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Dookems is the black one and Schnookems the tabby. Must admit we had a bit of a debate this morning on how to spell their names. They are settling in well and seem a couple of happy kittens.

Having fun that is! After last week when our adoptive home decided to have a quiet weekend partying in the country for 48 hours solid followed by taking Monday off so that they could spend the day partying in the…

Last night saw the second European football final in a month involving an English and a Spanish team. Foloowing from Middlesborough’s thrashing by Sevilla, Arsenal were tasked with upholding English pride in Villagarcia. We’d already established from the weekend that…

Our thermometre registered 40 degrees in the shade today. Ian and I wondered quite what we have done – it is very hot and it is only May. What is August going to be like… Anyway, we are now having…

The Spanish like to eat drink and dance. This is something we are learning. As the village decamped to the ‘campo’ for a weekend of partying, we thought we’d nip down to show our faces and then come back again.…

I was aware that something was going on this weekend, well the posters in the village were giving it away actually. We were pretty confident that there was something to do with tractors happening, and I think a sack race,…

now my blisters have reduced to the size of small zeplins, I am feeling much better. We put Bob on extra sausage rations, which cheered him up, and although he was walking stiffly round the yard, we did find him…

otherwise titled – Bobs worst day of his life. Bob and I went for a 24 kilometre walk today. Tinkerbelle came too, but she was carried part of the way. This all came as a bit of a suprise. Yesterday…