- 13th to 20th June 2026 – Six beds in Seven days… it’s good to be home!
- 8th to 12th June 2026 – Lazin’ on a sunny afternoon… or two, three, four…
- 1st to 7th June 2026 – A perfect week: Restful days, beautiful sunsets; a trip to the Zoo, a call home, topped off with a Ruby…
- 23rd to 31st May 2026 – Friendly Hoopoes, BBQ bans, days out & catching up with old friends…
- 16th to 22nd May 2026 – Week two of our Spanish Adventure (II)
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13th to 20th June 2026 – Six beds in Seven days… it’s good to be home!
We left our place near Villanueva del Rey just after 10am, after saying farewell to our hosts when they turned up to clean the place for their next guests. What a lovely family they have been! We enjoyed another easy, slow drive to Sotoserrano some 400kms away (about 240 miles) with a couple of stops…
Keep reading8th to 12th June 2026 – Lazin’ on a sunny afternoon… or two, three, four…
Well, we have been pretty relaxed this past week, making the most of our final days staying near Villanueva del Rey. This break has been nothing but relaxing… we’ve really taken it easy and only had the occasional walk out during the 5 weeks we have now been away. It’s strange for us to do…
Keep reading1st to 7th June 2026 – A perfect week: Restful days, beautiful sunsets; a trip to the Zoo, a call home, topped off with a Ruby…
… ahhhh, total bliss! 😊 After completely forgetting about a planned FaceTime call to Mum last week, I actually remembered the rescheduled one this week and spent a few minutes with her online last Monday. It was nice to see her but always leaves me feeling a bit melancholic… it’s difficult enough to have a…
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23rd to 31st May 2026 – Friendly Hoopoes, BBQ bans, days out & catching up with old friends…
Last weekend (23 May), whilst having breakfast in the cool shade of our terrace, a Hoopoe came to say hello! It sat on the railings about a metre from where we were sat, for about 10 seconds, raised its crest in greeting (or fright? 🤔) before flying off again… What a fantastic bird to see…
Keep reading16th to 22nd May 2026 – Week two of our Spanish Adventure (II)
On Friday 15th May 2026, we decided to take a final evening walk around Santa Maria de la Alameda to take in the wonderful views of the Mountains before leaving on Saturday morning and heading south… it was still blumming freezing so, much as we loved where we were, we couldn’t wait to see the…
Keep reading10th to 15th May 2026 – Fort, Ferry & a long car journey; Flora, Fauna & Birdies; Mountains & Monuments!
10th May 2026 – After a leisurely morning at our overnight hotel, we spent the day bombing about the Portsmouth area… we didn’t get to Farlington Marshes as the weather was a bit rainier than promised – it also seemed to us that, despite the warm weather on our arrival down “sarf”, the Scottish, cold,…
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2nd to 9th May 2026 – A special centenarian, holiday haircut and “a little bit of politics”!
What a strange world we live in… from far off wars we didn’t start but impact on our every day lives, to joyous birthday celebrations for one of the greatest Britons ever, to a seemingly dramatic rise in right-wing popularism… not sure if it’s just me but it can all feel a bit overwhelming at…
Keep reading26th April to 1st May 2026 – Assassination attempts, 26.2m in < 120mins, sunshine, final feeds & looking forward to our next Spanish adventure!
Happy May Day bank holiday weekend everyone! Sunday 26th April started as an average Sunday but with an early start for me as I had a 3.5-hour morning shift during which I learnt there had been another possible assassination attempt on the leader of the free world… I admit this news left me with mixed…
Keep reading16th to 25th April 2026 – Door knobs & Tulips…
Although it was along drive home from Kent last week when I headed back to Scotland after visiting brother Chris for his birthday… it wasn’t as bad as I had feared as the threatened fuel protests didn’t materialise – well, not when I was on the road anyway! Apart from the usual crappy traffic on…
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3rd to 15th April 2026… Easter weekend; family visits North & South; & still missin’ a Nissan!
It seems a long time ago already but we had a great Easter weekend which was topped off with a visit from Louise, Lee & Niamh for 3-nights from Easter Sunday… One thing with Niamh – because she doesn’t eat much, being a mere slip of a girl, it means you can do an Easter…
Keep reading25th March to 02 April 2026… Tip trip trouble, carpet fitter fiascos & the official start of British Summer Time…
It’s funny how January was such a slow month and now, all of a sudden, it’s April and Easter weekend! Roll on chocolate & hot cross buns 😊 although I seem to have been eating both since Christmas 🤣 Thinking back over the past week… 25th March was our friend Jane’s Birthday… we are looking…
Keep reading6th to 15th March 2026… returning home & getting plastered!
We had a good journey back from our break on the East coast and even managed a quick stop at Dunnottar Castle near Stonehaven. It was worth the short stop and gave us a chance to stretch our legs even if it was only an hour into our trip… According to the castle’s website, archaeologists…
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All the gubbins… 