Hepa here,
I am an old retired Git.
I first came to the Canary Island of Gran Canaria in 1962 on a Shell oil tanker called Achatina and that must have been the instigation of a life time relationship with this wonderful archipelago.
I first visited the Island of El Hierro in 1995, bought a house here in 2000. Having spent long periods here during the winter months, finally managed to sell, house, car, children, grandchildren, cats dogs, everything in the U.K., just over two years ago, and what a relief it was!
I do not have any educational qualifications whatsoever, I worked for fifty years.
I also paint, usually walls and ceilings, mainly in white.
Here where I live, there are probably another two English residents, we also have a Port Policeman of Spanish parentage, who says he was born in Wolverhampton. Therefore very little English is spoken. Crime is virtually unknown, people park cars with the keys in the ignition and engines running, some never lock their houses!!
Life here in the most southerly part of Spain is good, the climate is fantastic, the people are very accommodating and kind. My neighbours are Venezolanos and that is where my Pseudonym is from, I'm told it is a form of greeting in Venezuela.
Here is my home, here I am content to stay,
Hepa