More driftwood…

Our driftwood pile is growing! We went to a different beach last week to see what was around. We have been to this beach before but just a peek, not really beach combing. This would have been the beach nearest…

Our driftwood pile is growing! We went to a different beach last week to see what was around. We have been to this beach before but just a peek, not really beach combing. This would have been the beach nearest…

A cow arrived in the field next door. I think I’ve already taken a photo of this cow as I think it was living in a field looking over the sea. I’m not sure how long it will stay for…

We were out collecting driftwood and there was a lot of movement in the sea – and when we were stood on the rocks, we could see what the movement was – lots and lots of fish! They were quite…

Our beach (Rueta), is split by a river running into the sea and we can’t cross it – well, I guess we could, but sometimes it runs fast and we are cautious of Daisy getting swept away. However last week,…

…you have to imagine these taken through a non-smudgey window. Unfortunately our window is rather blurry and we need a tall ladder to clean it. We did inherit a tall ladder with the house, but it was held together with…

We get a lot of snails. When we moved in the house looked a bit like a snail’s graveyard as I think they had come in over the years when the house was covered in ivy and there were several…
I thought it might be fun to join us on a drive to Burela. Unfortunately, after a couple of minutes, I dropped my glasses, bit started falling off the car, the sun visor slipped down so I stopped! I will…

Ian has been working really hard on our Huerta – which included piercing the waterpipe which runs under the garden – oops! But on the positive side, we now know we have an outside waterpipe with a working tap by…

We had to go to the council offices last week in Cervo. Cervo is Galician for deer and this is the coat of arms. I’ve seen deer in the field now occupied by the horses, they were small but I…

We went to Viveiro (pooping nativity scene town) to watch their Domingo de Ramos parade. This translates as Sunday of the branches. The Semana Santa parades in Viveiro are famous and declared a fiesta of cultural interest. I don’t think…