Market Harborough Art Fresco

I  don't usually get involved in politics, but I  had to say how disappointed I  was in the Market Harborough arts fresco, I  have been to them before and always found them entertaining and original, this year was just a waste of time and money, and to be honest, embarrassing. Usually the town is full of life and brings business to local traders, which is fair enough because they sponsor the even, but this year there was very little in the town, the "main" event was at a local park and no longer walk able for many, and so did not help traders, and then one bit of the event went off to Kettering, are we supposed to follow them there ? I  don't get it at all :-( All I  could see in town were silly sellotape models, at the time I  didn't even know that they were anyrthing to do with the "festival".

I  will not bother going next year and I  would be surprised if the traders rush to put money into the event

Spain V Columbia

I'm going to Spain in one weeks time, I'm only going for a few days. I  would rather be going to Columbia, so why am I  going to Spain, I  have to go to Spain to attend court, why ? I  don't know but I  got a summons, Spain will cost about £50.00, Columbia about £2,500.00 and Spain is a short flight about two hours so I  can go for a short trip but Columbia is a long trip, also I  can drive in Spain, I  want to try driving again after a three year of non driving due to my illness cervical dystonia. I  wanted my solicitor in Spain to sort the summons and court out, but apparently they cannot do it for me, this is what they wrote

"According the normal procedure you should go to Court and let them know that after being back to Spain (as you live currently in the UK), you have just to find out their letter requesting you to collect some documents in last June. Then, they would inform you about the reference of your court case and the exact Court, from all the Court offices there, where the documents can be delivered to you. In a regular basis, they will not inform you about the aim of the court documents unless that you collect them, since once the aim of the court notice is known by you, the delivery of the documents could be done by you, in order to delay as much as possible the Court case.

Therefore, although our colleague Fernando is trying to get the information, it can not be done following the normal procedure. Actually, different people should make some favours to Fernando. As it can be easily understood, after making his own enquiries, somebody of the chain could inform him that to obtain more information you should collect the documents by yourself or by close family living with you).

Please note that according to the Spanish Law, if the Court intended to contact you to inform about a Court case and you did not receive the court notice, in a regular basis, the other party involved in the court case will ask to the judge for making a public advertisement of the court notice. That way means that the court case will be followed without advising you any more, which also implies than you will not be allowed to respond or to object the arguments of the claimant and the final court decision.

In the light of the above and considering that you will be over here next weekend, it is advisable that you personally go to Orihuela Court and collect the documents by yourself and bring them to us in the same day. Otherwise, we would have to allow Fernando to proceed as advised, which can take some time and even can be a waste of time."

Return to Spain

I have not been able to get any information from the Spanish courts about the summons, it appears that they won't even discuss it with my solicitors so I'm going to Spain next week for four days

I need to get this matter closed and legal

If you don't get another blog update after next weekend you will know I'm rotting in a Spanish prison.

Hospital Appointment

Spooky really; I  just complained about the lack of news from the hospital concerning my stomach pains / exploration follow up, and today I  finally got another appointment, it's for 25th October, so only five months wait since my GP's referral :-(

And coincidently Spain has announced
"A Royal Decree has come into effect which aims to reduce waiting lists for operations.

It stipulates a maximum wait of 180 natural days for cardiac, valvular and coronary surgery, cataract operations, hip and knee replacements. "

Court Summons Update - Corte española Citación de actualización

I  still don't know what's going on with the Spanish legal courts system; I  didn't go to court when I  was summoned because I  didn't get the summons, this sis because I  live in England and they sent the papers to Spain, they know I  live in England, I am treated and taxed as a non resident, (in Spain non residents pay higher bank charges etc.). My solicitor doesn't know what the summons is about, and the courts are on holiday at the moment so nobody can find anything out
I  don't know if I  will be arrested for failing to shop up at court, nobody seems to know, but it means I  have to pay the mortgage and maintenance on a property that I  cannot go to in case I  am arrested
As I  said before, I  don't understand how I  can prepare my legal defence in Spain if I  don't know what I'm being accused of. I'm pretty sure it's an error on the Spanish legal systems fault, I  feel this because
1/ I'm a law abiding  person
2/ I  haven't been in Spain so it's difficult for me to comment an offence there
3/ There paperwork lags behind real life, so I  guess it's about my Bankinter incident, or non payment of bills whilst I  was in hospital, all of which were fixed over a year ago
4/ If it was something serious or factual, they surely would have pursued my prosecution in England

I  have invested hundreds of thousands of Euro in Spain in the past. Two houses, Two cars, Two motorbikes, and had dozens of friends come out tot see me there for a holiday, spending money in the bars and restaurants, helping the economy

In any case, this is not encouraging people to buy property of vehicles in Spain, and hence very little investment in Spain in the future.

Having said all this, I  like Spain, I  wish the issues could be fixed, I  would like to have my holidays there, and live there one day

Yo todavía no sé lo que está pasando con el sistema español de tribunales legales, no me vaya a la corte cuando fue convocado porque no he tenido la convocatoria, este sis porque yo vivo en Inglaterra y me mandaron los papeles a España , ellos saben que yo vivo en Inglaterra, me tratan y pagar impuestos como un no residente, (en España los no residentes pagan mayores comisiones bancarias, etc.) Mi abogado no sabe lo que la citación se acerca, y los tribunales están de vacaciones en el momento en que nadie puede encontrar nada

No sé si voy a ser arrestado por no ir de compras en la corte, nadie parece saber, pero eso significa que tengo que pagar la hipoteca y el mantenimiento de una propiedad que no puede acudir en caso de que me arresten

Como he dicho antes, no entiendo cómo puedo preparar mi defensa legal en España, si no sé lo que estoy siendo acusado. Estoy bastante seguro de que es un error en la falla de los sistemas jurídicos español, me siento porque

1 / Yo soy una persona respetuosa de la ley

2 / No he estado en España, así que es difícil para mí comentar un delito no

3 / No papeleo va a la zaga de la vida real, así que supongo que se trata de mi incidente Bankinter, o falta de pago de las facturas mientras yo estaba en el hospital, todos los cuales fueron fijadas hace un año

4 / Si se trata de algo serio o de hecho, seguramente habría seguido mi juicio en Inglaterra


Me han invertido cientos de miles de euros en España en el pasado. Dos casas, dos coches, las motos de dos, y había docenas de amigos salen tot verme allí de vacaciones, el gasto de dinero en los bares y restaurantes, ayudando a la economía


En cualquier caso, no se trata de animar a la gente para comprar la propiedad de vehículos en España, y por lo tanto hay muy poca inversión en España en el futuro.


Habiendo dicho todo esto, me gusta España, quiero los temas podría ser fijo, me gustaría tener mis vacaciones allí, y vivir allí un día

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NHS Waiting times

Whilst I  appreciate that times are hard, and that I  recently had an operation funded by the NHS, I  had waited three years for the operation and had incredibly little follow up support, I  have to return to hospital in Plymouth in six weeks time, but in between times, I  get no information about how my recovery and symptoms are likely to be, so I  phoned my GP about the pain when I  pee; they say it's normal, so why don't they tell you that when you leave hospital ? it would save a lot of the Dr's time and the patients worry.
Anyway I  have always said that hospitals are geared round the Dr.'s and nurses, I  seriously think that very little thought has been given to patients / sick people.
After I  was discharged prematurely from hospital and made into a day patient, I  had to return to hospital the next day, I  had the operation because of my neck I  cannot stand or sit for very long, so here I  am in the middle of August in  the hottest part of the UK, the waiting room is very hot with little or no ventilation and a note on the window saying DON'T open the window, (pigeon problem); so why can't they have air conditioning like in the nurses quarters ? OR mesh on the window to stop the pigeons ? I  don't understand. Obviously an NHS employee has not spent any time in the "waiting room", to make it extra torture there is a water machine in the corner of the stifling hot room, but it's broken. I  sat there for two and a half hours while nurses read OK magazine and showed total lack of interest in my discomfort, The chairs were dirty with no support, the wait was very uncomfortable. It would be illegal for the NHS to expect their staff to work in those conditions, but it's OK to let sick and paying people sit in the waiting room and rot.
Even looking at the flowers in the room indicate total lack of care and interest and encourage people to prey for death.

As I  said, I  have had one operation after waiting for three years, but I'm still waiting to see my local specialist for my stomach pains, I  was referred on 27th May, I  got an appointment a month ago, but the hospital cancelled,  (something cropped up), to be fair it was an ideal golfing day, but they say because it was cancelled (albeit by them) I'm at the back of the Queue .

They already told me that my neck wont ever be good, because it took three years before the operation there is some permanent damage; will they eventually tell me my stomach problem is now serious and cannot be fixed because it took so long for them to see me.

I  think they want some patients to die or become incurable whilst waiting for treatment, this saves money and I  read about it in the papers recently

Gaddafi - Tripoli

 I 'll probably disappear or have an accident myself for writing this, but  I  don't understand.

I  don't want this blog to be about politics or religion but  I  have asked around my extended circle of friends and contacts and nobody else seems to understand either.

Why is the media so excited about the Libyan people overthrowing their leader, Gaddafi? whether the rest of the the world thinks he is crazy or not, is not the point, he has been president for 42 years, hardly the work of a crazy man. I'm not particularly for Gaddafi, in fact I never met the guy, but it seems that the world is against him because we don't agree with him, I  don't see as it's anybody else's business.

Of course millions of Libyian people want him removed from power, but also millions don't, it's also true to say that plenty of people, especially students don't want Cameron in power, so how would we feel if NATO supported the student riots ? Sorry guys,  I  don't see the difference.

Really the same goes for Egypt, etc. are we now in favour of anarchy ? or is it just a dual standards thing

 I  don't understand