I got back to Spain yesterday and it was almost as though I’d not been away for a fortnight. Despite little external change the house now has first fix electrics which comprises the carcasses for the sockets and switches along with several tens of metres of plastic tubing embedded in the soon to be plastered walls.<\/p>\n
I turned down the option of free Christmas draw in the supermarket at lunchtime. All I had to do was leave my phone number on my receipt to be entered into the competition\u00a0where the first prize\u00a0is\u00a0a pig. I didn’t enquire as to whether it was alive or dead as being a pescetarian who lives for most of the year\u00a0in England, neither answer would have appealed.<\/p>\n Being a generous type I thought that I might as well share Facundos cold. So\u00a0this afternoon I will\u00a0begin\u00a0preparation\u00a0of the\u00a0magnificent piece of\u00a0chestnut, which I bought last visit, and will be used\u00a0in the bathroom. This means decamping to Neils and taking full advantage of his hospitality by abusing his myriad of big boys woodworking\u00a0toys (circular saw, electric plane and band sander). My Tung Oil<\/a> arrived at Neils via mail order from Germany, of all places, although I had originally\u00a0bought it from a company in Madrid.<\/p>\n Sorry Neil!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The magical date of the 12th December 2012 (12\/12\/12) was the day that I caught a horrendous cold,\u00a0perfectly timed to coincide with\u00a0the yuletide festivities. As yet, there are no visible\u00a0portends of the snuffling hell that lies ahead, but after spending … Continue reading ![\"roof20121212_01\"](\"http:\/\/www.visitgalicia.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/roof20121212_01-300x225.jpg\")
<\/a>The other advancement is the porch which now has a roof, beautiful internal beams, and when I left to come home for my lunch, was starting to get its slates. We’ve ignored the architects plans for a single pitch and elected to build with three, and I am sure that it looks a lot better than it would have done. It’s a slightly larger roof area, and therefore slightly more expensive, but even half-done it looks great.<\/p>\n![\"roof20121212_02\"](\"http:\/\/www.visitgalicia.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/roof20121212_02-300x225.jpg\")
<\/a>The trip with Facundo was to Meira to look at some floor tiles for the kitchen, after I rejected the first option, which\u00a0looked like something you’d have found in a 1970’s swimming pool changing room,\u00a0out of hand. These were much better, and I’ve agreed to their purchase.<\/p>\n![\"roof20121212_03\"](\"http:\/\/www.visitgalicia.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/roof20121212_03-300x225.jpg\")
<\/a>The doors and windows, which I thought were scheduled for delivery yesterday, have not arrived and after a quick phone call it was established that we’d get them sometime ‘this year’. Not\u00a0very confidence-inspiring. I am going to go up to the carpenters in La Roda in the morning and see exactly where they are up to, and indeed whether they have actually started to construct them. I’m not entirely sure that I believe their assurances that they just need staining and varnishing.<\/p>\n