Category Archives: Local Life

Finding What Two Acres Of Grass Is Really Worth

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Paul

The barter economy is alive and well and living in Galicia…and it is possible for you to get involved in it totally by accident. After we’d bought the house we were initially exposed to this the oldest of trading types when … Continue reading →

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A Dozen Things That We Now Know, That We Didn’t Know Before

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Paul

It’s hard to believe that we’ve been living in Spain for seven months. Sometimes it feels like just yesterday that we were packing our worldly chattels into the big red van and making the exhausting 1,300 mile journey from Huddersfield … Continue reading →

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Amanda’s Antrocity

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Paul

I’m not particularly proud of myself but sometimes ‘needs must’. We, or should I more accurately say Amanda, has committed an antrocity. There is simply no other way of describing her actions and in supporting her, however passively, I feel … Continue reading →

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You Can Never Have Too Many Potatoes

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Paul

I’m rapidly coming to the conclusion that it may be better for my health to buy vegetables in the supermarket. Our ‘huerto’, miniscule by comparison to those of our neighbours, is beginning to turn into a real labour of love, … Continue reading →

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A Mountain of Eggs

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Paul

Last weekend saw great excitement. Well…at least what passes for great excitement in Galicia. On Friday we became ‘piggy in the middle’ between two local neighbours as they vie to get us to heed their horticultural advice. As an Englishman’s … Continue reading →

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