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The Cost of Carpentry

One thing that seems very expensive in Spain, and I’ve probably mentioned this before, is carpentry. Given that about ninety percent of Galicia is covered in trees, and that the raw materials have always been surprisingly cheap, I can only … Continue reading

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What a difference two and a half years make

We bought the house in June 2010, completing on the longest day, the summer solstice of the 21st. It has taken us just over two and a half years to get to the cusp of the barn being habitable, and … Continue reading

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Putting t’wood in t’hole

My New Year resolution should have been; to have more faith in my builders. After yesterdays little outburst about having to ‘sort them out’, I arrived on site today to find all the windows and doors waiting for me, freshly … Continue reading

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The car with the missing horses

I am back in Galicia and back to the place which is feeling increasingly like ‘home’. I landed to find glorious sun on my balding, admittedly some would say bald, head and temperatures that were nudging towards twenty degrees centigrade. … Continue reading

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Can’t see the wood for the Prix

Yesterdays weather was dreadful. Howling wind and what started out as a nasty steady drizzle had become a fully fledged monsoon by mid-afternoon. By the time I’d got home and spend a couple of hours trying to dry out my … Continue reading

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