ANYWAY - sod this! I spend at least a week a year in Spain, specifically Andalucía, and I always go when it's bloody hot. I'll be off there soon but you won't know when. I'll report back. Andalucía is a wonderful leftie part of Spain. I'll see no tourists for a week, I'll see no policemen and I will not be ripped off anywhere I go. It'll be village bars, ice-cold Cruzcampo and local wine and tapas every night, unless I decide to fire up the barbie with the exceptional fare I can buy at the superb indoor market in Almería. We'll stop there shortly after we get off the plane. We'll buy a massive tub of olives, a kilo or two of raf tomatoes and a ton of the best fresh fish you can buy anywhere. There's a brilliant little cafe just outside the market where we will have several coffees and a massive pile of churros for just a euro or three. Sod the calories! I will spend a lot less than if I was staying at home. A good few years ago I spent time in northern Spain. I reckon that the populace in Castile-León would have El Caudillo back in a heartbeat. There's no accounting for taste.