Category: Main Blog Posts
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š¶ āI like trucking and I like to truckā¦ā š¶
31st July 2025 The last three days have been a whirlwind of activity as we count down to our return to Barbados in less than three weeksā time. We have had to shift things between properties as we prepare to load a shipping container next week. More of that in the next blog post. Exciting…
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All Revved up
20th June 2025 The eagle eyed of you avid blog followers, will have noted the comment by my cousin currently residing on the east coast of Australia regarding the ākeepingā qualities of my father inherited from his father and grandfather. All three of them would turn their hands to all manner of practical things and…
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Lonely Planet
19th June 2025 Those two words have a special place in the heart of every independent traveller of a certain vintage. Nicola and I are among many who, from a tender age, hoisted our backpacks and hit the road in search of adventure with one of this publisherās travel guides tucked under our arm. Overnight…
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Mice and the Mechanics
15th June 2025 Nicolaās a keeper (in more ways than one š). Iām definitely a chucker. I reckon itās a reaction to my upbringing. During the 55 years my mother lived in our family home, it became increasingly cluttered. Eventually the front room wouldnāt have looked out of place on āThe Hoarder Next Doorā or…
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A keeper of things
14th June 2025 My father was very āhandyā, always an engineer he would always have a go at fixing this, making that, dismantling the other to see if it could be used for something. This started at an early age. The contents of the garage were fascinating and horrifying in equal measures. Lengths of wood…
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The night watchman (or the frog blog)
15th April 2025 You will have noticed the dwindling number of posts recently. Eagle-eyed readers may have twigged from the last one that we have crossed the Atlantic once more and are back in Blighty after a whirlwind three months on āthe Rockā. It was amazing having so many wonderful visitors, every one of them…
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AC DC
2nd April 2025 The electric toothbrush is not happy, nor indeed am I. Not quite a āhighway to hellā but Iām getting myself tied up in cable knots. The UK toothbrush we brought with us complete with shaving socket adapter never did charge in its warmer home because we forgot the charging stand. Luckily Massy…
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Tap dance
22nd March 2025 Yes we have been silent AGAINā¦ sozā¦ but nevertheless things have been moving along and once again we have much to report. Iām sure you will remember from āTreasureā way back in October, the beautiful Earthworks sink that was surrounded by tiles crafted in the 1970ās and even then were outdated and…