Xmas Day 2017 At last we are off duty and enjoying the sun. Most of the ralliers have booked the Xmas Dinner provided by the site but limited numbers meant that we felt obliged to give up our tickets for…
Swearing the Oath
Wednesday 8th November Our neighbours didn’t come over last night, they must have danced the night away and by the time we woke up next morning they had flown the nest. We were surrounded by hundreds of cars, all carrying…
A Host of Golden Pigeons?
Saturday 4th November Frankie is cooling his poor tired feet, he’s had a hard day. Yesterday I said we were still on plan and then I logged onto the internet and the plan went completely to pot. First off, Tina…
Vino del Dia
Friday 3rd November Thursday night was uneventful and very peaceful until the rain started at 4am but it had cleared by getting up time. We took the N623 due south from Santander which was very quiet but interesting and we…
It Ain’t Arf Hot – Mum
Thursday 2nd November This is the first view of our ferry, the Pont Aven, sailing from Portsmouth to Santander. There would have been more photos if things had been more exciting but the crossing was so smooth and uneventful nothing…
All good things…
12th January 2017 I’m not happy, really, really not happy. We’ve got to leave here in the morning. We booked in for 26 nights, added another 4 nights but now, we really do have to start moving (pretty quickly) homeward.…
Truma Trauma
Saturday 24th December At the end of last weeks blog (I’ve been busy OK?) we were about to go over to the weekly quiz night and guess who won? Yes, Our very own Lucy “Dory” Walland who has trouble remembering…
Decs are up!
16th December Lucy’s haircut last week worked out alright. There was one tricky bit when they asked how she wanted it, shoulder length and in layers please. The shoulder length was easy enough but they really didn’t understand the layers.…
The Language Mangler
Thursday 8th December No photos today – I tried taking a photo of Lucy but rabbits and headlights… Do you remember me telling you all that we have settled down in Pinedas de Mar and are sitting Xmas and New…
The Boots from Brazil
Tuesday 6th December Things are going to go very quiet on the blog front for the next month, there will be one or two bits of excitement but it looks like we might be settling down until the New Year.…