Title: Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools Pdf
**New York Times bestselling author**
If Joe and Vicky had known what relocating to a tiny mountain village in Andalucía would REALLY be like, they might have hesitated...
They have no idea of the culture shock in store. No idea they'll become reluctant chicken farmers and own the most dangerous cockerel in Spain. No idea they'll help capture a vulture or be rescued by a mule.
Will they stay, or return to the relative sanity of England?
Includes Spanish recipes donated by the village ladies and link to FREE photo book.
The Telegraph-- "a colourful glimpse of Andalucían life. And a psychopathic chicken or two...charming...funny"
Loved this book! As an adventurous 60 something who has a willing spirit but unable body this book grabbed me by the soles of my feet and took me away!I could see hubby and I doing this in years past and adored the stories of the town folk, how kind and generous they were and the adventures(?) Of remodeling in a foreign land and especially the chicken episodes as I owned some once and they can be quite entertaining!There was no time mentioned at first and I wonder if the world is the same now; could two retirement age people be accepted as they are without being in danger?Perhaps that is why we never left to ramble...worrying about what may happen.Oh yes, I did not mention the fabulous tapas.......Small meals or bites anytime but something we seem to do naturally as we have aged! Yes I tried some and we loved each one so far.Can't wait to read next installment.Full of surprises and quirky mishaps If you're looking to experience sunny Spain, and maybe even life in a tiny village tucked in the Alpujarra Mountains, and without leaving home, then CHICKENS, MULES AND TWO OLD FOOLS is the book for you.Approaching retirement, Vicky and her husband, Joe, one day decide to pack up their bags and leave their comfortable Sussex, England home and settle in the village El Hoya, Spain. It is not long before they come to learn village life is full of surprises and quirky mishaps, and with hilarious culture clashes at every turn. When Vicky and Joe unintentionally find themselves chicken farmers, Vicky says:"Oh, Please! Our Spanish neighbours already thought we were insane, sitting on the yellow sofa gazing at our flock, letting them hop onto our laps, talking to them."Whether saved by a mule or sitting at a party table in the middle of the road celebrating a neighbour's birthday (and blocking traffic), CHICKENS ... not only paints a warm, humorous and colourful picture of rural Spain, but also tells of how two zany Brits came to fit right in. Light-hearted and full of sunshine. A thoroughly enjoyable read.Witty British memoir set in Spain Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools is a witty memoir about suburban Brits from Southern England who retire to a tiny mountain village in Andalucía, Southern Spain--and the culture shock that ensues. Not quite in the same league with Peter Mayle's My Year in Provence, but a delightful read. I found myself cackling at 2 AM, trying to squelch a full-blown hee-haw. Vicky Twead is a delightful writer, with an apt eye for detail and the comedic.I enjoyed Vicky's self-deprecating humor; cameos of her husband Joe's often mulish behavior, were hysterical. I found myself listening for the tap-tap paaaart of Old Santos making his rounds. Loved Mother (a bit like Lady Haversham), and the Gin Twins were priceless. Sometimes I even forgot Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools was a memoir, not a novel. The embedded recipes were neat too--loved that they were merely a link away, and didn't interrupt the story.Vicky and Joe Twead's unexpected chicken farmer adventures are the hilarious crowning, er, crowing glory of the book. Vicky captures the angst of clueless city folks who suddenly become chicken farmers. Back to the land movement gone awry--replete with a chicken palace. I did wonder if some of those oddly-named birds wound up in the proverbial stewpot. Certainly should've been a fate for Cocky, the kamakazi bantam rooster--as he was always spoiling for a good cockfight.My usual complaint about ebooks, is that they're always in need of an editor and proofreader, stands unchallenged. There were several sentences in need of a good overhaul, but the occasional bad sentence didn't detract too much from the storyline. Gripe: Vicky, please don't spell lightning correct one time, and then spell it "lightening" the next time. Yes, "lightning" is an old contraction, but "lightening" means something else entirely different--rather, um, placental in nature. Because the book hasn't quite yet made the transition from journal entry to story, I've given it a four-star rating.
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