Ians feet – again
This is an indication of how bad they are – the last BLOG erased all trace of them… so here goes again. Ian has been suffering from is feet. Not a pleasant thought I know, but the fact remains he…
Kate Pullen
Post Office
We have both commented in this Blog that the village has a lot of shops, bars and general ‘things’ (it has two convents too, but I don’t think these are used any more). For 1000 people it is very well…
Gordon
We have found a gecko in one of the barns and have called him Gordon. Trouble is we´re not sure if he is hibernating or has died, but as he is up near the roof neither of us are that…
Follow the band
Ian popped out to see Jesus last night to ask for his telephone details for Telefonica and returned two and a half hours later, with the information we needed. He had shared a glass or two of wine from Zafra…
Well well well
We have had a good day today. We used the well for the first time, unfortunately to wash down the patio after Henry had been sick on it several times after eating something unmentionable. Well anyway, we thought this would…
Still no phone
but they did contact us yesterday saying there was a problem with the order, suggesting we are in the system somewhere or other. So far still so good, we still have hot water, and if we get the tap turned…
Hurrar
… insomuch as we have found the library and it is open 5 days a week with at least 7 internet points. First found it last night. However it appeared to be full of a gaggle of youngsters who had…
Quick update
…whilst we are in an internet cafe in Zafra. We are still trying to sort out a phone line, the english speaking help line at Telefonica remains unanswered so we´ve emailed a request. Apparently the response time is 20 days…
We’re off
Well, Friday we finished packing the bungelow. We managed at last to get the Rug Doctor from teh Co-op (there was a run on Rug Doctor usage pre Christmas) and the carpets came up fine. We decamped over to Jim…
Getting closer..
I am writing this in the library whilst we wait for our change of address letters to print. These will go in the post today and hopefully will not get lost before businesses open up again in the new year.…