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The alternative route to Galicia – part one

Posted on August 10, 2011 by admin

As soon as we heard that EasyJet were opening a new route from Manchester to Bilbao we were determined to give it a try at the first opportunity. So in July we did just that; a short journey to the airport in the … Continue reading →

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Spain appears to be shut

Posted on April 21, 2011 by admin

As the clock hit six in Galicia last night, five o’clock here in the UK, my mailbox was once again full to overflowing with Spanish e-mails. It was like Christmas Eve, not for their contents but because their despatchers were trying … Continue reading →

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And then there were two

Posted on October 26, 2010 by admin

‘Cutting off ones nose to spite ones face’. Founded in the medieval practice of women disfiguring themselves to protect their virginity, the phrase has passed into common parlance and is associated with a needless self-destructive over-reaction to a problem. We’ve … Continue reading →

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Meeting house criteria, the lure of the green

Posted on October 20, 2010 by admin

After forty-two years on this earth, although I acknowledge that I do look like I’ve been here a bit longer than that, I think that I am qualified to put forward the hypothesis that there are two types of people … Continue reading →

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No horror in hórreo

Posted on October 7, 2010 by admin

Something which sets Galicia, and for that matter neigbouring Asturias, apart from the rest of  Spain is the proliferation of strange looking square or rectangular vented buildings raised up on stilts, often with no visible means of access. The are the … Continue reading →

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