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Category Archives: House Renovation
Back After a Three Year Absence
It’s getting on for three years since I last put anything on these pages, an awful record, and something of which I am deeply ashamed. You’d be forgiven for thinking that we’d done nothing in the past three years but … Continue reading
Posted in Background, Current Affairs, House Renovation, Local Life
Tagged business, progress
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Amanda Saves The Day
I’ve always had terrible phobia of wasps and as with my only other weakness, ice cream, it is all the fault of my Mother. Some of my earliest memories are of my Mum shrieking and flapping her arms about like … Continue reading
An Inconvenient Phone Call
Amanda and I returned to Spain on Sunday afternoon after a first joint trip to England in over two years. We’d been for a special meal, dinner suit and posh frock, held in honour of one of my old mates … Continue reading
Single Handedly Ending The Spanish ‘Crisis’
We’d planned to go to the stone masons near Mondoñedo on several occasions and on one occasion had even got part way there before turning back. We were interested in a couple of things; an old stone trough to go … Continue reading
Posted in House Renovation
Tagged Casa Lineiras, Food, Galicia, Lineiras, Renovation
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Fools Gold
Since the day we first bought the house we’ve been told, nay assured, that it contained a small fortune in buried treasure. The onset of the recent works means that the local gossip has reached fever pitch with neighbours we’ve … Continue reading
Posted in House Renovation
Tagged Big House, Casa Lineiras, Lineiras, Neighbours, Renovation
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