in search of the kiwi

The convent that I stayed in next was on the edge of a large village up in the hills behind Tarragona, about 20 minutes from the sea.  It ...

I’m having a bit of time away after the winter, partly holiday and also a bit more of a nose into the possibilities in Spain.  I have ment...

Tomorrow is a big day. My nomadic lifestyle comes to a close.  For a while anyway.  I don’t imagine that I shall never venture again, ...

moving a house   Two weeks in for me, the rest of the team have spent much longer preparing the foundations and much of the wood that ...

Another week has passed with no news from the Notaire, it must only mean that everything is going smoothly!!!!!  I tried to phone last Thu...

Swaan cutting biscuits   straight from the oven never enough biscuits part shop, part kitchen

Two weeks in already, time is flying and I’m partly wishing that I could stay here for ages and see this project advance much further than...

And then to Nic’s for a week, more of a catch up visit and to see how he’s getting on with the various projects that he has on the go.  I ...

I’ve been to the UK and back.  I spent a wonderful fortnight visiting family and friends, caught some great weather after all those storms...

I know, I know, it’s been over a month since I last wrote and I am starting to get emails from close friends checking that I am OK.  Yes, ...

My plans haven’t been going to plan since I last wrote, but it’s all worked out extraordinarily well.  I had been invited to work on const...

I returned to Francoise and Vincent in Pau for an autumnal week.  It was great to see them again and I was welcomed like a good friend.  A...

I left the mountains in a snow storm, concerned that the roads wouldn’t be clear enough for the car.  Fortunately Pierlo arrived with a st...