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Workshop Tour and Clean Up
Workshop Tour and Clean Up A quick workshop tour and clean up before I start to fully reorganise and rearrange it. I will do another shop tour once I have finished. I have been wanting to get started on this for many months. As we have been remodelling the house, the workshop became a dumping…
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The Local Attitude to Dogs
The Local Attitude to Dogs – Hunting Dogs I didn’t intend my first real post about life here to be negative but this dog just happened into my life on Tuesday night so that set the scene for the first in the “What’s it like to live here” series entitled the local attitude to dogs.…
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QUMOX SJ5000+ Action Camera Review
QUMOX SJ5000+ Action Camera Review I have been using the Qumox SJ5000+ wifi action camera for 6 weeks since I purchased it from Amazon. These are my initial impressions and some of the good and bad points I have found. One thing I don’t mention is the wifi part of the camera. When I bought…
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Showering the dog – Jenson is funny afterwards
Showering The Dog – Jenson needed it Showering the dog is a frequent event. Jenson, the long-haired Jack Russell, needed a shower so Sue gave him one before he wore his new collar with his name on. I wouldn’t say showering Jenson is one of his favourite things but he does tolerate it. He goes…
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Internet Access in Fuerteventura
It isn’t that often I find something negative to say about living here but the Fuerteventura internet access is an exception (but read the update). I needed to upload my next video to Youtube last night. After compressing the file to be as small as possible, it became a 400Mb file. I started the upload…
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Cooling Hot Dogs – Oscar and Jenson
Cooling Hot Dogs – Oscar and Jenson It was a very hot, humid afternoon here in Fuerteventura, and Oscar and Jenson were feeling hot. Sue decided to try and cool them down using cold, damp towels. I’m not sure it was a great success but it was funny nevertheless. Oscar’s expressions were particularly telling. How…
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Life Is Tough – My Morning Routine
Life Is Tough in Fuerteventura Many people I know, who are still in the UK, think that I have an easy life here in Fuerteventura. Well I thought a video was well overdue to dispel that myth and show how tough life here really is. Honestly, it is really tough! Why won’t anyone believe me?…
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Betancuria, Fuerteventura – A trip up the mountains
A trip up the mountains to Betancuria, Fuerteventura We had friends staying so had a trip through the mountains to the viewing point of “El Mirador de Morro Velosa” where you get probably one of the best views of the island. We then continued on to Betancuria for a walk and a Tapas lunch. The…
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Refinishing a Pine Table
Refinishing A Pine Table We have a pine dining table, which we brought with us from the UK. Unfortunately, as the house we bought was furnished, we didn’t have room for it in the house so we use it for BBQs and general eating outside. Although the weather here in Fuerteventura is normally great, we…
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How to Clean A Swimming Pool
How I clean my pool If you have bought a house and want to know how to clean a swimming pool then I hope this video helps. The house we bought here in Fuerteventura has a swimming pool – well frankly we would not have bought one without, or without the ability to add one,…