Tag Archives: Neighbours

Fishy fiesta

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Paul

There is considerable excitement in our household. We’ve booked a week at the house in late April, primarily to be there when the kitchen is fitted, but also to do some work on the area immediately around the house, to … Continue reading →

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A night of two feasts

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Paul

We’re back in the UK for a while, but not without one final Spanish adventure. On Friday we’d popped to our new neighbours, the ones from Madrid, to drop off a key and ask if they would be so kind … Continue reading →

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The curious case of the missing shoe

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Paul

Amanda has arrived in Galicia for the first time since May 2012, and she brought the English snow with her. After negotiating a fraught drive from Huddersfield to London and a night in a PremierInn, her plane departed Stansted at … Continue reading →

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When one (donkey) becomes four (horses)

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Paul

It’s been a pretty dull, in several senses of the word, few days. Facundos’ men left the barn on Thursday morning to attend to something that was obviously more pressing, and everything has been still and quiet up there until today. … Continue reading →

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A politically incorrect calendar and a cold shower (not related)

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Paul

When I was a nipper, in the days before my Saturday mornings of sport filled fun, I used to get dragged around my home town of Rotherham by my Dad, probably to give Mum a bit of respite. Dad and … Continue reading →

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