Time out in Turkey… just too much happening back in Britain

The trouble with writing a blog that covers current topical issues is that it gets out of date so quickly…. The General Election was only a fortnight ago, but seems an age. Since then we’ve had…

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Scary Turkish storms and Turkish Bayram

Did I say Cirali was quiet?  Well, not now.  Turns out this week is a national holiday for a big Muslim festival and the place is absolutely packed with Turkish families. Many small children running…

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Back to Hastings – life resumes. Fruit, fat cats and fat coats

Well, here we are, back again…..in still sunny Hastings.       Usual grim journey back from Turkey. Ishan, our landlord, had thrust a huge bag of fruit from the orchard Turkish fruit mountain into my hands…

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Off to Turkey – and ghostly goings-on

After months of scorching Hastings we are off to even more scorching Turkey for two weeks, so this may be the last blog post for a fortnight. Cirali, Turkey      We are going to a…

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