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We went out today to cost our list of 102 things that we need (it continues to grow). We found some excellent stores in Badajoz and managed to get prices, or at least ideas for most of what we wanted.…

I dreamt that Ian got arrested for buying a bright green kitchen. It was a very vivid dream – as, indeed, was the color of the kitchen. There is a message there somewhere. We’ve got a list of 98 things…

Still in the full thrust of dynamism, we’ve started planning what needs to be done where, which has entailed drawing up a plan. Happily, Ian has an electronic tape measure, unfortunately it is difficult to work, therefore it took several…

Mum alerted me to this – It is very interesting – all the more so as we went to Badajoz last week.

I was in two minds whether to post this or not – the quality is exceptionally bad. The first clip is of a play about the founding of the village and their relationship with the Knights Templar, the second is…

We’ve decided that we must be a lot more proactive with regards to the building work. We’ve actually never spoken direct to the builder to confirm the quote or discuss plans, instead we’ve passed on the very occasional message via…

Ian and I have been congratulating ourselves on the fact we appear to be acclimatizing – to the weather – as we don’t seem to have suffered with the heat. We put this down to a number of things –…

The Plus supermarket in Llerena has closed and a new one has taken it over called El Arbol. It opened on Tuesday, but we waiting till Wednesday before going and taking a look. It’s OK, however more like Waitrose than…

Three roman busts were found in the roman remains up the road just outside Llerena. This is a clip from the paper:- The busts date from the first and second centuries and one of Trajan is of particular interest. A…

Ian found Blackbeard cowering in the dark in the dressing room. He picked him up and BB was shaking. He didn’t seem to be injured, but he was very shaken and was walking with a limp. Luckily, BB is very…