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Gardening

We’ve been doing some work on the garden. I’ve been strimming it as much as possible to keep the nettles, ivy and brambles down, but on some of the garden it’s growing back as soon as I strim it, I…

Our new neighbours

Two horses, a mother and foal, came to live in the field next door. We thought it was going to be cows, but apparently there was a change of plan! We have also been to see a ‘Castro’ which is…

Boats

This is a ship at Burela port which is being stacked with eucalyptus logs. Here are the stacks of logs. These are actually very big piles, however it’s not clear in the photo. There’s a crane towards the right of…

Cathedral Beach

We went to Praia As Catedrais (Cathedral Beach), which is just the other side of Foz. We had to time this right, as much of the beach can’t be seen during high tide, so it’s best to visit to coincide…

Donacella’s Cave

We’d read about Donacella’s cave which is the other side of Viveiro (pooping nativity scene town). We had to go to the police station there to get our address changed on our residency cards (which didn’t happen), so we thought…

Sea Glass!

Our seaglass collection! It’s growing (and we have more in the house!) Oh, and if you look the big pebbley thing in the middle of the photo above (in front of the plant pots on the wall), Ian found it…

Iron Age Forts

The other day we took a walk over to the headland by the beach near the house where there’s the site of an iron age fort. Then I was reading in the local paper that some buildings are being demolished…

This time last year…

—we were picking asparagus This year we’re picking amethyst What a difference a year makes!! Last year hunting asparagus… This year hunting Daisy’s ball in the river: Last year olive groves… This year beaches Last year home of the Spanish…

Pixie Goes to the Vet (and the Beach)

Pixie has been to the vet to have the dosis of the medication she takes checked. This is from when she lost her fur a few years ago. She was having regular blood tests at our last vet. I thought…

The Best Bench in the World

This is the best bench in the world – we know that because it says so on the bench (more or less). We had promised that we would visit the best bench in the world because when we were looking…