Ian

We’re pleased to announce that Manuel and two men from the Atomic Weapons Agency are currently on the roof spraying insulation onto it. This should make it water tight until the tiles are laid which is good news as rain…

apr_12Originally uploaded by ian_pullen This was one of the shots that I heroically took while prancing around the roof like a mountain goat. Manuel looked impressed – don’t think he’d ever seen someone displaying such supreme confidence at that altitude.…

The roofing work commenced on Monday as planned, with the roof on Kate’s workshop being removed. It’s lovely and light in there now and only marginally wetter than before. Moments after taking this shot, our electrics tripped. Kate had asked…

Kate had noticed that a year ago yesterday was the first time we went picking asparagus in 2009 and as the rain had disappeared yesterday afternoon, with occasional flashes of sun, we decided to chance our arm and head out…

Just remembered that I still hadn’t uploaded this pic from the Three Kings night when, due to a shortage of camels, tractors tow the Three Kings through the village, while the Kings throw sweets to, and occasionally at, the following…

Antonio has just popped in to return the doors that he removed last week. However they’re looking a bit different. Kate hasn’t seen them as she’s in her workshop with the cats and the dogs so this post is as…

I see Kate has mentioned that we finally found a mirror for the shower room. We’ve been looking everywhere that we’ve been for the past 6 months or so but hadn’t seen anything that seemed suitable. It needed to fit…

As Kate has mentioned, Antonio has been fitting the frames for our internal doors. It’s reassuring to see that he seems to be attempting to finish the job with an urgency that he never applied to starting the job. Anyway…

After my flying visit to the UK, I got back home safely Sunday afternoon after another smooth journey. Once more my thanks to Jim for getting up at 4.45am to get me to the airport. On the flight over to…

Another step to modernising our household has been taken with the arrival of a new dishwasher. I originally thought that the power button had quaintly been labelled as the ‘Silence’ button for the Spanish market, but on consideration I think…