Author Archives: Veragooner

Kitchen fund blown again!

Regular visitors normally come up to our house for eggs, jam, DVD, maps etc. and conversation gets around to how our own kitchen refurb is going. Well the latest news is that following new beds and sofas in the Stables … Continue reading

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Back from the UK

We’ve just been back to England for a long weekend mainly to celebrate Florrie’s, my Mum, 90th Birthday. What a great time we had, all the family had worked so hard preparing fantastic food. We stayed in a lovely B&B … Continue reading

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Romance in the air.

Russ and Sharlene  from New Zealand via Melbourne are staying here as part of their European adventure. Russ had planned to propose to Sharlene in Paris but changed his mind when he saw our pool and decided that this was … Continue reading

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50P flights my axxx!

For a lesson on how not to book a cheap flight look here, the language does ripen as the frustration grows!

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Prices and terms for 2011

We have set our prices for 2011 using Ryanair philosophy. I don’t mean we charge extra for beds, use of TV etc. although it’s not a bad idea! What we have done is set lower or the same price as … Continue reading

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A new trend?

We have a lovely Belgian family staying and they have brought lots of delights from their country for us to try. Beer, of course, Chocolate, Cheese, Biscuits, and Jams. Must check where the next guests are coming from!

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Web site a work of fiction?

Came across the website “I write like”   http://iwl.me/ the idea being you paste some text you’ve written and it “Checks which famous writer you write like with this statistical analysis tool, which analyzes your word choice and writing style … Continue reading

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Party night

The locals had a great night celebrating winning the World Cup. See here. Filmed on the roundabout by the Wok in Vera.

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World Cup Winners

I expect most people saw it, it was like watching any team managed by Sam Alardyce kick Arsenal around the pitch. Anyway the good guys won and Spain partied!

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Villa makeover.

The Villa is now the proud owner of 2 new leather sofas, very comfortable and a new king size bed. It’s so good we may have trouble getting people to leave!

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