Tag: Ortegal

• ‘Life Is Like A Cucumber …’

  

  ‘Life is like a cucumber. One minute it’s in your hand, the next it’s up your ass’ ( Lawrence Durrell) This quote is one of my favourites. It perfectly describes, albeit crudely, what it feels like when things don’t go to plan or worse. This past year I’ve had plenty of ideas for blog posts […]

  Lottie Nevin

  August 27, 2020

  Spain, Uncategorised

  Goats, Lottie Nevin and Pete Nevin, Mañón, North Galicia, Ortegal, Rural life in Spain, Smallholding in Galicia, Spanish Mastins, The Red House Diaries, wolves in Galicia, wolves in Spain

• Two Roads Diverged …

  

  My response to Irishman’s ‘I could live here’ was played very carefully. Inside I was bursting with excitement. What had it taken to change his mind so quickly? He’s not one to bow to pressure so easily. I was expecting it to take at least a month to wear him down, to get him to […]

  Lottie Nevin

  October 25, 2018

  Family Life, Galicia, Spain, Uncategorized

  Costa Verde Properties, Galicia Norte, Galician forestry, Immobiliaria Nexonorte, Lottie and Pedro Nevin, Mañón, Old properties in Galicia, Ortegal, Robert Frost The Road Not Taken, Spanish houses