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Pre-broken ankle I was taking pictures of our orange tree monthly to see how the oranges developed. Good job I was looking at oranges and not lemons as we only have three lemons. Anyway – here is our orange tree…

Well Christmas is nearly upon us and the fridge is full of Dia 3 for 2 cava. Excellent! One challenge that we are facing is how to cook our traditional Xmas day lunch of Lentil Wellington and all the trimmings.…

Fibs saying hello to Bob, that black blob top right by the plant is Davy and Ian getting bitten by Tibs!

Should charades ever become an Olympic event then the British Olympic Committee need look no further than the British abroad. Well let’s put a caveat on that – I obviously don’t mean those at either end of the language spectrum;…

We went to a jumble sale yesterday – I was so excited the night before I could hardly sleep! It was in Elvas in Portugal and in aid of the British cemetery there. More info here . We had…

Yesterday was a holiday to celebrate the immaculate conception. It also appeared to be the day when pigs are slaughtered for Christmas. We went out for a quick walk around the village and were aware of a lot of chattering…

Today is a holiday in Spain to celebrate the forming of the constitution in 1978. Friday is a holiday too, so tomorrow is opted by most people as a holiday. Except for the physio people who naturally will take out…

You may remember a while back that I mentioned that Ian had seen a stork. Well since then this ‘stork’ appear to have become invisable and even Ian was wondering whether it was a figment of his imagination – either…

I thought this was quite cute as Tibs was snuggling up in the fleece. However this soon wore off as it turned into a game. Well several games actually. There was the batting bits of fleece all over the workshop…