Tag Archives: Neighbours

Local Eccentricities

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Paul

You may have thought that two forty-somethings giving up well paid careers, selling a perfectly nice house, trading in our fast cars for a battered twelve year old estate car, and decamping to a Galician backwater, would make us the … Continue reading →

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Falling In Love Again

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Paul

Liñeiras has a new resident, and I’m desperately in love. She’s twenty-eight years old, of a chalky complexion, some might say she’s a bit of a looker, will go anywhere and do anything, likes to get dirty, is a bit … Continue reading →

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Self-appointed Water Monitor

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Paul

For a short while I’d been milk monitor at school. I didn’t like the school milk as it was healthier than chocolate, so cold in winter that it numbed your mouth and hurt your teeth, and so warm in the … Continue reading →

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Fools Gold

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Paul

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 →

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Ankle Deep in Sand

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Paul

Tomorrow, the 17th May, is a local holiday, the Galician Day of Letters. With a Tuesday being a day off, there is obviously no point in working on a Monday, so we got a text from the builder last night … Continue reading →

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