Monthly Archives: December 2002

Our good friends, Ertugral and Ayse had invited us around to their home to celebrate the New Year. Ayse had prepared a superb dinner and then we watched some local television to get an accurate time on the year change. Strange really, very similar programs to those in U.K., apart from the language that is. … Continue reading »

Looks like we are going to close the old year with a new road surface down the lane. Trucks full of gravel and a road roller appeared today. Now this is a great end of year present, because the lane has been getting really bad as a result of the trench digging and all the … Continue reading »

Brian’s birthday, so we had another excuse for a party, not that we ever really needed an excuse. Brian thought that just he and Lil were going out to dinner, so it was quite a surprise for him to find us all on the doorstep at 8 o’clock, complete with the food and drink. Lil … Continue reading »

Now if you recall, I said that today was a normal working day for the local people. Well at 9.00 a.m., two of Darryl’s men turned up with a cement cutter and a kango hammer. Now we were extremely pleased that Darryl had responded to our flooding problem, by arranging for a pipe to be … Continue reading »

Xmas eve, but it feels quite strange. I suppose in time we will get used to the lack of street and shop decorations and the general feeling that there is no last minute panic shopping. Xmas as such, has no meaning to the people here and the 24th/25th December are just normal working days. Derek … Continue reading »

Joan and I had arranged dinner for Brian and Lil and ourselves tonight, knowing that the Robins’ family were coming over for Xmas, to their house next door and this was likely to be the last peace and quiet over Xmas.  All good plans and other sayings spring to mind. The electricity went off twice … Continue reading »

Mark and Hayran Unwin had e-mailed us and asked us to attend the nativity play at their primary school, Sunny Lane. They had set this school up, once their estate agency had become established, as they felt that there was a need to teach the English curriculum in addition to the Turkish lessons, for the … Continue reading »

The cat has settled in very quickly and considering she had spent the first 18 months of her life in a rescue kennel she has really made herself at home. Due to the tabby markings we have named her "Tiggy", – seemed logical to us. We were really amazed this evening. Joan and I were … Continue reading »

We had been warned that it does sometimes rain here. This was something else, 20 hours of driving downpour. Apparently Lapta had the highest rainfall, a total of 8.5 inches over the period and as all four houses in our lane, are on a slope, the water flows down hill from the top of the … Continue reading »

Joan and I went out to the animal rescue centre today and acquired an 18 month old tabby cat. Pictures to follow when she settles in a little.