I stayed with a friend who has an apartment on the far north side of Torrevieja, going towards Alicante. To my surprise, all the bars and restaurants were Russian except one which was Spanish. I tried some of them and they were spotlessly clean, had excellent service and really nice food. Not expensive either. Interesting to note that in all of them I was the only non Russian customer. They did make me very welcome though. 😀👍

I visited a friend that has an apartment. I did not like it as no Spanish culture at all. Would love to live near my friends but I cannot accept or want the lack of Spanish culture.

Well, last year we bought a property in Gea y Truyols, we love it,the silence, living between the spanisch people. There we still feel the spanisch way of life.

Rojales and areas round about still just crack on through the winter as ye know 👌 great here through the winter 🇪🇸 over 20 degrees in January 🕺

We stopped by there a few years ago and were glad to have only booked one night. The town has zero character and poorly planed with haphazard buildings of every type.

I have been in Torrevieja 3 weeks and heading to Alicante/Benidorm/Denia next week. It was a surprise to hear so much Russian and Ukrainian being spoken and it saddens me. Honestly can see it becoming an area for money laundering and drug trafficking in the not too distant.

What date was this matey?

Thats always the concern we have. Hoping that Torrevieja can preserve whatever Spanish culture is left. We've had a vacation property since 2017, hoping to come back this spring. Ps love Rincon De Jarras! Phenomenal pulpo! Mayor Eduardo needs to try and pivot their strategy not just as a holiday destination, but something more sustainable.....renewable energy, IT hub, WeWork Torrevieja.....some incentive for Spaniards to come to Torrevieja!!!

Don't you fancy Alicante? That's a bustling place every Day and goes crackers at the Weekend.

I strongly recommend living in the Canary Islands where it is warm in winter and relatively cool (compared with mainland Spain) in summer.

I watched your last two videos and you mentioned about how much property Ukrainians are buying in Spain. For a war torn country, there must be a lot of " black market money" about for them to afford property. Especially as we have loads of them in the UK saying just how bad things are in their home country and that's why they are all in the UK to find work. Not once has the UK press mentioned about Russians and Ukrainians in Spain buying all the property. They just tell us about the 100% house tax rise that's imminent because of the amount of Brits buying property and the locals not being able to afford to buy in their own towns. I'm glad you show us "behind the scenes" of a town. Like most places, if you get away from the touristy areas you get " real" food at great prices. I'm with you on mushrooms ! They are the devils piles !!🤮 Hasta luego 🏖

Let’s hope this year we will have the beach bars and toilets open For the last 2 years Orihuela Council have failed to provide An absolute disgrace

When I walk around Torrevieja I hear Russians and Ukrainians everywhere Ten out of ten apartments for rent on Facebook Market are owned by Russians or Ukrainians

Porest day

I'm surprised to hear the % of locals as opposed to foreigners especially Russian and Ukrainian. Are those 2 countries even part of the EU? You'll have to educate me on that cause I've been living in Australia for the past 34yrs I think it's not good news for Spain to be honest. Anyway thanks for sharing bigman

49% is incredibly low

We went into Torrevieja Sea Front .. Yesterday .. Very busy .. People were Sunbathing on the beach ..

Where is this please I love Torrevieja 🥰

Hasta luego 🏖

FELIZ ANO NUEVO from a very wet and windy Corby. Apparently, we've got the tail end of a hurricane coming for us !! 🌪🌫🌬🌧☔

Hi Barry. 80mph here in West Lothian 😂

Great wee spot there indeed. And surprisingly not that busy at all. I don't know why but I expected tae see it swarming wi white fleshed tourists

Good to see ye back Vlogging. January in Perth Australia has been horrific wi temps in the high 30s low 40s. I was praying for some frost. Yer so lucky there !! But seriously it has been cooking here but we are in summer an have another 2 months o very hot weather coming oor way. Oh and that's a cheap pint alright. $12 here in most pubs

You should try the greek place. V good. Origin owned by the Chinese upstairs. Food very good but slow service when busy. You’s took me to Firestation June 2021. Still go, still a good pool table and good for football games. Buddys new owners too. Hope you’s are both well.

Watching from western Canada,light snow and - 5C here,keep the videos coming.

Watching you there n thinking you look like ma Da. Look at the pic with Jimmy in buggy

Holiday 'Resort ' ....... c'mon , most folk in the UK have never heard of it Barry , I'd say Las Americas in Tenerife for ' Best all year round' or poss even Benidorm.

Malva is nice but a little more expensive than most similar cafes, but definitely worth it. Three years on we couldn't afford to buy a townhouse in Punta Prima as they now start from 169000 euros

How bad is the Geoengineering over there?

watching from torrevieja and loving the sunny weather 😁