Driving home from Dover to home I have to say both Terry and I were a tad worried about what we’d find. We’d rung ahead and warned Danielle and Alfie of our impending return. Much to our delight Danielle had chosen to wait for us to come home and had arranged for her Grandad to… Read More Blighty, a fabulous welcome, kitchens, University accommodation and the cost of fuel for the trip
Friday 7th August 2015 Friday we woke to such intense heat and still the water company had not connected the water. We did have the well water but much to my chagrin I had lost 2 vessels to it’s deep and sparkling depths in trying to bring the water up. Mental note to myself; a… Read More Man taking a sheep for a walk, coffee with the sheep walker and setting off for home
Thursday 6th August We had the opportunity to sleep in this morning as Andre from VT Bulgaria was coming to take us to Pleven and then Leski to register our house for taxes at 10am. This was our last day in the “brotel” so we collected all our things and packed them away in the… Read More Bureaucracy, lunch in Levski and meeting the Brits
Wednesday 5th August We left the hotel early and headed towards Levski and the hardware shop. We needed to buy blocks and cement. The blocks, to quite literally block up the bathroom and all the goods we were leaving in the house, and the cement to start the roof repairs. We also had to take… Read More Tackling the upstairs and the dreaded roof repairs
Tuesday 3rd August Tuesday was a continuation of Mondays activities. We had such a huge mound of saplings, bushes, vines and leaves that had been cut down we had to designate an area of the garden to pile them up. We were still unsure what we could do with the mound of rubbish bags in… Read More Meeting a pen pal, delivering biscuits and “handbag gate”
Monday 2nd August A good sleep, air conditioning and a long hot shower and Terry and I set out at 08:30 for our house; a good 45 minutes away with the temperature already in the mid 20’s. We drove Gertie into the village in the cold hard light of day and felt so much better. The demons… Read More The house, a reality check and the dream returns
Thursday 30th July a decision was made, due to the severity of the driving conditions around Dover, as reported ad finitum, by the media that we would set off at 9pm rather that midnight to ensure we met our 5:30am sailing the next day. The dogs and cat were in the safe hands of Dani… Read More Europe and the over egged Dover myth
