Monthly Archives: November 2002

The last couple of days things have changed. Since we arrived here on the island, July 16th, we have got accustomed to eating breakfast outside, but these last couple of days the weather has changed. It is still 18 – 20 degrees in the morning but it has been overcast and quite windy. Maybe this … Continue reading »

Joan and I have been struggling to find material for the bedroom curtains, lots of floral designs etc but not what we wanted. This house is much more modern and light than anything we have had before, so we wanted to keep it simple and all three bedrooms the same. We had exhausted the curtain … Continue reading »

The logs are all stacked, in a very useful alcove under the stairs to the rear terrace, so we are all set for when the temperature drops, a nice cosy log fire and a bottle of something red with the cork withdrawn, sounds good to me. David Rogers, from Kenya, is over at the moment, … Continue reading »

The lounge and dining room curtains came today, they look great and really finish the rooms off. Also the forestry guy turned up with an old Bedford truck and 2 tons of logs. Guess what, dumped on the driveway in a great heap, so that’s tomorrow’s little job.

The weekend was spent starting to organise my own workspace. I had ordered some timber from the builders merchant, known here as the Yapi Market, so now it was down to building a work bench and some shelf space for tools etc. Luckily I had brought lots of stuff from the U.K. with us because … Continue reading »

As we were now half way through the month and the web was very much out of date I had promised myself a time to bring everything up to date. So here goes, for those interested, a few photos of the almost completed job.The rear steps and upper terrace leading off the pool area, the … Continue reading »

They came today to install our new TV, Digital box and Satellite dish, this will be the first tele. we have seen in 5 months. The company doing the work recommended a satellite named "Hotbird", so Joan and I paged through 196 channels in the evening with great excitement, what did we find, three English … Continue reading »

Most mornings when we awaken we find ourselves, despite the fact that it is mid November, outside on the breakfast terrace with temperatures already of 24/25 degrees by 8.30 am.Today things were a little different. On Saturday, two lorry loads of top soil had been delivered and today two guys turned up to spread it … Continue reading »

Nothing really exciting, just carton after carton to be unpacked. We are however building a mountain of cartons and paper, which the freight company have promised to collect, it’s just the fact that they didn’t actually say when, that bothers me a little. Everything is beginning to look really shipshape by now. We can’t wait … Continue reading »

After 3 days of unpacking carton after carton, making decisions about what should go where, we had finally stocked up with food, made the bed and stayed for the first night in our new home. Heaven! A big juicy steak, a bottle of wine and a few malt whiskies later, we slept in our own … Continue reading »