Archez - a lovely village in the Axarquia

Spain has been generating its own solar power for years, and of course it has the climate to do so. They were also generating wind in the windiest part of Spain, Tarifa, in the 1990s.  It is old technology now, and we wonder whether it has been decommissioned and how.  We are investigating this in the Causewaymire Windfarm in Scotland, with whom Spain has great heritage links, and will report in due course.

Meanwhile, the tourism sector in Scotland is already getting busy, and it is only March.  Some parts of Spain are suffering from overtourism, but the sector continues to grow. There is still an appetite for beach holidays in Spain.  Scotland is seen to be too cold for beach holidays, but in the summer the hotspots such as a Dunnet, the area is packed with local people enjoying the pristine environment of the north.