Monthly Archives: October 2009

The end of the month already and Joan and I have been doing all the last monute things to get ready for our trip to UK and then France, next week. Yesterday the weather improved a bit so we took Steini & Sigga up the mountain to the castle and then over the mountain road … Continue reading »

Yesterday afternoon, Joan and I picked 4 kilos of olives off our one and only tree. This is the first year we have had any real crop as it takes a few years apparently for an olive tree to establish. Well this morning we took our bucket with 4 kilos round to the Olive factory … Continue reading »

Another early morning for me as I had promised to take Anne to the airport and she needed collecting at 6 a.m. Back home by 8 o’clock and then after a couple of wake up coffees got breakfast ready for four of us. Why four, well Stewart is on his own at the moment so … Continue reading »

Well things have developed around the John Sutherland saga. To start with I have received a total of 37 e-mails in support of the website and its balanced musings with only one dissenting e-mail from another reader who is not happy about things here. Thanks for all of those and I will answer to each … Continue reading »

The weather is still good and Steini & Sigga wanted a boat trip so off we went for the last sail of the year. There were only eight of us but Kantar and Tanya did their very best for us. Sigga is of course the European Ladies Rod Fishing Champion, so with no more ado, … Continue reading »

A whole new thread has opened up which might interest some and when you read the e-mail I have copied on to here you may want to give comment, which I am happy to post. Does anybody remember Henson’s Restaurant, when it was run by Bob (would you buy a secondhand car from this man) … Continue reading »

This evening we will be at Scruples again, but just the boys this evening. David Rogers is here from Nairobi to sort out a few things on his villa, so he will join us also. Long time no see, David. The news on our container is good, it is leaving for Mersin and then hopefully … Continue reading »

Last night Joan and I went, just the two of us, for a pleasant evening to The Scruples restaurant here in Lapta. They do specials on Friday and Saturday evenings and we had a very fine evening, enjoying good food, a couple of quiet drinks at the bar and meeting others, some old friends and … Continue reading »

It seems as if there has been a change of plan. The customs clearance in to Europe will now take place in London, although the container will still be off-loaded in Antwerp, before being trucked down to us in the Dordogne. Strange, but apparently it is all to do with the fact that you only … Continue reading »

Load and go day for France. In our case of course stage one only, but never the less a big day all round. We started off at 8.15 with me escorting the small truck and our man Raymond from Fushion Freight, up the mountain to Stewart. Stewart had in fact been up since 4 a.m.as … Continue reading »