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redsquirrel80 wrote: »

Go get that frog!

:rotfl::rotfl:Love it

Greying_Pilgrim

MatyMoo wrote: »

Where I live we have something called Music on the moor every couple of years. It is over a weekend and is free. They have rock/pop on the saturday and jazz/classical on the sunday, all by local musicians. It is great to take a picnic, a seat or blanket, something to read and just sit listening, soooo relaxing. There is also an eco village. Bet you can guess where I will be the weekend after this. Link for anyone interested:
http://www.boxmoortrust.org.uk/news-a-events/events/130-music-on-the-moor-2011.html

MatyMoo - thanks ever so for posting that linkie! It does indeed look like a fabulous event. Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it for this weekend, but you can bet that it has been logged as a future possible/probable!! Whilst it's a pity that it's every couple of years - I appreciate that it's probably alot of hard work involved in the organisation of it, so it'll be worthwhile trying to ensure we get to the next one! Blimey, at this rate, with the Crawley FF, Music on the Moor and West Dean Chilli festival - i'll be ending up spending June, July and August in the bottom right hand corner of Great Britain - now that's a plan!!

Karmacat - glad you had fun at the games evening, and are 'munching those frogs' - good pic Redsquirrel!!

Greying

Karmacat

Hi Greying! Yep, I'm doing all of that - also contacted one of the insurance companies who hold a little pension of mine, to put the retirement date further off ... needs must and all that - tho I still did hop onto google to look at pensioners wintering in Spain It looks like the heyday was 5 years ago or so .... I think I may have to go to rightmove and look at renting a flat on Majorca or Ibiza or somewhere

How are you?

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, winter in the sun KC! :T How jolly! :T

Greying_Pilgrim

Karmacat wrote: »

How are you?

Hey KC!

I'm good ta. Making plans and progress, inbetween rolling eyes in disbelief at payroll personnel who get pay packets wrong .... 3 months on the trot...... thankfully I'm only having to get indignant from a distance because it ain't my pay packet, but really.........

The loft is now insulated - who knows, we may even be able to overwinter in our own house without going down with treble pneumonia (sp?) - go us! Rotten beam has been strengthened and now all that is needed is to put draught excluding tape around the hatch and a bolt on the hatch to keep it firmly closed. Then we need to get a plasterer in to do the ceiling (quicker and easier than trying to fill all the cracks!!)

Off to water the garden now, toodle pip!

Greying

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

It looks like the heyday was 5 years ago or so ....

There have been a few positive developments in the last 5 years - the EU for example have kicked the Spanish Gov's back end over the various land grab scandals, so they probably aren't going to go down that route again.

The spanish housing market is (still) in free fall after various problems, so if you want a house to live in, it's probably not a bad buy. If you're looking for an investment, then it probably sucks...

The ideal time will probably be after the Spanish Gov default on their gilts, but just before we have problems with ours.

Karmacat

ZTD wrote: »

The spanish housing market is (still) in free fall after various problems, so if you want a house to live in, it's probably not a bad buy. If you're looking for an investment, then it probably sucks...

Ooh, no, I wouldn't buy - this really is an idea of overwintering - look at this flat, for instance, on a long term rental:

http://www.inspain.tv/AllProperties3743/1871515/PropertyDetails_1871515_2.aspx

Churriana is a suburb of Granada, sort of - which is a wonderful city!

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

Hey KC!

I'm good ta. Making plans and progress, inbetween rolling eyes in disbelief at payroll personnel who get pay packets wrong .... 3 months on the trot...... thankfully I'm only having to get indignant from a distance because it ain't my pay packet, but really.........

The loft is now insulated - who knows, we may even be able to overwinter in our own house without going down with treble pneumonia (sp?) - go us! Rotten beam has been strengthened and now all that is needed is to put draught excluding tape around the hatch and a bolt on the hatch to keep it firmly closed. Then we need to get a plasterer in to do the ceiling (quicker and easier than trying to fill all the cracks!!)

Off to water the garden now, toodle pip!

Greying

*Very* glad you've got the insulation! There was some here when I arrived, and I put lots more up in the loft. The new double glazing will stop the *terrible* draughts I had here, and the hardboard and vinyl on the floor will help a lot too. I'm also going to put panels behind the radiators and fix the loft access hatch, you're right about the need for that. I'd really like to apply for that grant to get cavity wall insulation, but the mortar isn't really good enough, and thats when water can get in ... need some repairs first.

Lula-Hula

Of course you do know that if wintering in the Med, you will need occasional visitors to keep you company

Karmacat

Yep! Thats why I didn't look at studio flats

Karmacat

Bit tired today, after the comedown of all the to-do of the past few days (and possibly the effort of sending off nine letters :o:o) but certainly getting more sleep, which is A Good Thing.

My partner's arriving here at 11, and a couple of paid sessions after that, so today is much more "mapped out" than yesterday was.

Oh! And I have dfw/df be-careful news **puzzled smiley** - my electricity company put my DD *down* by £10 a month ... I must be even frugaler than I thought ...