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  • LEFKOŞA,  Nicosia,  Phil,  Sheila

    Walking the back alleys of LEFKOŞA

    23/04/2022 / No Comments

    A day walking in Nicosia, with lunch in Sabor and a visit to a local waterhole

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    Extension to our terrace

    Official opening of our extended roof terrace

    18/09/2019

    End of summer

    15/10/2019

    Gold wedding at Støtvik Hotel

    12/11/2019
  • Caterpillars
    Sweetwater Bay,  Tatlisu

    I’ve got my mojo back

    03/04/2022 / No Comments

    I'm back, finally :-)

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    Çiftlikdüzü Restaurant

    29/09/2019

    Last week

    22/09/2019

    A white weekend and a night at the opera

    25/02/2020
  • Çiftlikdüzü,  Cyprus,  Sweetwater Bay,  Tatlisu

    Northern Cyprus at it’s best and a lemon on steroids

    18/02/2020 / No Comments

    Northern Cyprus at it's best

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    Cruise recap – day one to three

    16/12/2019

    Yaman, Lord’s Palace, Seawise and Dominic Holmes

    02/10/2019

    A cold beer and a view of Nicosia

    06/02/2020
  • Cyprus,  Nicosia,  Sweetwater Bay

    A cold beer and a view of Nicosia

    06/02/2020 / No Comments

    A trip to Nicosia including a cold beer and a magnificent rainbow

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    Yaman, Lord’s Palace, Seawise and Dominic Holmes

    02/10/2019
    The table

    Fab evening meal at BarB with Anja, Laila, Jan Tore and Tove

    10/09/2019

    Cabana time today at Lord’s Palace

    09/09/2019
  • Cyprus,  Sweetwater Bay

    A fortnight of challenging weather

    03/02/2020 / 1 Comment

    A fortnight of challenging weather

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    Forestry, the Panorama road, Vaset and Rakfisk

    03/11/2019

    Fiskehuset (The Fish House)

    20/02/2020

    Karpaz Gate Marina Beach Club

    11/09/2019
  • Sweetwater Bay

    Waterbulb

    24/10/2019 / No Comments

    This bulb just could not take more water. A result from the last storm with water flooding down the electric channel. Luckily it looks like we have got away with very little damage. Maria sent me this video this morning

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    Yaman, Lord’s Palace, Seawise and Dominic Holmes

    02/10/2019

    Cyprus stay over for this time

    10/05/2022
    Caterpillars

    I’ve got my mojo back

    03/04/2022
  • Cyprus,  Sweetwater Bay

    7 weeks wihout socks done

    23/10/2019 / 2 Comments

    7 weeks without socks were done yesterday and what an exit we had. Morning started a bit stressful by the taxidriver showing up an hour early. Taxi was booked for 6.30 so he just had to have an extra nap in the car. When leaving Sweetwater Bay we noticed big cloud formations in the sky and knew there was some rain forecasted. Just thought it was a perfect day to leave after so many days in the sun. Finally we had a taxi driver that did not thought he was Michel Schumacher or Ayrton Senna. Had a nice and easy drive to Ercan airport. Check-in was done without any problem…

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    Sunday brunch at Kaya Palazzo

    21/10/2019

    Northern Cyprus at it’s best and a lemon on steroids

    18/02/2020

    A white weekend and a night at the opera

    25/02/2020
  • Sweetwater Bay

    A hairy night and Sunday roast

    14/10/2019 / No Comments

    When writing this, it’s Monday, Tove and I have had our daily morning walk, had our shower and now just finished lunch. This day is predicted to be hot, 31 degrees officially. However, it’s overcast, so has yet not reached that high on the thermometer, but with more or less no winds, you can feel the heat and humidity. This October has been amazing. No wind, no rain and still high temperatures. Thinking back on the few last days, brings on a lot of good memories we can carry forward. On Friday we were invited to a gathering at Lin and Alan Murrell’s house. Incredible 25 people appeared, all English…

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    A walk on the ridge

    08/04/2022

    Christmas eve with the Incredible Hulk

    28/12/2019

    Love, marriage and other stuff

    26/10/2020
  • Sweetwater Bay

    Ezic Peanuts, Pulp Kitchen, Pamper Yourself and Moonshine

    11/10/2019 / No Comments

    Life goes on in the fast lane. Keeping the blog still gives me a bit of work, to keep it nice and tidy. A lot of pictures has been randomly uploaded, and have been kept in a big chunk. It’s easy to lose the overview, which I did. Searching around I found some plugins that have been tested. I landed on one called Mediamatic pro. Cost me a few bucks, but is well worth to avoid the hassle of uncategorised mediafiles . In between there is always time to visit some restaurants down here, some good, some not so good, and time to keep in touch with good friends. Making…

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    Cyprus stay over for this time

    10/05/2022

    Cabana time today at Lord’s Palace

    09/09/2019

    Wall building

    16/11/2019
  • Sweetwater Bay

    Bacalao, music and eco market

    07/10/2019 / No Comments

    A few busy days have passed. On Saturday we were invited to Leif and Sølvi’s apartment for a bacalao party. There were quite several of us and a mix of nationalities. English, Russian, Swedes, Turks and of course Norwegians. Sølvi’s bacalao was better than any time and accompanied by enough wine. After the table, there were music. We have several talented musicians in the group, Dimitri, Dagfinn and Graeme all had sessions on guitar, playing, singing popular songs. After a while Dimitri disappeared, but returned with his electric piano. He really touched us all with his music. I walked home during early hours. Sunday started with strong winds, increasing during…

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    Christmas eve with the Incredible Hulk

    28/12/2019

    An evening at Stevie’s

    21/10/2019

    A fortnight of challenging weather

    03/02/2020
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This is the blog of the every day life of a humble, reasonably happy elderly, retired man, also known as a grumpy old git.

The blog was started for 2 reasons.  First, my missus claims I’m starting to be forgetful.  Keeping a blog will make it easier to remember.  Second, as I keep the blog on my own server, it will help me staying closer to my old profession.

The blog will be updated at random, sometimes daily, sometimes not, just when I feel for it.

After a long time of considerations, I have abandoned the idea of having a multi language blog.  This simply takes to much time and effort.  Translation is now based on Google translate, not foolproof, but will give you an idea of what it’s all about.   The blog is mainly meant for my English speaking friends, and therefore the posts are written in English.  However, feel free to comment in any language

 

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