A bumpy couple of days, but things seem to be sorting themselves out a bit more now. Our rented house isn’t delivering a fond farewell, with a broken washing machine and running out of oil for […]
A fairly mixed day weather-wise… there was an impressive rainbow going along the coast road so I stopped along the way to get a few shots. I then went on to the bog house, where I […]
The builders have made good progress on ceilings, and the stove is mostly in.
We thought we’d go along and check progress, as we’re due to give notice to our landlord that we’ll be moving out in a month’s time. The builder is confident that we’ll be able to […]
I got an email this morning letting me know that the parcel I’d had sent to St. Albans in the UK (which arrived there on Monday) had made it to my nearest post office in […]
Progress continued on the bog house. The last time I saw it before Christmas, it was full of rubble and in an utter state. It reminded me of when we first met the builder and […]
The Bongo has been repaired. It was as simple as paying an extortionate amount of money for a second-hand fuel pump, having it shipped over to Ireland to a mechanic, then paying them an only-slightly-less […]
Earlier in the week we looked at a kitchen that someone was selling via DoneDeal (it’s a classified advert website that’s very popular in Ireland). The sellers were a really nice couple from Gdansk and […]
“It’s not a cold house”. Yes, my crazed landlord, it is. Or rather, when it’s cold outside, it’s also cold inside. I know it’s been one of those years that has shown a callous disregard […]
In case you were wondering about the state of the old kitchen prior to its removal with extreme prejudice, I present it here. That’s actually quite a long work surface (3m), but it’s only 45cm […]
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