Blogs in March 2026

The Camino de Santiago: One Wonderful Walk 7th March 2026

Every year, over three hundred thousand people complete the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela. Part memoir, part history, ( and part attempt at humour), The Camino de Santiago: One Wanderful...

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I Wish I Had a River 4th May 2024

Pediatrician Anna Drury has been contentedly married to her husband Nick for three years when he receives a terminal diagnosis. In the two weeks before the fatal illness claims his life, Nick makes three urgent requests that Anna is...

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All This Will I Give to You 2nd September 2022

When novelist Manuel Ortigosa learns that his husband, Álvaro, has been killed in a car crash, it comes as a devastating shock. It won’t be the last. He’s now arrived in Galicia. It’s where Álvaro died. It’s where the...

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Pulpo, Pig & Peppers 5th June 2022

Galicia, in the remote northwest of Spain: a land of mists and mysteries, green fields and greener forests; of vines and vistas, rivers and rias; and of erratic weather and warm hospitality. Galicia: the place Lisa, husband S, and...

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Chestnut, Cherry & Kiwi Fruit Sponge 5th June 2022

What do you do when you have almost, but not quite, finished renovating one ruin?… Buy another one of course! After seven years living in the remote northwest of Spain, Lisa and husband S are finally getting near to...

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