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What a super moon!

Last night, when we put the animals out for their before-bed wander, we noticed that the moon was very big and very golden. So we walked down to the beach to look at it from there. Unfortunately – it was…

Family of boars!

This is where they were a nano second before I had my phone ready and camera on ☝️ (it’s not a very good pic as it was still quite dark) I saw a boar cross the road, and unlike the…

Mermaid Song

I forgot to post this in the mermaid fiesta post – it’s a song by a local band about Maruxaina, which is the mermaid. This was from a previous year. There are some good arial photos 🙂

A Different View

There’s two wind turbines just outside San Cibroa (mermaid town) and we can see them from the beach in San Cibroa and also from the road, but we don’t actually drive past them. There’s a fish farm and trading estate…

Carnival

Carnival has been in full throw. There appeared to be parades in most of the towns. We saw the one in Burela by accident, but we went to the one in San Ciprian as it was nearest to us. There…

Looking lived in…

The house is looking a bit more lived in. Having been empty for a while, it had a sort of abandoned feel to it, but with some of our bits and pieces outside, it’s looking more lived in!

Where’s the Wallies?

There’s more than one way to take a selfie. Here’s a screenshot of one of Burela council’s webcams. Look closely and you may find us somewhere on the beach (clue, we weren’t paddling).

Cat In a Box

Here is Pirata in a box! Given he is a cat with no eyes, it is truly remarkable how he finds boxes. He was in this one literally as soon as the box was empty. Ian moved the box off…