“We need a pair of waders”
—is among the most unlikely things I think I’d ever expected to hear Ian say. We found that there is a ‘trail of the mills’ which starts on ‘our’ beach. We couldn’t quite work out where it started, as it…
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Getting Straight…
The undercover area between the house and the barn is quite a useful area. It’s full of stuff at the moment, however when we get it clear and sorted it will be quite practical. Here is Ian planting some seeds…
A trip to a nativity scene…
Much was as expected – Mary, Joseph and a few shepherds (one with a real cat sitting on his head which was quite funny… And then we saw this and Ian said – “that looks like that man’s…” And Ian…
Beach Combing
While we’ve been taking Daisy for a walk on the beach, we’ve started collecting sea glass, shards of ceramics and other bits and pieces. Ian found an old oar the other day that had got washed up after a storm…
High Wire Act
I think we experienced the north easterly wind that we have been warned of. And what a day for the electric company to choose to do work on the electric cables. I was quite surprised to look out of the…
Fairy Walk
We went to another small town called Xove. In Galego (Galician), Xs are used instead of J, so in Spanish it would be Jove. It’s about 10km away which is a little over 6 miles and we went to do…
Christmas Decorations
Well, that was a surprise! We have Christmas lights outside our house – the only one around. Not sure why we have been graced by the lights – other than there are two posts outside the house so they can…
We have a laundry!
We knew there was something in the red brick building right at the very end of the house, but it was difficult to truly investigate as the nettles and brambles were over knee high and quite painful to walk through.…
Early Morning Play on the Beach for Daisy (and Ian)
On Sunday we took Daisy for a run on the beach in San Cipiran (mermaid beach). Daisy enjoyed teaching Ian how to fetch the ball: We also did some more strimming and clearing around the house. Beach for Lunch Later…
Adrenaline Rush
On Saturday we went to Foz to go to a supermarket. While there are several more local, we’re using this as an opportunity to get out and see some new areas. Foz is about 20 minutes away. We drove their…