Category Archives: Barn Renovation

The car with the missing horses

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Paul

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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2013: My year of thrift

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Paul

Rather than make a New Years resolution ‘per se’ I have decided instead to adopt a word and try ensure that it underlies and governs my every action and deed in 2013. That word is ‘thrift’. In short I am going to become … Continue reading →

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The Christmas wind down begins

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Paul

From the lack of activity up at the barn it seems that the Christmas holidays have started early for Facundos men. Since Sunday I have only seen the soon to be Ukraine bound Roma, who has been cleaning and tidying … Continue reading →

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Can’t see the wood for the Prix

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Paul

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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A place for poo

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Paul

So much has happened today I can’t fit it all into one blog, so this mornings excursion to the carpenters in La Roda will have to wait until tomorrow. I’d decided to treat myself to fifteen extra minutes in bed before … Continue reading →

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