BETWEEN THE LAKES IN TORREVIEJA

with Mike & Yvonne

Our FAMILY 2025

Meet our family

We have one son - Lee and two daughters - Jenny & Stephanie plus six grandchildren, (in order of age) Ava, Charlie, Connor, Aria, Chloe and Myla

From left to right: Chloe, Anne, Lee, Charlie, Jenny, Ava, Ben, Connor, Stephanie, Myla, Aden, Aria, Yvonne and Mike

Our eldest Lee with Anne, Charlie and Chloe

Our eldest daughter Jenny with Ben, Ava and Connor

Our youngest Stephanie with Aden, Aria and Myla

Hello and welcome to

Between the Lakes

Our introduction video is below at the bottom of this page

We are originally from Bradford in West Yorkshire, and this year, we will celebrate 49 years together and on July 12th, we will have been married for 45 years.
Yvonne is a retired online seller of her own home-produced, natural sulphur cream - ideal for people with various skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema and rosacea. The business was called My Natural Skincare
Mike, who is also now retired, was a camera operator/editor and video producer working in his own company called "Tapebank Digital Video Productions". He produced content for live events, concerts, theatre, news, sports, music and entertainment.
We now live in Cleckheaton, having downsized from our four-bedroomed house in Dewsbury in May 2021. The move was accelerated by the pandemic and helped us to stay afloat.
Last year saw us feature in Channel 5's "Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun" for the first time - in series 12 episodes 7 & 39. It was filmed in October 2023 and shown in September 2024 and again in January 2025.We have since been asked to appear in the new series and have done a further three episodes yet to be screened, probably later this year in 2025.
In 2017 we bought a property in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, Spain. The original aim was to spend 6 months there and 6 months back in the UK as we like to spend time with our growing family. This sounds easy but since we left the European Union and became a third country, the UK lost the privilege of "The free movement of people" between EU countries. This has made planning our time in Spain a lot more of a challenge as we can only be in Spain for 90 days in a rolling 180 days. We have a video explaining this (see episode 58)
We have many informative videos on our YouTube channel about buying property, what's involved, how much things cost and our own experiences of doing this. We had a good solicitor and a very helpful estate agent to help us (Casas Espania) which we talk about in detail on the channel.
We have a couple of e-bikes which we use to travel around the many beautiful areas around Torrevieja including La Mata, Ciudad Quesada, La Siesta, San Luis, Torretas, El Chaparral, La Florida, La Zenia, Punta Prima, Orihuela Costa and more.

Us with our six grandchildren

WATCH OUR INTRODUCTION VIDEO

Please visit our YouTube Channel and explore our videos. If you are interested in the area of Torrevieja for a holiday home or just for holidays they may help you have a better experience.

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