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No More Blisters!
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It’s summer!
After a promising week in February where the thermometer reached 21°C one Monday afternoon, the next few months were filled with a deluge of rain. This wasn't really something to complain about, as it meant that early garden experimentation never required the use of a hose. Until about ten days ago, when the thermometer shot …
New Year, New Decade, New Home
What a way to start a year than by having committed to buying a home with an acre of land and a view that stretches for miles? It's how we started ours. After two years and six months of living out of pannier bags and gathering belongings that would never fit on the bikes, …
Writing Camp: A reflection
Two weeks into Campnanowrimo and 10,000 words have made it to a page, even if a virtual one. I've held on to an idea: to do any serious writing, it requires an early rise (my optimal working time) and a strict daily schedule of tasks, where one is a block of time for writing. Absolute …
A European Perspective on Brexit
I've been avoiding the B word for some time now. But I have to share this. In a cafe today, with the TV on behind my companions, I saw an animated cartoon which clearly featured a caricature of Teresa May. She was poking her nose through an 'exit' door in the middle of a …
Fancy a Writing Camp?
I know a couple of followers have undertaken the NaNoWriMo challenge, which is to undertake a finished piece of work of 50,000 words in a month. That sounds to me like you need either a lot of a coffee to work through the night, or your day job is a writer. Hats off …
Going ‘home’
We've been here a month finding our way round, despite huge language obstacles. Don't get me wrong, English is very widely spoken in Portugal, but when you need it most, it isn't. Like in government offices. We've spent quite a bit of time in those. It's led to the achievement of a residency certificate, …
The many countries of Spain
"As you cross the border, you know you're in Asturias" We have friends who have bought property at the foot of a mountain range known as the Picos de Europa in Asturias, northern Spain. We like Asturias, and as they said, you know you're in Asturias the minute you cross the border. Unlike neighbouring Cantabria, …
In Search of the Soplao
"Where are you going, Alex?" Alex stops to catch his breath. "They call it the Soplao." Astraes, deeply impressed opens his eyes wide. Hesitating at first, he eventually declares, "I wanna go with you." "Only pirates can go." "I wanna be a pirate. I can be a pirate, I's Cap'n Khal." "Cap'n Khal's a girl," …
