It costs 42 Euros for five litres and is intended to keep the woodworm and other wood loving creepy crawlies at bay for twenty years. Liberal application with an oversize paintbrush, the only one I had with me, saw plenty of the solution elsewhere than on the wood with a great deal of it landing on me. I suspect that my eyes won’t be getting any nasty infestations for twenty years.<\/p>\n
I emerged with solution (Corpol Metacarcoma<\/a>) and 3kg of 70mm galvanised nails to find that the most agrarian form of transport, the tractor, was behind me in the parking lot.<\/p>\n Deciding to make full use of my last Sunday before a two week trip home I set off for the house just after nine. A couple of miles from Taramundi, in a small village called Mousende, the locals had just slaughtered a pig by the roadside and were burning off its stubble with a blowtorch. Not a typical Sunday morning sight in Holmfirth.<\/p>\n Perhaps it was the ‘God police’ trying to dissuade me from working on the holy day, or perhaps he was just a nosey neighbour. I was pleasant enough, smiled a lot, and he seemed to like my cabazo. Once he got back in his car and drove off, I carried on my hammering.<\/p>\n Finally, on returning back to Taramundi mid-afternoon I was confronted by one of the local pub landlords running down the street carrying a shotgun. In England I would have been running as fast as I could in the other direction, but here it’s pretty much the norm and it appeared that a boar hunting party had just got back after an early morning start.<\/p>\n It is very, very different here. But I do love it…although I could have done without seeing the dead pig.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Although you are surrounded by beautiful countryside in both places,\u00a0it is often easy to forget that life in Galicia and Asturias is somewhat different to that in the Pennines, however rural we may think we are in Holmfirth. I’ve had … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.visitgalicia.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cartractor-300x225.jpg\" "\\"cartractor\\"")
<\/a>I found what I needed in\u00a0a most bizarre shop, as recommended by Neil, which was\u00a0one third agricultural wholesaler,\u00a0one third DIY centre, and one third supermarket.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.visitgalicia.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cabazohalf-224x300.jpg\" "\\"cabazohalf\\"")
<\/a>When I finally got started on the cabazo, admittedly making a bit of a noise banging 70mm galvanised nails through rock-hard chestnut, I was visited by a stranger. Although he spoke mostly in Gallego<\/a> I think I was being reprimanded for working on a Sunday as a couple of words I did pick out were domingo (Sunday) and Iglesia (church).<\/p>\n