This time last week we were thinking about halloween parties. Jim and Viv were planning a party for the younger members of the family – and everyone was invited to bring some food for the meal. We made green slime…

We’ve been a bit shoddy on the BLOG front just recently. This is mainly because Ian promised he would write the next one and is reluctant to do so unless he has something interesting or funny to write about. Now…

Well, last night it rained in volumes like we hadn’t seen in a long time. It was just as the dogs were due to be walked – of course, so we waited a bit and then we all forlornly headed…

There are also a lot more slugs than we remember seeing in Cumbria. That must be the chickens, and perhaps wrong sort of terrain for slugs. But there have been some big juicey ones slurping their way across the path…

Another thing that we’ve noticed is Daddy Long Legs. There are lots of them and we hadn’t noticed that we’d not been aware of any in Min House. Now, is this becuase there weren’t any, or because the chickens etc…

Purely in the name of research, Ian and I have sampled these since we have moved back south. Interestingly – cheese and onion pie from Greggs 65p in Penrith, 85p in Poole, takeaway curry – nearly twice as much as…

We have let Davy out for a wander. We opened the cat flap, and also a window to let him out. He then spent most of the night walking in and out of the window, just proving to himself that…

Where indeed! What a few weeks it has been, we worked out that we have driven over 3000 miles in just over two weeks and spent the equivalent of 3 whole days behind the wheel of a car – no…

…. that we have put a deposit down on a house. It is in Villagarcia which is north of Seville. www.kaffi.co.uk/spain More details to follow.

It is amazing that it is only a couple of weeks since I last updated the Blog. Since then such a lot has happened. Firstly we have found out what has been a matter with Dad. The results of a…