Tag Archives: Galicia

A night of two feasts

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Paul

We’re back in the UK for a while, but not without one final Spanish adventure. On Friday we’d popped to our new neighbours, the ones from Madrid, to drop off a key and ask if they would be so kind … 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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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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