Glyn Thomas
I'm the author of the blog and the book "Telling Tales". I spent a happy decade in Ukraine working and living and am now settled in the UK with my Ukrainian wife and our three children. The book is based loosely on tales from Anya's past most notably the period of the Holodomor.
Telling Tales
This is the working cover and title of my new project
Tag Archives: building a house in Ukraine
Need wood?
Our wood burning stove is fantastic – especially as don’t have any mains gas yet. Heating up 240 sqm of concrete in cold weather is not an easy task but already the stove is working and taking off the … Continue reading
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Christmas Success!
It was a close run thing but all of the services were on, kitchen installed and we had 12 guests to dinner…. Thanks to all the subbies who worked so hard. No thanks to Kiev Gas. Will post pics when … Continue reading
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Christmas update
We should have water later today… kitchen gets fitted later on – plus the boiler should be up and running so this will mean we have underfloor heating. Over the weekend we had the chimney fitted for the wood burning … Continue reading
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