MOJACAR is a small but, according to the guide books, impressive town in southern Spain where a lot of Brits used to congregate.

Years ago I recall walking along the seafront and hearing nothing but English accents. Signs for fish and chips or ‘Full English Breakfast – £3.99’ were ubiquitous.

It was like Blackpool in the sun.

That was then, this is now.

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Myself and the missus were there last Wednesday and the only English voice I heard was some guy with massive beer belly roaring into a phone about something or other. He definitely wasn’t a happy chappie.

But his obvious annoyance did draw my attention to the fact that these days most of the accents are German, Scandinavian or Belgian, with the odd French phrase thrown in.

Mr Annoyed was the only Brit accent I heard on my 20-minute stroll along the playa.

Brexit has definitely changed the demographics.

And that brought to mind how much the world has changed in the past 10 years.

A couple of hours later I was sitting on the balcony of the place we were staying late in the evening with a glass of wine, enjoying the last rays of the sun, when a woman doing exactly the same on the next balcony asked me if I was enjoying my break.........

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