Monthly Archives: March 2014

Chimney

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Gary

No builders today. I had a call from Dave today saying he’d be popping round tomorrow to measure up for the beams. He told me the builders wouldn’t be in today because they had to finish a chimney. And here … Continue reading →

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Life goes on

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Gary

The scaffolding turned up this morning. While I took Mirinda up to the station, leaving Day-z on her own for the first time, the builders were hard at it, creating their work platforms. I returned to find that Day-z had … Continue reading →

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Carmen

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Gary

Carmen died in the early hours of this morning. I wasn’t there so Mirinda had to take her to the vet last night, have her x-rayed then be woken up this morning to hear the awful news. I am devastated … Continue reading →

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Born with a screechy voice

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Gary

Tonight I met a girl called Annie, Amy or Anne, it’s hard to say which for certain. When referring to her in subsequent conversations I called her “Annie, Amy, whatever the girl with the screechy voice, was called…” For the … Continue reading →

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Fate and hope are NOT the same thing!

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Gary

Southampton has the loveliest little airport. When I say ‘little’ I mean one single building, just a short walk from the car park and a runway too small for big planes. Speaking of planes…sadly we weren’t taking one of the … Continue reading →

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Changing plans

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Gary

Carla, one of the baristas at Starbucks, lives on the road that they’re resurfacing every night, at the moment. She said she wasn’t bothered by the constant beep, beep that kept Mirinda from sleep last night. Then again, when I … Continue reading →

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Demolition man

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Gary

The builders returned today. They moved the mud around a bit, filling up the trench either side of the footings as well as putting in the soak-away. This required a big hole to be dug in front of the beech … Continue reading →

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Back in the real world

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Gary

I’ve had a day full of admin, it feels like. What with builders and banks and bewildering amounts of documentation to take care of, it’s almost like I was back at work. Of course, there was time to Skype with … Continue reading →

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Adios, Madrid

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Gary

The sun came out this morning. There were blue skies for the first time. There was also a quite ferocious wind. We started our day packing and checking out of the hotel, following a lovely long lay in (I do … Continue reading →

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Thank you Mr Pinkleton

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Gary

The rain decided to give us a miss today. Well, to be absolutely honest, we did get a few spits and spots late in the afternoon but nothing that really warrants much comment. Yesterday we booked onto an English tour … Continue reading →

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