Author: TrickyAndNIcky
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Bin Day!
6th October 2024 …which is actually a Sunday so no hope of a collection but I gotta make an early start on manoeuvring the bin up the access road. As the late great Bon Scott said, “It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll”: Time for a breather halfway: Ta-daaaah!
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Rubbish and recycling
5th October 2024 I know not everyone would do it but when we sold the Welsh cottage I left the new owner a little welcome letter …. “This is how the oven works, these are your new neighbours, we hope you will be happy here etc etc but importantly your rubbish is collected on a…
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‘My Saturday’
5th October 2024 That’s the title of an unintentionally amusing weekly feature in the magazine section of the Daily Telegraph. Yes, guilty as charged – and no excuse that I have free access. Not that I’ve had a moment to read the paper in the last few days! Anyway – for the uninitiated, this piece…
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The postie has found us
4th October 2024 That first night, our first night, what an adventure …. here we were in our new home, swimming in the pool after dark, our suitcases unopened in the hall, bats swooping down over the water, frogs going ballistic, fireflies twinkling away in the bamboo … it really was magic. We managed to…
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Repair to the beach
30th September 2024 It’s been a hot day, banking success …. Low expectations obvs ….. reacquainted with the property we are buying, once again it blew us away … moved to tears, I almost can’t believe it is going to be ours. The day ends with a cool off at the Crane beach It’s a…
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Bushwhacking
30th September 2024 We hotfoot it from the super swanky air conditioned banking suite to the steamy cane fields and our appointment with the surveyor for the fabled line marking. We are overwhelmed by the beauty of the place we are buying. More of that very soon – but here’s a sneak preview of the…
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Money Money Money
30th September 2024 I’m sure you are all beside yourselves with anticipation to hear a banking update. Today has been a doing day and we have much to report. We have spent a glorious weekend getting back into island life. We fall asleep to frogs and wake to parakeets. We make a big effort to…
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Here comes the sun
28th September 2024 We wake early … waste no time and hit the beach by 6am. On the way there we swerve … there is a crab in the road. It’s all a bit surreal. We are here. It’s happening.