It’s a Dogs Life for Me Next Time

Someone asked me recently who I would like to come back as if we get a second chance at life. I did give it some thought and I came up with a few possibilities. Dave Gilmore is the best guitarist in the world and seems to have the best job playing with Pink Floyd so that would do for me (yes Roger your Pink Floyd is good but it’s missing one vital ingredient and that’s Dave G). Keef Richards was another choice. He was voted by guests of La Margarita as one of the happiest blokes on earth so he seems a good choice. Finally I chose Suzanne Hill, ok you don’t know her but believe me I have my reasons.
However, after some serious thinking I decided that I would come back as Jack or Fido one of the dogs we have on La Margarita. It seems that all they need in life is some big open space to run around, rabbits to chase, people to give them a bit of attention sometimes and bones to eat. They must think everyday what a result we were born to live on the lovely La Margarita. If you have been here to BA you can’t have missed the professional dog walkers here in the city. They can be seen all over BA taking dogs for a walk – not just one but up to 20 or 30 at a time!! – well in fact all they seem to do is take the poor mutes to the park and tie them up while they light up a fag up or have a chin wag with their mates. It’s a good job they can’t see this little video I have attached of Jack and Fido doing what they love doing best running around on La Margarita or for sure we would see the first dog protest in BA. This is David Cummings alias the English Gaucho of to walk with Fido and Jack on a winters day that is 28degs ummm climate change has arrived here for sure

Felicitaciones a Ade y Anna

( Photo 1. Ade and Anna with Andrew Brennan another guest saying our final goodbyes in Tapalque. Photo 2. Ade and Anna doing what they loved best riding out with Lalo our very own Gaucho)

As I have mentioned a few times in my blog, one of the great things about owning an estancia such as La Margarita is that I get to meet some really nice and interesting people. Take Ade and Anna for example. Last year I got an e mail from them asking me about the availability on La Margarita as they were getting married and planned to spend their honeymoon travelling in South America and fancied spending some time on an estancia. We corresponded and, lucky for us, they choose to come to La Margarita for around 5 nights and 6 days. They duly arrived and immediately got into the rhythm of the estancia. Horse riding, chilling out in hammocks, drinking wine with other guests and swimming in the pool were typical days for them here. When it was time for them to leave we said our good-byes and wished each other luck.

A week later I got another e mail from them saying they missed La Margarita so much they were going to head back and spend the last few days of their honeymoon on the estancia. Once again they settled into the rhythm of estancia life. When it came time to say goodbye again it was as though true friends were leaving. They were on their way back to start married life with no jobs, and nowhere to live since they had given up everything to travel.

Last week I got an email from them saying that Ade had found work as a teacher, which was a total change of career for him, and that they had found somewhere to live in Sunninghill, a lovely village near London AND WHAT’S MORE - Anna is 3 months pregnant yeaaaaaaaas.

Here is to you two (three?!) and a public bloggy thank you for coming to La Margarita. I really wish you both all you can wish for in life and, who knows, I may bump into you one day when I am in England, since I have friends who live in Virgina Water just down the road.

This is David Cummings alias El English Gaucho off to tell Velvet, Anna’s favourite horse, their excellent news.

Hasta la proxima

Soya Watch Video

When I was a kid in London there was a programme called Blue Peter which we avidly watched. They often had little sections such as” bee watch” or “animal watch” all great stuff and “soya watch” is named in honour of the great programme .

La Margarita is now actively involved in locating land to plant soya on since the appetite for the product seems insatiable. We have now located the first 50 acres of land on which to plant and signed the contact at the weekend 8th August. I hope this is the first of many tracts of land we can rent to plant soya with investors.


We will be taking videos of our progress and the first one was filmed on 9th Aug and the link is below . Ok ok as my good friends have told me its not quite Alan Whicker but for info it seems to work. It’s going to be an interesting year. If you want to know more about what we are doing or want to join us please e mail me and I will happily send you more info.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dLR4hZPoNY


The is David Cummings alias the English Gaucho of to try and track down more land for planting soya around La Margarita

Hasta la proxima