Monthly Archives: April 2006

Last day of the month and census day. April has not been as warm as the last three April

Many of you have asked me about medical insurance out here and I have always suggested that there are two alternatives that I see. First pay a UK based insurance company an exorbitant annual premium and the older you get the higher the premium, or secondly, put away a capital sum, in TL on a … Continue reading »

Phew! Panic set in on Monday afternoon, lots of very horrible grinding noises from the computer tower and a smell that had nothing to do with me. I took the whole thing down to Comaks in Kyrenia and then collected today at a cost of almost

Headline news for this week:- Work on Amaranta homes to start within the week. Mr Gurcafer, chairman of the Construction Contractors Union, has been appointed to head up a new board of Aga Developments and he is also to be the representative of the state. The aim of the new board is to hand over … Continue reading »

Have had an e-mail from a regular reader who wanted to know what happened when Joan set fire to the pampus grass and created her own personal “towering inferno”. This all because the book said this was how to prune a pampus grass. Well folks now the proof is visible as this is pampus grass … Continue reading »

During last Sunday’s Easter turkey luncheon, the Layabouts had a discussion about he fact that the old Cote D’Azur restaurant had been taken over by Haber, the owner of Bell Fodds, and that good reports had been heard. Good reports are one thing, but there is no substitute for an actual visit and the Layabouts … Continue reading »

It might have been Easter Monday for you over in UK, but not recognised as such by the locals here. Joan and I decided to make a bit of a day out of it anyway as we had some business to do in Kyrenia, in Nicosia; and then finally over in Bogaz, Famagusta area. During … Continue reading »

This week we have received a couple of e-mails, from people who have either been stopped at the border or, in the second instance people who have decided not to come and look at property because of the border guards antics. The first had the good sense to leave all their documents with friends so … Continue reading »

Work has sort of started on the Girne (Kyrenia) by-pass, but the company who won the contract are being frustrated by red tape. So whats new here? Firstly they were quite amazed that it took a month and a half to register their workers here and this is a company awarded a public service contract, … Continue reading »

Good Friday, but of course not recognised over here in a predominately Muslim country, so spent the day with the Bosch engineers putting four kitchen installations in. This evening Joan and I invited Stewart, from next door, round for dinner as his wife is currently over in UK. Joan, forever the northern traditionalist, came up … Continue reading »