September and the beginning of October has brought on the arrival of Autumn along with unpredictable weather, one day we are in jumpers and the next back to tee shirts, but even on the warm days the nights are starting to get a bit chilly. September also saw the arrival of Minami and Wataru and…
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Active August
With great relief the weather has started to cool off a bit in August and we have finally had some rain, which was perfect timing for our next couple of volunteers to arrive. First to arrive was James who helped get the bathroom and freezer room windows sanded, the extension roof tiled and among other…
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I’m feeling hot, hot, hot!
It’s been a while since we did one of our normal update posts the reason being we haven’t been doing much. We do have some excuses for our lack of progress, ok first excuse I unexpectedly ended up going back to the UK for just over two weeks so wasn’t here to keep an eye…
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May update
April was quite a good month weather wise and by the end of it we were in shorts and tee-shirts but May up to now has been quite wet. The extension is coming on, we are doing it in two stages. Most of the building work has been completed on stage one, unfortunately our friend…
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Friends, family and first volunteer of 2016
The beginning of March was a bit hectic, we really wanted to get the central table in the kitchen finished before our first guests arrived. This involved a few late nights but we managed to get it finished two days before they arrived. March has seen a few visitors come and go, our first arrivals…
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Spring is on it’s way
The snow has now all gone and it’s been warming up quite a lot, so much so I was gardening in shorts and a tee-shirt yesterday in 24C but typical of Bulgarian weather we are now back in jumpers today. February has been a busy month so far. Joe has tidied up the electrics in…
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Back to work after our bit of a break
Well we finally got some proper snow and some freezing temperatures which the dogs have loved but Fog hasn’t been to happy about and has abandoned his rat/mouse control duties to guard the pechka. We knew it was coming so were well stocked up on the essentials but neither of us appreciated how long it…
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Baking ( not as easy as it sounds )
Yes we can go to the nearest big supermarkets 30 miles away to get most of the ingredients you need for baking but we choose not to, we like to use what we’ve grown or can get locally at the market. Winter is my baking season, it’s just too hot in the Summer months and…
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