tropical storm – An Englishman in Colombia

Short Update

The last few days have been mundane, just doing household chores. On Tuesday I had to return to the Motorcycle shop to sign forms so they could complete the transfer, as a result of which, all being well, I am going to Medellin with Marcela this morning to collect the bike, but it looks asContinue reading “Short Update”

All Quiet

It\’s all quiet on the Western Front, we went to the meeting at the Inspeccion de la Policia, and to \’resolve\’ the problem , they bound everyone over to keep the peace, which is fine by me, but the other family were not so happy, as two of them were there, and they were toldContinue reading “All Quiet”

Disaster!

I knew it was a gamble, but true to form, we didn\’t just have gentle rain last night, we had a full blown tropical storm, and when I went out this morning, I was greeted with this. Thank goodness I had tied the concrete blocks to the balustrade, and we were lucky that the centralContinue reading “Disaster!”

A Little Light Work!

Sunday was a washout! summer is definitely over, we are now having daily Tropical storms, grey and wet, at least it is still warm, it is just a pity I haven\’t come across spectacles that make a grey sky look blue, then I would be a lot happier! Monday morning Henry left with Marcela forContinue reading “A Little Light Work!”

Going in Circles

It\’s been a busy couple of days, Sunday, I spent all morning cleaning the swimming pool, it was looking quite clean by the time I had finished hoovering all the fine dust into the filter, I must have changed and washed the filter four or five times, but not to be outdone, in the afternoonContinue reading “Going in Circles”

Ever Get That Shaking Feeling?

Yesterday turned out to be an interesting day, after the snake incident, Marcela was not that keen on coming home, after her previous close encounter, but she did eventually, in the middle of a Tropical Storm! We then decided to watch a movie, by this time it was getting on for 8pm, we watch theseContinue reading “Ever Get That Shaking Feeling?”

Bummer!

Yesterday, we headed over to Bello, and picked up the security camera, on the way we saw that we were going to be out a long time, the flow of traffic on the autopista in the homebound direction, was static, which only meant one thing, a fatal accident! From Bello it was back to NiquiaContinue reading “Bummer!”

It\’s gone very quiet!

Back to early rises again! took Pépe for his walk at 5.40am, and it was weird, I could not see Copacabana down in the vally, it was below the cloud. It\’s down there somewhere! Back home, and I decided that I would complete my final project today, that would tidy up the garden, after thatContinue reading “It\’s gone very quiet!”

A Mixed Bag!

I had a lie in this morning…6.30am, that hour makes all the difference! Back from walking Pépe, and coffee drunk, it was time to work, I started by building a couple more courses of Pépe\’s kennel, then Marcela appeared and it was time for breakfast. After breakfast, the sun cracking the flags, we decided itContinue reading “A Mixed Bag!”