Monthly Archives: October 2007

This morning I took Arie with me to Nicosia for my regular month end visits to kitchen anad air conditioning suppliers. It gave him the chance to see just how very slow the process of doing business with these guys is. When we had finished there, we went down in to the old town where … Continue reading »

The Home Buyers Pressure Group here in TRNC has set up a petition that requires the signatures of every property owner here in TRNC. It is in the interest of all of us who own a property here to ensure that the EU members are aware of the real situation on the island and that … Continue reading »

Anybody remember the huge accident in March last in which seven people in a Dolmus bus were killed, after it was rammed by an out of control lorry coming down the hill. Well the driver has been jailed for 6 years on twelve counts, including reckless driving, speeding being overweight etc. I just hope that … Continue reading »

Fairly uneventful week really apart from the usual Thursday evening out, at LD’s again this week, with a gang of ten including Steinni and his wife. Joan and I did have to go in to Nicosia this morning so took the chance to nip over to Carrefour to do some shopping as Arie is arriving … Continue reading »

Back to planting more irrigation pipes this weekend. Have to say that a couple of the plants and shrubs we did last week have really perked up so it must be quite effective. This evening we had Pat, Bryan and Andrew around for dinner. Joan did us a traditional UK roast pork with everything style … Continue reading »

What a week. We keep getting these short lived power cuts during the night or early in the morning. Twice this week I have been happily logged on to the website database when suddenly bye bye goes the internet link. Who said it was one of the joys pf living over here? In addition to … Continue reading »

A change for the Layabouts today. We had been told about a band concert in aid of the Forces Benefit fund. This was to be held in the grounds of the Ledra Palace. This was once the top hotel in Nicosia before the conflict and is now used by the UN as accommodation for the … Continue reading »

Our friends from Iceland, Steini and his wife Siga have come back to visit the island for a few weeks. As two other Icelanders had also been over for a few weeks we all six went out to The Rendezvous restaurant this evening. They had not been there before but enjoyed the evening and we … Continue reading »

OK so we had it washed, so now here is the pic of the new car. We should have gone this route when we bought the old Toyota three years ago as we have now got so much extra space.

The plan this weekend was to spend time in the garden. Despite the lack of water all summer, everything seems to be growing furiously and need cutting back. We have also altered the watering system for some of our plants and shrubs by digging holes down towards the roots and putting some PVC pipes in, … Continue reading »