Poor Francine has had to return to the UK for the classic family emergency. I dropped her at Alicante airport last night for a dreadful 11:50 PM flight back to Luton getting in at 1:20 AM. Strewth!. Dropping Francine off…
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New Cooking Kit
Casa Libelule is an electricity-only property so cooking is a bit of a frustration, electric hobs being what they are. So, as well as a BBQ, which really needs to be gas to avert any fire risk in the tinder-box-dry Spanish…
Posted in 2015 Autumn
Temporary Neighbour
I’ve received our latest electricity bill. When I looked at it I was a little taken aback since the 43€ amount related to two months when the property would have been completely empty with the mains power turned off. The…
Posted in 2015 Autumn
Blessed Terra Firma
We’re bound for Spain again. It’s been a long time since the British summer, which was 9th, 10th & 11th July – there’s been two months of cloud since then – and we’re keen to get there. Car ready loaded…
Posted in 2015 Autumn
Premature Evacuation
The rain which returned yesterday late afternoon remained with us overnight. Today’s weather guess was for a brighter afternoon but instead we’ve got clouds descending ever lower and further rain, originally on and off, now seemingly persistently. With weather forecasts…
Posted in 2015 Devon
Leaden Skies
Yesterday’s threat of rain continued into this morning. Hoping that things might be better at the coast and with my wanting to exercise my legs into submission, we headed for Ilfracombe and Torrs Park for another stab at the Coast…
Posted in 2015 Devon
Coastal Investigations
The sun was shining again. We headed off to investigate a few coastal spots. Woolacombe lies to the west of us and sports a wide expanse of sand facing west into any rollers that might have arrived on our shores…
Posted in 2015 Devon
Out of Character
School summer holidays, the worst time of year when Satan’s Little Disciples are out and about making the planet uninhabitable for civilized adults. This is a time of year that we normally stay at home hiding. Complete escape is impossible,…
Posted in 2015 Devon
Running the Blockade
Striking used to be called an English disease. In fact, it is much more of a maladie francaise, certainly these days. If it isn’t farmers blocking streets and burning foreign lamb imports, French truckers blocking autoroutes or French air traffic…
Posted in 2015 Spring
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