Slowbee Posted November 26, 2017 Share Bonus, did Black friday sales hit your village as well ? Bonus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted November 26, 2017 Share Bonus, did Black friday sales hit your village as well ?Yep. Some shops had discounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted November 26, 2017 Share We had the pleasure of meeting some FB friends who've been following our story from the Isle of Skye in Scotland when they visited the area a few weeks ago Mark had contacted me initially via FB some time ago when he was thinking of buying some land over here and we've been chatting on and off ever since. Was nice to finally meet him in person, along with his partner Adele and his daughter Abi. They came to Spain in a custom made camper van and spent some of their trip camping in and around Ainsa. While they were here we all climbed the Peña Montañesa together, which I posted about a little while ago, and we did a few rides together. They also spent a day helping us pick olives with Ramon and Rosa and a day helping me with my "Garden wall building". Was really nice to be able to just speak English for a while! coppi and Gen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted November 29, 2017 Share I think we can safely say that Winter is here! Beautiful clear skies and warm enough during the day when you're in the sunshine, but cold in the shade and temps dropping to below freezing overnight. No wind or rain so far . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coppi Posted November 29, 2017 Share I think we can safely say that Winter is here! Beautiful clear skies and warm enough during the day when you're in the sunshine, but cold in the shade and temps dropping to below freezing overnight. No wind or rain so far . . . Now that is what I miss about European winters...............a white Christmas ! Bonus and Loose cog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted November 29, 2017 Share Now that is what I miss about European winters...............a white Christmas !Could well happen. Let's see . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted December 2, 2017 Share First thing yesterday morning we had snow in Guaso! It settled but didn't last long - but it put us in the mood for a drive up into the mountains to test out our 4WD and just enjoy a sunny Pirenean winter Still amazed by the beauty of the mountains that are only 35 mins drive from Ainsa. CobusV, Loose cog, TIB and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted December 2, 2017 Share Looking around in the snow . . . https://youtu.be/DWBXjvjg5zk barrykm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted December 6, 2017 Share Last year I remember working outside and managing to wear shorts until a week before Christmas. I was very happy about that because, compared to when I'd lived in the UK, winter here seemed pretty manageable. This year however, I folded early, much to my disappointment. I assumed it was because the apartment we were in last winter was warmer than the farm house we're in this year, which allowed me to start the day "warm" before leaving to come to Guaso in the car to work in the sunshine . . . Talking to the locals though, it seems that November and December so far this year have been much colder than in previous years - so last year actually was "warmer until later". Equally, June this year was much hotter than it has been in previous years. Let's hope the trends return to normal next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted December 10, 2017 Share The first two walls holding up the bottom terrace are finished We had some help at the start from Ben & Corina (from the next village) and in the middle from Mark & Adele (from the Isle of Skye!) Before and After Pics . . . . . Kalahari Vegmot, Help.Me., TIB and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matchstix Posted December 10, 2017 Share Nice !!! Bonus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted December 10, 2017 Share Thanks. :-) I don't think we did too badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted December 10, 2017 Share Last year I remember working outside and managing to wear shorts until a week before Christmas. I was very happy about that because, compared to when I'd lived in the UK, winter here seemed pretty manageable. This year however, I folded early, much to my disappointment. I assumed it was because the apartment we were in last winter was warmer than the farm house we're in this year, which allowed me to start the day "warm" before leaving to come to Guaso in the car to work in the sunshine . . . Talking to the locals though, it seems that November and December so far this year have been much colder than in previous years - so last year actually was "warmer until later". Equally, June this year was much hotter than it has been in previous years. Let's hope the trends return to normal next year!This November and December have been positively mild in Ireland... Been in shorts even last weekend Bonus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted December 11, 2017 Share Some more "work" photos . . . Wendy clearing away the undergrowth for the next stage of the retaining wall. It's longer than it looks! And me - you need a big spirit level for a big wall :-) GrahamS2 and PieterJvR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted December 13, 2017 Share Although it was sunny and warm yesterday, "Storm Ana" gave us heavy rain for the last 36 hrs days - and in winter when it rains down here - it snows up there! The first snows on our own local Pena Montañesa . . . . we won't be going back up there again until Spring now :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted December 18, 2017 Share Last Spanish lesson this afternoon until after Christmas. We go every Monday at 5pm for 2 hrs. It's free, provided by the local council and the classes are very small - no more than 7 people per teacher. In our class we have a couple from Australia, a girl from Brazil, a woman from Holland and a chap from Ireland. Spanish with an Irish or Australian accent sounds very funny - but they probably think the same about our accent. The teacher speaks no English. She's the Mayoress of a local town and she enjoys teaching us - which makes it nice :-) Edited December 18, 2017 by Bonus TIB, RossW and barrykm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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