Joe and Vicky Twead are approaching retirement and deliberating on the best place to settle down. Joe leans toward returning to England while Vicky wants to live somewhere warm and sunny. They agree to find a place in Spain and live there for five years. At the end of that time, they agree to reconsider their options. So they relocate to a small village called El Hoyo in Andalusia. They have no idea that they will become accommodating neighbors and caretakers to a menagerie of chickens, mules, dogs and cats. The house they purchase is strictly a fixer upper and they have a long term renovation on their hands. Between the quirky neighbors, a tumble down house, and their animal companions, they forge a life rich in friendship and fun.

This is the first of a series of six memoirs in the Old Fools series. This memoir  focuses on two middle aged Britons who are planning for their future retirement. Vicky Twead is a clever and talented author with a gift for finding the humor in daily life. There is a certain amount of repetition of events. How many times do we need an account of a hostile rooster attack? However it is not too much to prevent enjoyment of the book. I do have doubts about extending this memoir into a series of six. However I did enjoy this one and recommend to readers who enjoy books about travel, memoirs, humor, biography, food, animals and Spain.