About Us
Do you remember the song 'Help me, Rhonda', which was a smash hit record by The Beach Boys in 1965?
Well, with a minor spelling change, HELP ME RONDA makes the perfect name for this website about one of the most stunning, historic and emblematic towns in Andalucía, if not the whole of Spain .
A one-stop-shop for residents and visitors to the Serrania de Ronda, HELP ME RONDA has sections covering services, shops, businesses, the police, transport, schools, the Press, places to stay, activities, food and drink, entertainment, and local politics, as well as articles, answers to FAQs, a blog, features and a photo gallery.
Alongside the website, there is a Facebook group and there was, previously, also a WhatsApp group.
However, I have received very positive and helpful feedback from several people. They think trying to separate comments into two groups, Facebook and WhatsApp, is too complicated.
As a result, I have decided to abandon the WhatsApp group and intend to just run the Facebook group from now on.
You can post what you like: reaction to posts; requests for help and advice; items or services for sale. Basically, pretty much anything goes.
However, I will not tolerate political rants; pornography; nor anything I don’t personally like. It’s my website, so I decide.
The clue is in the name: Help Me, Ronda. If posts do not request help or provide help, forget it!
We hope you will join the Facebook group. Current membership stands at 602 people from a range of nationalities. We easily achieved our target of 500 by the end of March 2024 and have now got to over 600 in August. The group name is HELP ME RONDA.
We hope that HELP ME RONDA meets your needs.
The Places to Stay section only lists recommended places. There is no booking facility, since this is more than adequately catered for by other websites, such as www.rondatoday.com, www.secretserrania.com and the big boys like AirBnB, Booking and VRBO.
There is a Places to Eat section, which is based on our own experience of eating out in the area over 15 years. Most websites only list establishments that pay the website a fee. Our listings are NOT paid for, and we don't get free meals. They are merely our own personal favourites.
Currently we receive no payment for any basic listings on Help Me Ronda. They are simply our recommendations based on over 20 years' experience of visiting the area and being residents for 15 years. However, we do plan to offer featured listings with photos and text for a small annual fee.
Please note that HELP ME RONDA accepts no liability for its recommendations, which are given in good faith.
About the Owner
Paul Whitelock is a retired former languages teacher, school inspector and translator, who emigrated to the Serranía de Ronda in 2008, where he lives with his German wife, Rita. He spends his time between Montejaque and Ronda doing DIY, gardening and writing. He also dabbles in property development, property sales [www.a1-inmobiliaria.com], and exclusive holiday rentals.
If you're stuck and need an interpreter or translator, Paul also offers translation and interpreting services [paulwhitelock@hotmail.com or (+34) 636 52 75 16.]
Paul and Rita Whitelock
www.help-me-ronda.com
Well, with a minor spelling change, HELP ME RONDA makes the perfect name for this website about one of the most stunning, historic and emblematic towns in Andalucía, if not the whole of Spain .
A one-stop-shop for residents and visitors to the Serrania de Ronda, HELP ME RONDA has sections covering services, shops, businesses, the police, transport, schools, the Press, places to stay, activities, food and drink, entertainment, and local politics, as well as articles, answers to FAQs, a blog, features and a photo gallery.
Alongside the website, there is a Facebook group and there was, previously, also a WhatsApp group.
However, I have received very positive and helpful feedback from several people. They think trying to separate comments into two groups, Facebook and WhatsApp, is too complicated.
As a result, I have decided to abandon the WhatsApp group and intend to just run the Facebook group from now on.
You can post what you like: reaction to posts; requests for help and advice; items or services for sale. Basically, pretty much anything goes.
However, I will not tolerate political rants; pornography; nor anything I don’t personally like. It’s my website, so I decide.
The clue is in the name: Help Me, Ronda. If posts do not request help or provide help, forget it!
We hope you will join the Facebook group. Current membership stands at 602 people from a range of nationalities. We easily achieved our target of 500 by the end of March 2024 and have now got to over 600 in August. The group name is HELP ME RONDA.
We hope that HELP ME RONDA meets your needs.
The Places to Stay section only lists recommended places. There is no booking facility, since this is more than adequately catered for by other websites, such as www.rondatoday.com, www.secretserrania.com and the big boys like AirBnB, Booking and VRBO.
There is a Places to Eat section, which is based on our own experience of eating out in the area over 15 years. Most websites only list establishments that pay the website a fee. Our listings are NOT paid for, and we don't get free meals. They are merely our own personal favourites.
Currently we receive no payment for any basic listings on Help Me Ronda. They are simply our recommendations based on over 20 years' experience of visiting the area and being residents for 15 years. However, we do plan to offer featured listings with photos and text for a small annual fee.
Please note that HELP ME RONDA accepts no liability for its recommendations, which are given in good faith.
About the Owner
Paul Whitelock is a retired former languages teacher, school inspector and translator, who emigrated to the Serranía de Ronda in 2008, where he lives with his German wife, Rita. He spends his time between Montejaque and Ronda doing DIY, gardening and writing. He also dabbles in property development, property sales [www.a1-inmobiliaria.com], and exclusive holiday rentals.
If you're stuck and need an interpreter or translator, Paul also offers translation and interpreting services [paulwhitelock@hotmail.com or (+34) 636 52 75 16.]
Paul and Rita Whitelock
www.help-me-ronda.com
