Category Archives: Local Life

Almost Forced To Remarry For a Bit Of Green Tissue Paper

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Paul

Apart from football, if there is anything at which the Spanish excel, then it is bureaucracy. Finally, and after just fifteen months of living in Galicia, this morning we finally obtained our ‘green card’ of temporary residence (which is not … Continue reading →

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Our ‘Outdoor’ Cat Kit

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Paul

This is our ‘outdoor’ cat Kit. She mysteriously arrived in our woodpile on the 1st September last year, just a fortnight after the death of our beloved Bonita. With no real choice, Amanda and I reluctantly agreed to feed her … Continue reading →

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An Unexpected Christmas Eve

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Paul

Dusk had already long since fallen on Christmas Eve. I was outside testing the motion detectors on some new lights I’d installed to give Amanda additional security while I was away in Belfast, standing motionless until they went off and then waving … Continue reading →

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Taking the Queens Shilling

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Paul

My four month absence from the blogosphere has probably passed mostly un-noticed but if you have been logging on regularly to look at the latest instalment from our Galician odyssey then I can only apologise. I promise to try and do … Continue reading →

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The Panic That Strikes When Your Toilet Refuses to Flush

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Paul

When Amanda turned on the kitchen tap to fill the kettle at 10:30 at night, and all that issued from it was a splutter and air, it had all the hallmarks of one of those Galician sagas that would run and run. Our … Continue reading →

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