Path to Self Sufficiency

The perfect slimming plan! Guaranteed to work. Step 1: Base your diet mostly around potatoes. You can do with them what you like, boil th...

Well here we are again. Sunday seems to be the day for blog updates. As announced last weekend, autumn has definitely arrived. Cooler su...

Yesterday autumn arrived. This is not to say it has turned chilly and cold, but the last two nights we’ve had heavy rain, the first serious...

Well the last few days the “Scirocco” wind has been blowing a warm wind north from the shores of Africa and it has a brought a change in the...

Last night we organised a big jam session on the little piazza outside our house. Our English friends Pam and John, who have a holiday home ...

The search is over! After centuries of humanity’s search we have at last found the location of the fabled Garden Eden as described in the Bo...

After quite a hot spell, (even Susan dared the freezing waters of the river in Villa, although, after an unexpected encounter with some Dut...