Tag Archives: Barn

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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What goes bang in the Galician night?

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Paul

It was just after midnight last Friday as the three of us settled into bed, Bonita assuming her ever-present role as a highly effective feline contraceptive, stretched between us and condemning Amanda and I each to our own peripheral eight … Continue reading →

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O Christmas Tree!

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Paul

There is a romantic yuletide notion about country living, one borne out by countless films, TV advertisements, festive cards and music videos. It is that you can just wander up into the forests, fell your own Christmas tree, and carry it home … Continue reading →

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