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…

Well the phone is now back on. Moral of the story is a/ pay bills and b/ when nice people ring us up from Telefonica they are probably not ringing us up to pass the time of day. It’s been…

Well, as Ian was about to construct a stinging letter to Telefonica complaining about the fact we were without the internet again, we noticed that the phone line was also not working and then realise with horror that we have…

Yesterday, Easter Sunday, we took our bikes out. And probably for the first time ever, I was able to go for a bike ride without having to get off to push it up a hill. It was great! We went…