Tag Archives: Trece

Forty-four frantic hours on the horizon

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Paul

I’m feeling quite pleased with myself. To avoid three kitchen related visits, we asked our friends Kay & Stephen whether they would be good enough to meet the kitchen fitter when he made his ‘mandatory’ visit to measure-up. They agreed … 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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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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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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