Trev in Cyprus.

[trevnhil]

ohh Willow. Boilers can be expensive things. We had ours repaired where we lived about 3 years ago now. and then they said the system needed flushing. It ended up with a bill over £500.

I was not a happy chappie.

Good luck with it. Trev..

[WillowTheWhisp]

I'll be happy if someone would just show up to fix the flippin thing! I rang them this morning and the person who answered the phone said she was under the impression he had been yesterday! I'm now trying to get in touch with someone else!

[trevnhil]

Hi All. Well Willow I hope that you have got your central heating fixed as I can see that the night temperatures are a little chilly. Even here tonight we felt cold enough to put the central heating on a little while ago. It is Oil fired, so we have already paid the money out, we just have to see how long a tankful lasts.

A couple of days ago on a very sunny afternoon I went down into the village and took a few pictures. The first one you may recognise, it being the street where we live. Out house is the second on the left. The others pictures are various views of the village Church, and then one of the village streets. This whole area was revamped a couple of years ago.

And the final picture is his majesty, well and truly at home.














Well it is nearly weekend, and whatever you are doing I hope that you have a really nice time.

Regards. Trev..

[lifeboat1721]

It's getting to Brass monkey time over here

Ian

[WillowTheWhisp]

That's a fantastic view Trev.

Yes we did get the boiler fixed and I couldn't wait to have a lovely warm shower and wash my hair. We actually have two boilers, one heats the radiators and one heats the water. It was the water one which broke down. They are located on different exterior walls because the wind blows round our house like a gale and whichever direction it comes from it blows one boiler out but the other one stays in so if we have no heat we do at least have hot water and vice versa. Usually we can just relight it, but this time it was beyond doing.

[trevnhil]

Hi all. Sunday evening and we are watching Star wars on TV so I thought I would update you with our weekend, especially Sunday.

For a change we were up at 7-00am, as we had promised to help at a 10km run. It was a yearly run in remembrance of a runner from our village. Our job was to hand out the water, and we thought we would be mid way on the route. No!!! you don't get the water till you have finished the run..... strange.

When all had returned from the run, there was the presentation ceremony. Everyone got a commemorative cup. And after the ceremony there were refreshment for everyone, runners, helpers and all the village spectators. Goodness knows who paid for it all. The tavern owner was handing out free bottles of beer.

This first picture is another one of the village square area.



The second picture is the winning runner coming in.





The third picture is the Mayor making his speech. (young isn't he)





And the last picture is when proceedings were over and refreshments were ready.





Don't worry.... I have nothing else planned for the week.

Regards. Trev..

[trevnhil]

An Addition to above..... I looked at the bottom of the home page and saw that it was 'freezing' in Morecambe at 6-15 pm.

Well just to let you know that we have the heating on because it is 14c outside at 8-15 pm.

You will even see a few clouds on this mornings pictures.

Take care all. Have a good week. Trev..

[WillowTheWhisp]

Sounds like a lovely community event Trev.

I wish I'd had my camera with me when we went to church this morning. There was a heavy frost overnight and everything was covered in white. The trees looked beautiful.

[trevnhil]

I very rarely go out without my camera with me, but it is a pocket sized one. I am always supposed to have one of my medications with me, and of course I have a mobile phone. All three things fit in a belt pouch, hence instant availability.

Hopefully when Spring and Summer arrive we will get to know what events they organise in the village. There may even be a carol service this Christmas, I must remember to enquire about that.

Yesterday we were out in Paphos shopping, and I was struck by all the fruit trees, and also the flowers and shrubs that were still in full bloom.

The first picture is oranges in someones from garden....



The second picture is of lemons growing on the trees in the streets, with our car underneath them.




And the final picture show how big the veg grow here..... You can understand why they don't put the cabbage on the shelves like Tesco do.





Take care all.... and have a nice weekend.

Best wishes. Trev..

[trevnhil]

I just wanted to add this picture of our car to the thread. It was taken earlier this year and just goes to show that we do have cold weather here as well.




Regards. Trev..

[trevnhil]

Hi All. Well it seems a little quiet again on the website this weekend. So I thought that I would update my Cyprus file with a little waffling and a few pics.

It came to mind a few weeks ago that where ever you live in the world it becomes home to you and you take what is around you for granted. Some everyday things around us may or may not be better than the UK.

For instance, people tend to park right outside the shops here or indeed anywhere that they want to go. They will park on double yellow lines or the pavement if necessary. Yes policemen fine people but very rarely.

The water systems here are on the roof on buildings. There are solar panels so that the sun warms the water. Then above that is the hot water cylinder. And on top of them all is a cold water tank, to feed the system.



The water tank or tanks if it is flats or apartments, is fed from the water main in the street through water meters. But as you see in the following picture, there is no frost protection because it is so rare.
Also we have a separate DRINKING WATER tap which is usually in the kitchen, but all other taps are fed from the tanks on the roof.





Electricity both single phase and three phase is run overhead from poles. This does seem strange as the cables are not insulated. Earlier this year a building trade worker was electrocuted when he touched a wire with a reinforcing bar.
If you look carefully at the photo you will see that the street lamps are just bolted onto each pole. very handy





And finally the telephone cables which could safely be strung from poles, are buried underground... . In the photo you will see a large metal manhole.



Behind the brown slatted door in the picture is the dustbin. They seem to make an enclosure like this for most properties. And as I have said before, bins are emptied TWICE a week.

Well there you are a rather long update. The weather is very cool here in the evening and the oil fired central heating is on from about 4-30pm, until bedtime.

That's all for now.

Regards. Trev..

[WillowTheWhisp]

It does seem rather topsy turvey having dangerous power cables overhead and telephone cables underground.

[trevnhil]

When you make any comment here about things being wrong, all you get is this.... And then they say 'this is Cyprus'.

But we are not supposed to complain because we are the foreigners.

Regards. Trev..

[WillowTheWhisp]

That's the sort of response I used to get in Ireland to things which I thought didn't make sense. ;D

[trevnhil]

Just a very small addition to my 'Cyprus File' today, and strangely without a single photograph..

Back in the good old days in Great Britain, there were service stations. I think they are now all DIY stations.

Well, they are still alive and well in Cyprus. You want some petrol? Then you give the attendant the keys, they fill up the tank, take your money, and even wash your windows at some places.
You want your car washed? You go to the service station and hand the attendant the keys. He/she then drives the car through the car wash (like UK) and at the other end about half a dozen people descend upon it.
They polish the outside and the door edges. They wash the mats. They vacuum the inside, and give it a first class clean. Meanwhile you are having a complimentary coffee and fruit.

You need some new windscreen wiper fitting..... what a pain that can be.
Call in at the service station or the accessory shop they have them there and THEY FIT THEM.

Service stations are just as the name describes them over here..

Have a nice weekend.

Best wishes. Trev..