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Tuesday we came within a gnat’s whisker of flooding at the back of the house. Just pure volume of rain – it was one of those rain storms that is not unlike someone putting a pressure hose outside. The rain…

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…

IMGP2438 copy, originally uploaded by vdltorre. If you check out Ian’s Flickr account – , you’ll see more snowy pics!

Well, there’s still snow on the roof and in the yard, so it has remained pretty cold. The fire’s doing it’s job though and it is noticeably warmer in the house this year to last. I had a surprise on…

Ian is taking part in a ‘do a creative thing every day’ challenge, and he is taking a photo a day. He’s posting the pics on his Flickr account. It’s here – Ian’s Pics.

An early morning knock at the door found me staring bleary eyed at Manuel and Felix who had come round to do the finishing that I’ve spoken about. Oh joy. I must admit it was quite nostalgic – flamenco on…

Ha – but not for the reasons you might think! Sam gets very fretful when there are loud bangs so, while we can’t protect him from many of the things that scare him, we decided we’d do what we can…

This is the time of year when we think back to our journey here. So far we’ve been remembering sleeping in our van in temperatures of minus 5, getting lost in north Spain and feeling a little shell-shocked on arrival.…