Move To Galicia

28/09/2026

So as you may have noticed, I've not been very active for a couple of weeks. Sadly, going through a divorce and so our beautiful stone house has gone on the market.
I have dropped the link below just in case anyone is interested, please feel free to share it.
The positive side to all of this is that I'm keeping the dog! And of course I'll be setting off on yet another house hunting journey, firstly for a rental and then for a country home to buy. With the dog and cat that first part just got harder!
Stick with me folks, it's going to be a little bit of a bumpy ride ... relocation expert now has to relocate herself 😂.
He encontrado esto en idealista:

Casa rural de 168 m², Casa rural en venta en Lg Estraxiz, 5, Samos, Samos

30/08/2026

A really busy week with the relocation of one of our clients from Murcia to the Chantada área into a rental house we sourced for him in the Campo. ( Yes, the first challenge was sourcing a rental for 6 months in August!)
Second challenge - his van broke down just north of Madrid, 700 km into the journey.
So Sunday was my " logistics challenge" day, as l Iiaised with the tow truck, booked his hotel and started looking at all the alternatives to allow him to collect the keys to his rental on Tuesday evening.
By Monday lunchtime, his insurance had arranged a taxi to Valladolid and a 24 hour hire car. The poor van ( and all his worldly goods) remains in the tow truck depot until a transporter can bring it to the area. Dusting off my Superwoman cape for a second day, I found the nearest dealership for his van, filled them in on the situation, booked a second hotel, sorted out extended hire car options and finally one very grateful client called me to say " keys collected".
Phew!
We are now well positioned to start his property search and I'm looking forward to see what's available to buy within his budget. The relocation journey of 1100 km started with a single phone call.
Thanks to our bilingual support and organisational skills, it didn't end at km 700!!!
Relaxing Sunday? Well, yes in the end. Sourdough bread made with the starter, pasta sauce from the tomatoes and Elderberry syrup to ward off the colds in winter
All in all a very productive day!

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# move north

23/08/2026

So the last post posed the question "what's a Pazo" and here's the answer.
A Pazo is a traditional country home that belongs to nobility or wealthy land owners. Most were built between 1700 and 1900 but the one we went to visit was actually from the 1600s and some of the furniture inside was over 400 years old!
Pazo de Tor is about 10 minutes drive from Monforte de Lemos and you need to book the guided visit in advance. There are 4 tours a day and it's free. There's plenty of parking just outside the gate.

The visit is in Spanish but even if you don't understand everything, it's structured in such a way that you can look around each part freely and just move around with the group and the guide.
The house was actually lived in until 28 years ago, quite something when you see how enormous it is. The maintenance must have been a nightmare!
At the end you can also look around the garden, stables and outbuildings in your own time
The tour lasts around an hour and a half, we found it a bit long as you're on your feet the whole time and it was a very hot day.
Well worth a visit if you are in the area, followed by tapas in the town.
There are a lot of hidden gems in our area with fascinating history.
If you are thinking of a move to Galicia, we'll help you uncover them.

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14/08/2026

Fiestas are a regular feature of campo life through the summer and our village event passed of without any problems, barring a few bad heads the morning after!
It is also a good time for fairs and markets. The second Sunday in August is the Samos annual artesanal fair and we decided to continue with Milo´s socialising and training and take him to another event. Last week he was in Sarria walking by the river and then having a b**r ( us not the dog!) and was well behaved apart from launching himself at the first pigeon he saw.

He was understandably a little nervous of the crowds, hung back a bit but on the whole coped well and crossed with other dogs at his "safe" distance. David and I enjoyed the event, bought some lovely honey for 10 euros and investigated the stands and stalls.
Feeling lucky, David bought a mystery parcel from the Correos stall, where they sell off pallets of returned goods.
He paid 20 euros for a parcel, gathered a curious crowd and was gutted when he opened it to find an electronic kids toy worth about 16 euros... I couldn't stop laughing as he was convinced that that particular one held hidden treasure and must have examined every package on the stall before he made his choice!!
Traditional crafts like weaving, blacksmith and cookery were on display and some of the local produce looked very inviting, if at times a bit pricey.
When the marching band appeared we made a hasty exit as the dog really wasn´t impressed so we took him for another b**r🍻.
Boozy dog!
If you keep an eye on your local town hall page or website, these events will be flagged up in advance.

Work took over through the week but we combined a visit to one of the properties we look after with a trip to a Pazo. What´s a Pazo?
More about that next time!

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04/08/2026

A busy week this week but we also managed to find some time off for a trip. One of the few things I miss about Cartagena in the south is seeing the sea as my old home was about a 50m walk from the beach🥲
Not to be outdone, David and I decided to take a picnic and go to one of the nearest "playa fluviales" for half a day.
So what is a "playa fluvial"? Literally a river beach but quality varies from a cleared piece of land with nothing more than access or a ladder into the river to a whole picnic site with bars, restaurants and other facilities.
We chose Playa de A Cova, where there is a café bar, lovely restaurant , kayaks and pedalos for hire. The actual "beach" is small and a mix of coarse sand but has easy access to the river. There is a small jetty where you can also take a river cruise for a minimum of 4 passengers.

The access road is winding and narrow in places but completely ok in a normal car. After spending an hour enjoying the view and reading, I walked up to the café for a coffee, expecting it to be expensive due to the "captive audience" factor but it was a very reasonable 1,50 for my café con leche.

After our picnic we decided to act like the 2 oldest teenagers in town and took a pedalo out for an hour (20 euros) to drift away down the river and relax. Very enjoyable and the scenery is stunning.
As we had our picnic, we didn't enter the restaurant, but I did take a sneaky pic and it looked lovely, modern, bright and an enormous terrace overlooking the beach and the river.

As the site is small, best avoided at weekends, fiestas and peak holiday times if you can. We left around 3pm when it got busy and the noise of the nearby kids started to annoy David!!

So if you think you might miss the water or the beach if you move north, think again! We have some of the best lakes and rivers in Spain, just a short drive away.

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27/07/2026

The heatwaves just keep on coming! This week here near Sarria we are set to have yet ANOTHER red alert as temperatures tomorrow climb to over 37 degrees. Today is 34 degrees and that certainly feels hot enough but the forecast currently says we won´t drop below 30 degrees for the next 10 days at least.

We are still able to sleep though as we have a refreshing 15 or 16 degrees at night, one of the benefits of being over 600m altitude.
The campo is getting brown, we did have a brief few hours of heavy rain on Friday, just in time to get a soaking at the village fiesta.
Whilst the neighbours were grumbling a bit, I think most of use were relieved to see the campo get a soaking.
The rain certainly didn´t dampen the spirits at the fiesta and we staggered home around 4am after much dancing and way too much red w**e!!

Our large huerto is suffering and David has been watering the potatoes by hand to keep them going. The first few "new" potatoes were small but delicious. Although they look half dead from above, the actual potatoes are in earth that is sufficiently damp to keep them growing until we are ready to harvest in a few weeks time. You can see how brown it all looks on the photos.

My smaller huerto is producing cucumbers and courgettes like there is no tomorrow, again watering by hand is keeping them going whilst we wait for more rain.
Another side effect is that although we are seeing early blackberries in the lanes, they are smaller than last year and nowhere near as juicy, although we have managed to make the first batch of blackberry jam.
And the apples are small but ripening very quickly, so it will soon be time to start collecting for making c***r in September, although they are a bit tasteless at the moment so we are waiting for now.

Spare a thought for the people battling the wildfires in Spain and France, our closest is currently around 30km away, near Lancára.
Sound advice is to activate the government alerts on your mobile phone and look at downloading one of the wildfire alert apps, there are several although some are specific to the province where you live.

Here´s hoping for rain soon, and stay safe everyone.
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09/07/2026

Anyone out there still believing all the estate agents promoting Galicia as a cool green alternative Spain to the South..... here's the reality check!!
Take a look at our location for July...we have been on constant red or amber alert from our Town Hall in Samos.
Red alert kicks in over 35 degrees. At least night time is cooler, but this week we had to buy fans to move the air around at night.
There are a lot of micro climates in Galicia and as a general rule, coastal is cooler than inland.
And Orense is a hot spot, so Inland and closer to the city will mean hotter summers.
Choose your location wisely and visit in different seasons if you can. I viewed our property in November and loved the road up the mountain, the scenery and the area. If you like a place in winter, chances are you'll love it the rest of the year round.

Luckily Milo has 2 things in his favour in the heat. Almost all our walks are through shady forest routes and we have a river running through the valley. His afternoon walk is generally down to the river where he stands in the cool water and gets a drink. Unlike his buddy Moro who simply flips out flat on the river bed and gets his whole fluffy body in!
He also seems to love the cool (disgustingly coloured) old marble stairs and adopts a floppy posture over the steps to cool down.

We also managed a walk to a local Mirador or view point elevated over the river Miño. The panoramic view was stunning but it was too hot to stay long.

In the evenings we are focusing on watering the vegetables, keeping the potatoes alive and downing more home made elderflower ch*****ne.
It's a hard life ..

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19/06/2026

A lovely relaxing week with a mix of work and the first trip for rescue dog Milo.
The elderflower fizz has just been opened and despite my misgivings, it's fizzy!
Lacks a bit of sweetness, but we have solved that by adding a drop of Stevia for those with a sweet tooth.
Our first trip with Milo was a one night stay in A Coruña. He was sooooo good in the car, enjoyed the dog beach even though we had to keep him on the lead due to his issues with strange dogs and he loved Fragas do Eume natural park.
Our accommodation was a bit strange, wouldn't stay there again but pet lovers can't be too choosy.
Back to tending the huerto, preparing for the summer's first visitors and wondering how we will survive next weeks forecast temperatures of 38 degrees.
This is the north of Spain, right ???

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12/06/2026

The weather has been getting steadily warmer and the first courgettes have been duly harvested. Unlike least year, I´m planting in 2 week stages to avoid the glut we had last summer.
This years courgette and feta fritters were lovely...😛
Yesterday we got the chance to go cherry picking in David´s family´s fincas near Ponferrada. The trees were full of delicious ripe fruit and I swear for every cherry that went into the boxes, one went into our mouths! Still managed a respectable haul of 5 crates though..

By the end of the session, tired, sunkissed, stained fingers and full of fruit, we all went to eat together at our Aunt´s house and swapped recipes and tips to get the most of our haul. Cherry liqueur is definitely on my list.

We have already shared some out with our lovely neighbours, to thank them for all the vegetables they left for me in my first year in the village. And I´m sure that jam making will be in the list of things to do for this weekend.

As we enjoy the unseasonable warm northern weather, why not think of joining us? 32 degrees here in our village today but with lovely, cooler nights.
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19/05/2026

So in early May I went back to the UK for a few days to see my son in Manchester & my Mum in Northumberland. Leaving David with responsibility for the house, finca, dog and cat.
My mistake? Leaving him alone with Manolo and a tractor!
Although we had discussed plans for the site of the huerto, the size of the huerto and the plants we wanted to grow... between the 2 of them they managed to get up to mischief, ploughing half the field at the back of the house and putting in "about" 60 or 70 potato plants, plus various other crops.

I wasn´t sure whether to laugh or cry when I saw the first photos of the churned up plot. Just as well he waited until I was out the country! Happily, with a bit of TLC and a lot more work, it is finally starting to look like a real market garden, and we have added lettuces, peppers, onions and some other vegetable to the collection. Not sure what we will do with all those potatoes though!

The weather is a bit changeable at the moment but the first elderflowers have appeared and in sunny spots are ready to pick.
I´m trialling a small batch of elderflower "ch*****ne" and today went looking for some of the creamy flowers.
When foraging, collect from areas away from roads and pollution and only take what you need, avoiding picking everything from the same spot. My trial batch needed just a few heads of flowers as I´m starting a 2 litre batch to see how it goes.
You can see in the photos what the flowers look like and they have a distinctive sweet floral smell. If you are not sure, use one of the plant identifying apps or books to make certain you pick the right stems.
I left the plants on paper towels for a while, just to encourage a few bugs to leave home. At the moment the flowers are steeping in a sugary, lemony, ye**ty mix before fermentation starts.
If it all goes well, I´ll be scaling up the operation by the end of the month when more trees come into bloom.
If successful, then I´ll share my recipe so watch this space!
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