Jack

Jack is an author and travel writer with over twenty years’ experience of writing for magazines, websites, and guidebooks. Follow Jack on jackmontgomery.co.uk

Sun and sea but not sangria on Tenerife

“Soy canario, no soy español.” “I’m Canarian, I’m not Spanish.” It’s something we’ve been proudly told countless times over the years in the Canary Islands. When the person saying it has referred to me as being English I usually respond with a counter “soy escocés, no soy inglés” (“I’m Scottish, I’m not English”) which usually...

Thar she blows, whale and dolphin watching on Tenerife

It can be frustrating to live on an island like Tenerife which is remarkable for many reasons, yet which more often than not is only viewed in how many sunshine hours there are in a day. There are any number of experiences which still cause excited butterflies in my stomach to flutter frantically. Every time we enter Teide National Park is one of them. The first...