Tag Archives: Neighbours

Meet the neighbours

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Paul

We’ve said a lot about our house in Liñeiras without really mentioning the rest of the village, although village is possibly a rather grand description of the disjointed and disparate collection of houses which makes up our immediate community. Casa … Continue reading →

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We’ve got squatters

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Paul

We revisited the house at the beginning of September, our sixth trip in ten months. This time Mother was in tow, keen to see the pile of rubble that we’d acquired prior to our starting work on it. The main … Continue reading →

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The eve of the big day

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Paul

We arrived in Galicia on the evening of the 20th June, cutting it fine as it was one day before we could lose our 10% deposit. But with the completion scheduled to happen on the 21st, the longest day, and with our feet on Galician … Continue reading →

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