The family

In a previous post, Casa de la Luz, Jane and Louis made their entry to the story.
Jane is a 70's backpacker / flower child who has regaled me with tales of her trip to India in the back of a 3 Tonne Bedford lorry just after the first Gulf War. Now she teaches English and looks after 7 year old Florence. Here she is pictured in front of her 2000 Euro tent after hosting a garden party.
Louis is leading his rescue donkey, around the garden in search of fresh grass. Originally from Norwich he has had a variety of occupations such as DJ, taxi driver and house renovator . He has been chef on board the "Sumurun", a beautiful 2 million pound 1920's wooden sailing yacht as well as restoring an old house in Fez with traditional Tadelakt plaster work.
Louis' father was an American airforce soldier based in Norwich during the Korean war and returned to the USA immediately following his demob. His mother was not fazed by this and went on to have another 10 children by two different fathers. He remembers little racism in Norwich as he grew up: in fact at 14 he was a skinhead running through the town "paki bashing" (because that was what the newspapers said that skinheads do. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, there were no pakis in Norwich to bash, so the gang used to run through town without hindrance, becoming a little non-plussed at what to do after the rage. They usually went home for tea apparently.
Shortly after arriving in Vejer he was given a photo of his father and Jane tenaciously searched online through old records and Ancestry.com to discover an extensive family in Virginia. Many descended from slaves and still in the vicinity of their forefathers manumission. Louis is a good mimic and recreated his phone calls to previously unimagined step brothers and sisters, most of whom he could not understand, was very amusing. So in August they will be off to the States to visit the relos.
On the trampoline with not so little Flo, (who has the height of a 12 year old,) are Robin and Emily who have just arrived for a holiday. He is studying robotics at Leeds and she is about to start a Film making course at Sussex.
The family is rounded off by 1 donkey, 2 cats and 3 chickens who all think they should be allowed to enter the house when they feel like it. Life on the campo!Leia mais