Bonus & Wendy's Big Adventure . . . .

[Bonus]

Tomorrow morning we're having a meeting at our property with the builder we'd like to use for our project. We have a number of issues to go over with him and it's important that he fully understands our changed position - for that reason I've asked a very good Spanish friend of ours who lives in Zaragoza to join us and translate. Mikel and I first met when he visited the company I worked for in Wadeville to carry out some training for us and he's been helping us ever since. . . .

 

Our preferred builder is a local guy who survived the Spanish financial crisis of 2008 intact and who lives close enough for me to "go and get him if he doesn't turn up for work" :-)

 

We need to establish whether the prices on the quote he gave us when he originally quoted the job are still valid, and if not, by what percentage. Also we need to make sure he's ok with doing much less work than previously expected, because we will be doing more ourselves, and with spreading the reduced work over a longer period of time, as our finances dictate.

 

Probably not hugely appealing from the builder point of view but let's see what he says tomorrow . . . .

[lechatnoir]

Probably not hugely appealing from the builder point of view but let's see what he says tomorrow . . . .

 

You never know until you ask. Good luck, you never know what may happen

[Bonus]

We had a very good meeting with our builder yesterday and everyone is happy with the path we are taking :-)

 

The prices quoted last year are still relevant.

 

He is happy for us to do whatever work we can ourselves and for him to do the bits we can't.

 

He also understands that we will be stretching the project over an extended period of time and so it will be start/stop/start/stop for him but he's ok with that too. He will fit us in around other projects he's working on.

 

 

We had the meeting at Ramon & Rosa's farmhouse, with our good friend from Zaragoza, Mikel, helping to translate for us and of course with the builder being local, it turns out that his parents and both Ramon & Rosa's parent were old friends. I like that.

 

I think this is going to work out just fine.

 

:-)

[Gen]

We had a very good meeting with our builder yesterday and everyone is happy with the path we are taking :-)

 

 

 

The prices quoted last year are still relevant.

 

 

He is happy for us to do whatever work we can ourselves and for him to do the bits we can't.

 

 

He also understands that we will be stretching the project over an extended period of time and so it will be start/stop/start/stop for him but he's ok with that too. He will fit us in around other projects he's working on.

 

 

 

 

We had the meeting at Ramon & Rosa's farmhouse, with our good friend from Zaragoza, Mikel, helping to translate for us and of course with the builder being local, it turns out that his parents and both Ramon & Rosa's parent were old friends. I like that.

 

 

 

I think this is going to work out just fine.

 

 

 

:-)

Prices still being relevant is damn good news.. here the sharks would've increased it by at least 15%

 

I admire you guys so much.

 

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[Grey Hubs]

Any part of the La Vuelta coming past you?

[Bonus]

Any part of the La Vuelta coming past you?

 

 

Not as close as last year :-(  (50mins away)

 

Closest they get this year is a couple of hours drive away.

[lechatnoir]

Prices still being relevant is damn good news.. here the sharks would've increased it by at least 15%

 

South Africa - where the exchange rate even affects OLD stock

[Gen]

Not as close as last year :-( (50mins away)

 

Closest they get this year is a couple of hours drive away.

That sucks. .I was hoping for Bonus and Wendy road side commentary again.

 

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[Bonus]

I've just helped Ramon deliver 2 lambs! Usually the moms just get on with it but while he was feeding the sheep earlier he noticed this mom was ready so he kept an eye on her.

 

The first lamb was easy but the second one needed some help. It takes about 20 minutes before they try and stand up but they find their voices within seconds!

 

Not something I would have seen myself doing two years ago!

[Bonus]

Just been down to the Nursery to check on The Twins

 

At an hour old they are walking around and feeding from mom, who is cleaning them up.

[Zatopek]

Not something I would have seen myself doing two years ago!

 

Building up priceless memories to rekindle at old age 

[Slowbee]

When you are involved with lambing in such a way and helping, saying lamb chops and braai in the same sentence is a little more tricky.

 

But it is incredible to see how fast those little guys get active.

 

Does ramon do tail docking?

[Bonus]

When you are involved with lambing in such a way and helping, saying lamb chops and braai in the same sentence is a little more tricky.

 

But it is incredible to see how fast those little guys get active.

 

Does ramon do tail docking?

 

Actually I was surprised how quickly I could see lambs running around during the day and still eat meat for supper. No difference to seeing cows in fields and still eating steak I suppose.

 

On the other hand I couldn't kill and animal myself, a rabbit for instance, and put it on a spit over a camp fire and eat it.

 

The females all have short tails here so I guess so.

[Bonus]

Sometimes in the heat of summer here we have veld fires and because it is so hot and often a bit windy, they can take hold really quickly. So the Spanish Airforce have a fleet of Canadair CL-215 planes that they use to "water drop" when necessary.

 

Thankfully there are no fires anywhere near here at the moment (Portugal is currently suffering) but because we are next to the Embalse de Mediano (The Mediano Reservoir) we often see planes circling as they practice scooping and dropping water.

 

I would love to see them practicing close up but they don't do it at regular intervals so the chances of being in the right place at the right time are slim.

 

Maybe one day I'll get lucky . . .

 

https://vimeo.com/48642618

 

[barrykm]

Super video, great to see how the pilots have to work the controls.

[Bonus]

Super video, great to see how the pilots have to work the controls.

 

It looks so smooth from outside, but clearly it's not.