Rural life is displaying its wind-blown charms on a daily basis. The rhythm of life is unsurprisingly very much slower here, and, in my experience thus far, the stronger the local accent, the slower the life. I completely confused the guy at a local car repair and MOT garage this morning by telephoning to ask [...]
Urban life has its advantages. Convenience and accessibility are surely near the top of anyone’s list. So a move to a more wild and windy land demands some careful day-to-day adjustments. Petrol was my first concern. Even in our preliminary visits, we hunted out the nearest petrol station. Not using the car often, sometimes not [...]
The week of house moving hell is over. Though pockets of boxed chaos remain, we are mostly settled-in to the new home. But it is proving a strange experience. I remember many years ago toying with the notion of moving to a more rural location; Exmoor in that case. Having experienced a rural childhood, it [...]
Just like Jen, I too left my heart in Dénia last week. The past week was more than just a vacation, it was a scouting trip. For the first few days we scoured towns in the Valcencia region of Spain, with the aim of appreciating the area more and establishing whether Dénia is indeed the [...]
Timezones are a killer. The recent attempt to harness the extended work hours of liaising more closely with the team in San Francisco by shifting my work days into a later schedule (starting around midday), was a complete failure. Working what amounts to an evening shift, meant closer integration with the San Francisco team, but [...]
