Bodega to working kitchen in record time. It suddenly? dawned on us that we are expecting a load of friends, including two children for Christmas. To suitably entertain them and even more important feed a that crowd we needed the bodega to become the new kitchen. Preparing for a floating floor, lime mortar for the old walls, central…
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Blissful central heating – Yes it works to specification
It is interesting to observe for oneself that only if you had things you may miss them, if you had not had them you don’t. Nearly all of us living above the “threshold” take a warm(ish) and dry house / flat for granted. Turn a litle knob and presto it’s warm. Here in Galicia it…
Winter is on it’s way – Early warning at -10C
A couple of days ago, whilst we were blissfully sleeping the temperature dropped dramatically. The days beforehand showed cold nights and balmy days with sunshine and temperatures above 20C. Waking up this particular morning we looked out and had a surprise – All white and still bitterly cold. After we wrapped up accordingly we ventured…



