Kate Pullen

When we moved here we got the strimmer serviced. Given that it’s over 20 years old, it was probably due a service! It started working well, but then it became a bit intermittent. We took it in for the person…

We had a picnic on the way back from the supermarket at a little beach around the corner from San Cibrao, and near the aluminium plant. While we were there a ship went out of the port – and a…

It was Carnival this Tuesday and while there were parades going on at the weekend, we went to the one in San Cibrao. It was fun! And yes, the kazoo trumpets were there again 🙂 However, while this was all…

I’d read in the paper that a nearby beach was covered in driftwood – so we decided to go and take a look… Only to find a disappointing lovely clean beach! From this beach we could see what appeared to…

Our lemon tree was very unhealthy when we moved in. It had been covered in ivy and weeds and looked very different to the colorful lemon trees that dot the landscape. Well, after a little TLC, it not only started…

We had to go to the post office and instead of coming straight back, we went in the other direction to explore over the cliffs. We started off at the ‘paper rocks’ which near the old whaling port. and then…

Well, perhaps. An odd thing happened last week and that was the local supermarkets all sold out of the frozen veg mix I normally buy for Ludvig. He eats pellets, a seed and fruit mix and the veg mix. It’s…

Did the steps sink or the sand rise? We recently discovered that some bakers open on a Sunday morning in larger towns. So when we went to get bread for a bread-and-cheese meal, we also got some for lunch and…

Who’d have thought we’d have such an interest in boats 🙂 That photo is hydrofoil ferry which has been built in the ship yard in Burela. It’s for an Italian company. The ship yard in Burela also has recently built…