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SPANISH STEPS...
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A journey from the Sussex Weald to the Spanish Sierras. Thursday, 16 January 2014. Having just checked my very first blog post I note that it was published on the 12th Jan 2013. As I sit here and write this next chapter it is hard to believe that a whole year plus 4 days has past. Since that post we have made many friends on this journey to our next destination, most who have advised us and supported us. But we have also encountered those who have looked at us like we are 2 bricks short of a full load.
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SPANISH STEPS...: Life in the Extreme...............................a postcard from Extremadura
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A journey from the Sussex Weald to the Spanish Sierras. Saturday, 28 June 2014. Life in the Extreme.a postcard from Extremadura. Well, here I sit, on the terrace admiring the most amazing views and I am aware of how blessed we are to be able to live in such a glorious place. It is hard to believe that we have now been in Spain just over 4 months and living in our house for just over 8 weeks. Although we started off looking at houses in the Alcantara area,. We have started with the basics, there was solar...
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SPANISH STEPS...: Death, taxes and childbirth! - Did not see the second one coming
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A journey from the Sussex Weald to the Spanish Sierras. Sunday, 5 May 2013. Death, taxes and childbirth! Did not see the second one coming. So here we are another month on from my last post and another month closer to the move.If I am being perfectly honest my feelings about this move change from absolute certainty to real fears of the unknown. Which I think on reflection is healthy. You could always spend time analysing the decision and choices that you have for example. Death, taxes and childbirth!
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SPANISH STEPS...: Location Location Location
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A journey from the Sussex Weald to the Spanish Sierras. Friday, 29 March 2013. Property, location, don't worry, no one worries about that, its Spain! So we have discussed the travelling the roads etc now we look at the real reason for the visit. does the property in reality, match up to the prose produces by the Estate agents on the web sites. House with seperate letting potential. Decent size plot of land. Walking distance of village. 2 houses one to live in one to rent out either holiday or long term.
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SPANISH STEPS...: When you have an itch you really just need to scratch it - Day one our first impressions
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A journey from the Sussex Weald to the Spanish Sierras. Tuesday, 24 September 2013. When you have an itch you really just need to scratch it - Day one our first impressions. The last time I looked at this blog was back in May. Shortly after our trip to Andalusia, and the discovery that there was Capital Gains Tax to pay on our house sale in here in the UK if we sold and moved within the same tax year. Throughout the months that followed, we have continued to carry on with life in the UK as usual. The aco...
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SPANISH STEPS...: So we have changed our minds!
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A journey from the Sussex Weald to the Spanish Sierras. Saturday, 30 March 2013. So we have changed our minds! Home and thinking about the Future. Views of Alpaca's and Olive groves. The Start of the Patio Festival. Smiling before the first bite. After Alan and Lorna's we traveled to Alcala Real, stayed at a lovely B&B run by a young couple a real family home. Alcala Real, is at the top of the town and we were heading down to move to our next stop. Don't buy a house in the country, the police will make y...
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SPANISH STEPS...: It is all very beautiful and magical here
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A journey from the Sussex Weald to the Spanish Sierras. Saturday, 15 March 2014. It is all very beautiful and magical here. Here we are again another 4 weeks have been lost in the preoccupation of moving to Spain. Life it seems, can, pass you by very quickly if you are not careful. Left foot Spain right foot Portugal. Roman fortresses and moors buildings are to be seen all around, and the villages are awash with cobbled stones and houses with little red roofs. You can be in a town and suddenly come a...