Category Archives: Barn Renovation

An inconvenient return

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Paul

I’ll be selecting a few of the photographs that Amanda and I took while we were at the barn and sharing them with you over the next couple of weeks, as a stop-gap to my next visit. I may, however, be … 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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Oops…that was expensive!

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Paul

It’s been an expensive day, and much as I wish it wasn’t, it was all my fault. Firstly, the kitchen floor is now finished and despite my initial reservations I am pretty happy with it. The tiles are porcelain but … 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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Putting t’wood in t’hole

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Paul

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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