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Auriel Roe
- Sep 6, 2022
- 3 min
Hooray for Hórreos!
Hórreos...granite fortresses protecting grain from battalions of rodents.
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Auriel Roe
- Aug 7, 2022
- 2 min
Buy a house, get one free by Auriel Roe
When we bought our traditional Asturian house, another building was thrown in.
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Auriel Roe
- Jul 16, 2022
- 2 min
Revisiting the Museum by Auriel Roe
Three weeks of focused toil has achieved the desired result - now the little house in Asturias is cleaned up but preserved
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Auriel Roe
- May 27, 2022
- 5 min
Remembrance of Builders Past by Auriel Roe
Virgil and Relu were two hapless Transylvanians dropped off at our property by their boss, Marian, whom we seldom saw without her...
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Auriel Roe
- Apr 3, 2022
- 5 min
A Visit to Visitación by Auriel Roe
'Visitación is a splendid old house. Six bedrooms, a library and a superb view of the saints around the dome of Jerez Cathedral.'
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Auriel Roe
- Mar 20, 2022
- 4 min
We Bought a Museum by Auriel Roe
Seeking some respite from the hot summers of Jerez, we concluded that a cottage in Northern Spain would be a useful bolt hole. We were...
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Auriel Roe
- Jun 30, 2021
- 3 min
Bringing the Kitchen Sink
When I was a child I liked to mooch through the drawers and cabinets of our fitted kitchen finding all manner of forgotten things....
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Auriel Roe
- Jun 2, 2021
- 3 min
From heap of rubble to garden
Making a garden from a heap of rubble!
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Auriel Roe
- May 26, 2021
- 1 min
The Old Dogs' Saga Holiday
As editor of www.memoirist.org I occasionally write the weekly post. This week's piece recalls a bucket list style trip I embarked on...
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Auriel Roe
- May 16, 2021
- 1 min
The Calm Before The Storm
Remembering this day nearly ten years ago with me in absurd sunglasses like a glamorous reporter. The situation wasn't glamorous and...
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