Category Archives: House Renovation

Back After a Three Year Absence

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Paul

It’s getting on for three years since I last put anything on these pages, an awful record, and something of which I am deeply ashamed. You’d be forgiven for thinking that we’d done nothing in the past three years but … Continue reading →

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Amanda Saves The Day

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Paul

I’ve always had terrible phobia of wasps and as with my only other weakness, ice cream, it is all the fault of my Mother. Some of my earliest memories are of my Mum shrieking and flapping her arms about like … Continue reading →

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An Inconvenient Phone Call

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Paul

Amanda and I returned to Spain on Sunday afternoon after a first joint trip to England in over two years. We’d been for a special meal, dinner suit and posh frock, held in honour of one of my old mates … Continue reading →

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Single Handedly Ending The Spanish ‘Crisis’

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Paul

We’d planned to go to the stone masons near Mondoñedo on several occasions and on one occasion had even got part way there before turning back. We were interested in a couple of things; an old stone trough to go … 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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