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We are now into our last week of our 3 week visit to the UK and guess what the decorating still goes on!
Decorating: We had a 3 1/2 day break from paint brushes and when we recommenced on Tuesday of this week Peter started on the 6 doors and door frames upstairs. Val, feeling guilty [...]
The past week since we arrived in the UK has flown by. This is the 7th day of decorating the hall and we still have paint brushes attached to our arms, well Peter has, as Val finished all she was allowed to do yesterday!
The lobby and the staircase are completely finished and it is looking [...]
On Thursday morning, we received a call from Peter’s elderly mother to let us know that she was moving to another flat on Monday 26th September and asking if we would go up to near Norwich to help her move.
Oh Joy, as if we haven’t got enough to do and why did it have to [...]
We started decorating the lobby, hall, staircase and landing on Friday morning. It took a bit to get motivated as it all looked so daunting – so much wall and so many doors, 13 in all and loads of fiddly bits!
We’ve progressed pretty well. By the end of Saturday all the walls were finished with [...]
Here we are back in the UK. For the first time, we flew from Valencia airport. It is a lovely airport, a lot smaller than Alicante but so much better organised, although we did manage to get behind someone in the check in queue who was well overweight with luggage and decided to unpack and [...]
Next Wednesday, the 14th September, we travel to the UK for a 3 week visit. While we are there the paint pots and brushes come out to do a bit more decorating. This time it is the hall, staircase and landing. Oh Joy!
Our next visit is for 2 weeks, from Friday 11th November until Friday [...]
Hi everyone!
Well, the Gota Fria lasted about 2 days. Starting at around midnight on Tuesday and finishing Thursday morning with a humungus storm in the middle of it. We are now back to clear blue skies, sunshine and temperatures back in the mid 20’s. We sat out at friends all evening and it was [...]
Late last night it started to rain and at 10.30am this morning it is still absolutely tipping it down. It’s Wonderful!
Are they mad, do I hear you guys in the UK saying? No, we’re not mad, just glad to see real rain here for the first time in 9 months. Apart from the odd nuisance [...]
