Ian and helga go south !!

image.jpeg The offending pipe!!
 
Serves you right for teasing her about the love sick senor!
 
Yep paybacks a bitch! Loved the story though, keep us up to date with Jo's admirer please.

Liz
 
ianthebuilder said:
Ok well last night we needed water in the tanks,, Jo went of with el presidente the guvnor of the well! I then was under instruction to grab the pipe ( which is heavy enough empty due to it being flexible 100 mm diamiter rubber pipe) but when the 120,000 litres an hour fills the pipe and descends upon you it's an entirely different matter!! Now I had to drag it 15 ft just to get in the vacinity of the tanks and climb a set of well used wobbly wooden steps we found in the shed! ( I was lucky it had one good rung) !! Right I said to Jo on the phone while she and his lordship were at the well ( some 5 mins drive away!!! I got this babe. All sorted. LET HER GO Turn her on. Well flip me. The water hit the pipe which caught me squarely under the chin,, took me about 6 ft into the air and past 2 standing olive trees!! I was desparately holding on to what had transformed into a boa constrictor that was intent on finishing me off !!! Not wanting to let Jo down I grappled with the pipe through a haze of water and slowly dragged the pipe back to the tanks!! I heard her on the speaker phone asking if it was done and through gritted teeth I shouted. Nearly there babe. Another 5 mins please!! Well I dropped the pipe to pick up the ladder and it was off like a thing possessed !! Finally I wrestled it to the tanks, climbed the set of steps to the one God rung and dropped the pipe in the first tank!! Result I thought easy now!! When first tank was filled and remember 120,000 litres an hour are coming through it I had to lift it above my head to get into tank no 2 ,,, I had a good footing, I knew what to expect with the weight and I braced myself!! Lifting it out of tank 1. No problem. Reaching across to tank two was where I pointed the hose away from me but unfortunately it was pointed to the walk some 18 ins from my face!!! The wave that hit me was similar I think to an old spice advert where the bloke is under a massive wave at sea!! I got ( eventually ) the pipe across left it in the second tank and jumped of the crappy steps I was using!! I was bloody bruised and soaked !! I looked like a titanic survivor!!! Well Jo was on the speaker shouting ALL OK IAN ?? Yes I gargles and she turned it off!! Well when she got back she couldn't stop laughing at the state I was in as she showed me where her new set of perfectly formed, safe , solid , fully runged set of steps where!!!! I dragged myself back to helga feeling sorry for myself only to be serenaded by jo's howels of laughter ringing in my ears!!! When I saw her this morning she hadn't stopped laughing and is still sniggering now !!! What an evening !!!
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Ian you've had us in stitches!! Sorry to laugh at your mishaps but they make us laugh out loud! Hope you are not in pain and Jo has stopped laughing! It could only happen to you! Just think how dull your life would be without Helga!!:rofl:
 
Little more info on wild camping beach Co - ords 37.380205, -1.625819
Beach is La Higerica, 2 klm south of Calarreona, dirt track to left after sharp lh bend.
 
jtp890 said:
Little more info on wild camping beach Co - ords 37.380205, -1.625819
Beach is La Higerica, 2 klm south of Calarreona, dirt track to left after sharp lh bend.
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Is that OK to be there Jt? Or am I likely to get hoofed out by our friendly polocia ? Lol
 
Bloody hell Ian, I've got tears running down my face laughing at your antics and oddly down my leg too. :eek::LOL::LOL:

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So tiled and grouted jo's indoor shower, now tomorrow night she can test it with a bucket of warm water and her 12v pump! Sorted patio area , got a few left over timbers on roof ready for fibreglass roofing sheets. Hoping the weather is nice again tomorrow for the job..... Oh and she said she saw juan again today but he was in the company of another woman!!! She's hoping she has escaped unscathed!! Lol. image.jpegSo here you can see jo's reclaimed tiles, 6in X 6 in and patterned. I think it looks very 70s. Lol. I will put a closeup on tomorrow if you can't expand!! Cheers. Ian. Xx.
 
ianthebuilder said:
So tiled and grouted jo's indoor shower, now tomorrow night she can test it with a bucket of warm water and her 12v pump! Sorted patio area , got a few left over timbers on roof ready for fibreglass roofing sheets. Hoping the weather is nice again tomorrow for the job..... Oh and she said she saw juan again today but he was in the company of another woman!!! She's hoping she has escaped unscathed!! Lol. View attachment 89186So here you can see jo's reclaimed tiles, 6in X 6 in and patterned. I think it looks very 70s. Lol. I will put a closeup on tomorrow if you can't expand!! Cheers. Ian. Xx.
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Just right for the rustic finca! Up cycling! A great thing!
 
I like the tiles in the shower. They are just right for where they are :)
 
Ok I have had a couple of suggestions from Jt regarding campsites and wild areas but does anyone know where I can go and receive some post if I stay for a while?? Cheers. Ian X
 
Don't know if Spain is the same but in Portugal you can have a postbox in the post offices.
 
Y
chaser said:
Don't know if Spain is the same but in Portugal you can have a postbox in the post offices.[/ yes I can but I didn't want to be somewhere for that long chaser!! Good idea though, cheers.
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Ian , Jo is so lucky she overheard you saying you were a builder, on the ferry.
And your lucky you have a trade that can take you anywhere !
Loving the thread.
 
Many of the ' british expat shops' will also accept mail on your behalf, some charge by the month others do it without charge if you agree it in advance and let them know when post is accepted..
 
Ralph-n-Bev said:
Ian , Jo is so lucky she overheard you saying you were a builder, on the ferry.
And your lucky you have a trade that can take you anywhere !
Loving the thread.
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Hi Ralph and bev, yes I am lucky to have the transferable skills but after 35 years of practise I was getting awfully bored in the uk, always working , chasing the big money,, this is just what I needed , working in the sun, money not important just enjoying what I'm able to do!!! I always said to myself if I didn't love what I do, I wouldn't do it again , but this tells me I do love my work, and because of that it doesn't even feel like work!!!! Speak soon, thanks for the post, Ian. X
 
Ian have to say you are much more than a builder, the rate you have got through the work and the quality your a star.
 
Why the name Helga?
 
Theonlysue said:
Why the name Helga?
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If you do a bit of a search there was a whole thread about Ian getting a motorhome and then subsequently a thread about giving it a name. Sorry haven't got time to find it, I'm off to work.
 
Fenman said:
If you do a bit of a search there was a whole thread about Ian getting a motorhome and then subsequently a thread about giving it a name. Sorry haven't got time to find it, I'm off to work.
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It is in the thread
Find Ian the builder a van thread
 
Re post ok to use Los Pinos if you stay a while.
Re wild camping, Gardia used to call most mornings, as long as we kept chairs and bbq on beach and kept area tidy they were happy. Seems they are happy with motorhomes to park up and sleep anywhere including promenades, but as soon as you put chairs out its classed as camping and a no go.Pulled onto car park adjacent Cordoba old town, several vans parked, upset attendant by putting chairs out and having a cuppa, suitably chastised he told us ok to sleep overnight but no chairs.
Keep up the posts
Jim

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