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Living the Vida Local...
My earlier visit to the Azores and Faial Island saw me enjoying the tourist way of doing things - every meal was eaten out and lots of...
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Been there, Seen it...
I've just returned from a trip to Faial; to see the build, of course, and to deal with other issues such as pricing a kitchen locally as...
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Paused for Fun... but first this:
Progress has been very good this week, with the addition of the rebar above the lintels, ready for pouring. The build is most definitely...