As I may have mentioned, we have removed the lid to our house. We have a team of between 4 and 5 working on it full time. I watch the weather forecast with an eagle eye and on a daily basis. So when I read that we were expecting light showers on Tuesday Terry and… Read More Biblical storms, ingress of water and canteen cooking
This is going to be another image free blog. It is a labour intensive job and often means I do not get the time to write as much as I would like. I will start with water and the respect I now have for it. When one is forced into switching systems between mains and… Read More Machinations and murmurations on Bulgaria
We have eventually started work on the roof. That is, as I write, the old roof is off, lock stock and barrel. Terry has a small team working with him; Paul, Ian, Declan and our friend Dave who is helping out in return for some work on his house later on. Paul is also bartering… Read More The roof, houses, dogs and the vagaries of the weather
On the 3rd of August Terry and I set off for Sofia (finally got the day right!) to pick up James and William from the airport. We arrived in good time so found ourselves wending our way towards Ikea and it’s Scandinavian delights. We had only intended to look at bedroom storage but ended up… Read More James and William
We live in such straitened circumstances in the house it is a real pleasure to occasionally blow some dosh on the garden where we spend 85 percent of our days. So on a recent trip to buy a bathroom door we came home with what I jokingly refer to as a bedouin tent. In reality it… Read More Garden titivations, wrong dates and the cave bedroom
We picked up Amalia from Sofia this morning where she had landed up after coaching overnight from Athens. It is a 6 hour round trip and Terry loves to drive but when we arrived home he fell asleep on the sofa and I was ridiculously relieved. He’s working 24/7 at the moment and I have been… Read More Clearing more of the jungle, house progress and bartering
