As the days have got hotter, we have got increasingly into continental (well at least Spanish interior) life. We took Basil and Tinks out for a walk VERY late at night – 11.30ish? Well late by our standards – however…

Ian and I are still realing from the shock that we have a thief in our midst. Doubly shocked as the thief in question is no other than Dookems. Dookems, our cat burgular. Today, just before we went to Adelardo’s,…

The man in the supermarket looked rather startled as I mimed ‘fly swat’. It probably didn’t help that he had drawn close to me to look in the dictionery I was holding just as I went into full ‘swat’ mime.…

Ian is delighted that I have bought a guitar back from England. He is not so happy about the fact that my guitar playing repetoire is left over from my girlguide days – but what fun we are going to…

One of the down sides of having 6 dogs is cutting their coats, we’ve unfortunately chosen breeds that all require trimming. Back in the UK we could take them to the agricultural college to be trimmed quite inexpensively. Basil used…

We have just come back from buying Churros for breakfast. A new Churros shop has opened on the square by a couple who we have become friendly with and we went down to harden our arteries and support their venture.…

Above left: Dookems. He doesn’t often get photographed as being all black makes him difficult to take. But here he is walking with purpose towards me. Left: Kittens with Tinks – they are getting quite big now Below: Oranges –…

The opening of the swimming pool was very much a BIG THING. We wandered up about 3 in the afternoon and it was packed. The bar that is. I think that everyone in the village was there, again, all the…

First of July and I remembered to say White Rabbits. Actually I remember most months, my last failure being when Ian made me say ‘oh bugger’ instead, however on reflection I think he realised the error of his ways. We…

We went to the ‘show’ last night which was a representation of the Inquisition in Llerena and how the witches came under the protection of the Village of Villagarcia. It was excellent. We didn’t understand much, however it was apparent…