Category Archives: General

2019 – Update – Part 2

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Ian

July This was a holiday month for us, we spent a few days in the UK, before flying to Turkey to visit some very good friends of ours. This was them followed by a 10 day drive back across Europe … Continue reading →

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2019 – Update – Part 1

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Ian

I bet anyone reading this blog would believe that we are not doing anything this year. Well the truth is far from that, we have had such a busy year, I just haven’t had the time to be able to … Continue reading →

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Olive Harvesting

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Ian

We have never been able for one reason or the other, mainly work, to harvest our olives. This year as we are now both retired we took the decision that we would. We were keen to convert some into oil … Continue reading →

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Granite path around house

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Ian

Since the house was built we have as expected had some ground setting. Whilst things in the house have been fine, the granite path around parts of the house, particularity where the waste pipes run, have sunk enough in areas … Continue reading →

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Garage Doors

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Ian

We have a small garage which came with the extra piece of land we brought. The building itself is well built, even if it is a bit rough. The only issue was the doors they badly needed replacing, several of … Continue reading →

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Making things homelier – December 2018 – Update

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Ian

The next project we wanted to tackle was the section of land just the other side of the new flower borders. This was the site of the original brick hut that we had knocked down a while ago.  The area, … Continue reading →

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Archaeology, well sort of!

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Ian

On one area of our land we had an old concrete water tank, which every year filled with rain water and was full of frogs and the detritus that comes with them. It was obviously used to push water up … Continue reading →

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Making things homelier – Part 2

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Ian

The next area we wanted to attack, was the bit if land where the old hut used to be. We had grassed up to the hut when it was there, but we now have this area of rough ground which … Continue reading →

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Making things homelier – Part 1

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Ian

We felt as we are both retired now and spending a lot more time here, we need to make the place a bit homelier. We felt getting a few more flowers/plants around the place would help. We have a lovely … Continue reading →

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July 2018

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Ian

So, news from Casa Neroli for the last couple of months. The weather during May and June was awful, very wet and miserable, usually the sort or weather expected in January and February, but like the rest if the world … Continue reading →

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