Month September 2012

I’ve started a ‘joke of the week’ page at Marchena35. This was the first week, it made me smile and Ian groan…

We had rain today – must be the first rain for 6 months. We knew it was coming as we went to Pepes at lunch time and he had the news on, and the top story was rain! The news…

We’re just coming to the end of a mammoth cheese feast which we started for Ian’s birthday. In fact, we started the weekend before his birthday, having bought a number of different cheeses, including our favourite torta cheese. We bought…

Every year, on the third Sunday of September, we find ourselves asking the same question. “What time does the procession carrying the virgin pass through the square?” Every year we struggle trying to remember what time it happened last year.…

Once a year we confuse the animals by dragging them away from the comfy spots they have commandeered around the house, and frog marching them into Ian’s office where we subject them to very loud music – for their own…

They had to take a photo of themselves in front of 356,000 euros. This was the number on this sign behind them. I did a surprisingly long bike ride yesterday. I spontaneous turn meant that I ended up taking a…

It has been the hottest and driest summer for 50 years. Hence the youngsters were drawn to the agricultural water tank after the barbaque. The water isn’t drinkable, but it is fine for running in and out of if you…

We had a end of summer classes treasure hunt today. And lived to tell the tale. We had three teams who had to go round the village answering questions. To stop them getting completely lost we had some photo clues,…

Ed demonstrating a ‘slack line’ (a sort of tightrope that is tied between trees).  They had bought it with them and we went to the fitness park and tied it between a couple of trees there. It was about a…