WRITERS ABROAD MAGAZINE: THE THIRD SPACE
From Here…
Featuring Chris Nedahl
What brought you to Spain, when and from where?
I hail from Treorchy in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales. I
grew up during the decline of the coal industry and my
childhood home was the centre house of a mining terrace. I am
told it was the last to be built in that row, watched as it took
shape by my maternal great grandfather, himself a miner. I now
live in another valley, Almanzora, in south-eastern Spain. My
rural village of Arboleas, with its almond, olive, orange and
lemon groves, lends itself to the famous mañana lifestyle. It is
the second time I have lived in this lovely country. The first
time, I was on the Mijas Costa, arriving in 1989. I returned to
the U.K. after six years and retired to this quiet backwater, so
different from the Malaga area, in 2008.
What are the advantages of living in Spain for a writer?
The village alone has given me a wealth of material to use creatively. From the colour of the
skies to the wild foliage at my feet. More so, it is a gateway to many historical and cultural
experiences from the Romans and Moors through to the Catholici